''Rainmaker'' is the 1980 debut album by Kevin Moore, now more commonly known as

Keb' Mo' Kevin Roosevelt Moore (born October 3, 1951), known as Keb' Mo', is an American blues musician. He is a singer, guitarist and songwriter, living in Nashville, Tennessee. He has been described as "a living link to the seminal Delta blues that tra ...

. The album features the songs "Rainmaker" and "Anybody Seen My Girl" which were subsequently re-released in Moore's later releases '' Slow Down'' and ''

'' respectively.

Track listing

# "I Intend to Love You" (Kevin Moore, Andrea Weltman) # "Break Down the Walls" (Kevin Moore, John Lewis Parker) # "Anybody Seen My Girl" (Kevin Moore) # "Speak Your Mind" (Kevin Moore, Alex Brown) # "Rainmaker" (Kevin Moore, Pat Shepherd) # "The Way You Hold Me" (Kevin Moore) # "Rainy Day People (Rainy Day Lady, Rainy Day Man)" (Kevin Moore, Alex Brown) # "Holding on to You" (Bill Martin)

Personnel

*Kevin Moore - vocals, acoustic and electric guitar *Bobbi Walker - additional lead vocals *

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- electric guitar *Jervonny Collier - bass guitar *Greg Mathieson, Michael King - keyboards *

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- synthesizer *

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- drums *Holden Raphael,

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- percussion *Kim Hutchcroft - alto and tenor saxophone, alto flute *Gary Grant,

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- trumpet, flugelhorn * Bill Reichenbach - trombone, bass trombone *Alex Brown,

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, Carmen Grillo, Carmen Twillie, Marva Holcolm, Tom Kelly, Venette Gloud - backing vocals *Victor Hall - string arrangements

References

1980 debut albums Keb' Mo' albums {{blues-album-stub