The Kolkata monsoon, promised weeks ago, may have finally arrived this evening with the first rain in some time. In honor thereof, please cool off a few degrees by listening to the following, in no particular order, except you must listen to the new cut from rreplay, “Wash Away,” first last or in between.
- Rreplay, “Wash Away,” from our most recent sessions, this one on June 9.
- Jimi Hendrix, “Rainy Day, Dream Away.” Jimi, with killer sax over jazzy organ…sit back and groove on a rainy day.
- Velvet Underground, “Hey Mr. Rain (version 1),” Where John Cale gets it all to himself.
- Beatles, “Rain,” psychedelic classic, backwards guitar, how can you go wrong?
- Robert Johnson, “Come on into my Kitchen,” You can feel the humidity and the vague sense of threat in this one.
- Elmore James, “The Sky is Crying,”  Listen for “and I WUNDAH,” one of the greatest single vocal phrases in the blues.
Back to Boston tomorrow nightâ¦not sure if I’ll get another Kolkata post in before returning to the states.