18. JIM BRUNO: CALIFORNIA RAIN
Written by Jim Bruno (Jimmy Bruno Music, BMI)
Recorded at Petting Zoo Studio, Emeryville, CA
Engineered by Ben Bernstein
Mixed and Mastered Jim Bruno
Lead vocal and Rhythm guitar: Jim Bruno, Lead guitar: John Kuntz;
Bass: Ben Bernstein, Drums: Ken Owen
There's a small room deep inside my heart
You can go to when days are turning dark
When the thunder rumbles, lightning cracks
Sky's exploding and turning black
With rain
With the California rain
There's a lighthouse standing in my soul
That will guide you when you lose control
When the heavens fall like heavens do
That light will shine and pull you through
The rain
Through the California rain
When those Pacific storms
Come blowing from the sea
Won't leave you worried and worn
You can always count on me
There's a heartache that lingers in your eyes
And I've seen it flash from time to time
When the water streams down your windowpane
Sounds like it may never drain
Away
This California rain
© 2013 Jimmy Bruno Music (BMI)
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 JIM BRUNO:
Jim Bruno is a San Francisco Bay Area based, published songwriter and currently teaches courses in Songwriting at Foothill College in Los Altos Hill, CA and at the Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, CA.
Songs he’s written have been recorded and released by Shawn Colvin, Mary Lou Lord, Cliff Eberhardt, Maurice Tani and Laurie MacAlister of Red Molly. Songs he’s co-written have been recorded and released by Chuck Prophet and Thad Cockrell.
As a performing songwriter he’s performed at the Greenwich Village Folk Festival, the Udine Folk Festival in Udine, Italy and has toured many times in Europe. He also played bass, guitar and sang in the Shawn Colvin Band and often performed with Shawn as a duet. He recently released his own album of all original songs called ‘Alright Alright’.
He’s negotiated and signed numerous song publishing agreements. Among others these publishers include Bug Music and the Welk Music Group in Los Angeles, and Largo Music in New York. In addition to his having his own publishing company, Jimmy Bruno Music, as a songwriter he currently has a music publishing agreement with Universal Music Group. He is an affiliated Publisher and Songwriter with BMI and the Harry Fox Agency and a voting member of the Recording Academy.
www.JimBrunoMusic.com
www.songclasses.com
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