"(You and Me and) Rain on the Roof" by The Lovin' Spoonful.

OK, girls and boys, back to the 60s: It was pouring rain (hint, hint!) outside of John Sebastian's Greenwich Village apartment when he looked at his wife and was inspired to write this 1966 soft Baroque-rock classic. Written in the Greek Mixolydian style, it features genial guitar interplay between him and Zal Yanovsky. Twelve-string acoustic, pedal steel, John's Irish harp and Zal's electric run through a big ol' Fender Super Reverb amp distorted to achieve the trademark French horn sound. The song ends in a dominant 7th chord, which gives it a feeling of lack of closure... It was released 6 months after their hard-rocking chart-topper "Summer in the City", signaling a return to the softer sound that the band was known for. It peaked at #10 on Billboard's Hot 100, their 6th consecutive Top 10 single. Song? Band? Answer: "(You and Me and) Rain on the Roof" by The Lovin' Spoonful. I've always loved The Spoonful from the first time I heard them. Just like The Turtles, they didn't take themselves very seriously but had a dynamite sound fueled by John Sebastian's masterful songwriting. One of those many 60s bands that you wish they had never broken up. One of my all-time favorite guitar lines is "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice". It seems like every time I pick up a guitar, it is always a go-to. Their big hits are now standards but some of their other tunes like "Younger Girl", "Darling, Be Home Soon", "Six O'Clock", "Never Going Back", etc. are superb. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwDh-xea40s

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