Mavericks – Here Comes The Rain

Back in the 1990s, I remember hearing these guys on the radio. Songs like What A Crying Shame and All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down sounded so good. What caught me was Raul Malo’s voice. His voice is always on and distinctive. But I always wondered, what are they? Are they country, pop, or Tex-Mex? Then I thought, why does it matter? Forget the box, I want to put them in and just enjoy. 

The song, co-written by Malo and Mavericks bassist Robert Reynolds, hit a cool older mood. From the opening guitar chords, it feels less like a country song and more like a strong Roy Orbison sound, which is always welcoming to my ears. The band didn’t sound like anyone else in Nashville. And when they released this song in 1995, they proved that country could be a mixture of things and still be radio-friendly.

It was released as a single from the band’s 4th album, Music for All Occasions, and it became one of their most remembered tracks. It even won them a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1996. Not too bad for a band that Nashville music insiders didn’t quite know how to categorize (like me). Were they country? Rockabilly? Pop? Tex-Mex? They were all of those, and this song shows how well they could blend them all together.

For me, this song feels like the point where The Mavericks’ sound matured into something really timeless. They are still working today, which is great news. The song peaked at #22 on the Billboard Country Charts and #4 on the Canadian Country Charts. The album peaked at #9 on the Billboard Country Album Charts, #3 on the Canadian Country Album Charts, and #58 on the Billboard Album Charts, and #54 in Canada. 

Here Comes The Rain

Your love’s a heartacheThat’s torn me apartYou’ve watched my heart breakRight from the startYou took everything you wantedAnd now that you are gone

Here comes the rainFalling down on meI’m showered in painNothing remainsOf what used to be

Here comes the nightDark as my soulThere’s no end in sightNo shining lightNo love to holdHere comes the rain

I must have been dreamingI must have been blindBut I never thought youCould be so unkindTomorrow I’ll forget youBut I can’t forget you now

Here comes the rainFalling down on meI’m showered in painNothing remainsOf what used to be

Here comes the nightDark as my soulThere’s no end in sightNo shining lightNo love to holdHere comes the rain

Here comes the rainFalling down on meI’m showered in painNothing remainsOf what used to be

Here comes the nightDark as my soulThere’s no end in sightNo shining lightNo love to holdHere comes the rain

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Author: Badfinger (Max)

Power Pop fan, Baseball, Beatles, Alternative music, old movies, and tv show fan. Also anything to do with pop culture in the 60s and 70s... I'm also a songwriter, bass and guitar player. Not the slightest bit interested in politics at all.

19 thoughts on “Mavericks – Here Comes The Rain”

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  2. Yes, Orbison is definitely being channeled here. I loved this group when they came out. Got their first few albums and Malo’s first solo album. What a great voice. Here’s something weird: yesterday for some reason the album cover you have posted popped into my head, because I had the CD, and here it is. Good stuff.

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      1. I think I had heard the name The Mavericks but don’t recall hearing anything by them… but it might have done well on the country station in town back then, I just wasn’t listening to that station. Not a bad sound at all on that one… though I must admit I was hoping the video would have that young lady on the album cover in it too!

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      2. You probably heard What A Crying Shame…it was pretty big. In our area, they were played a lot.
        Yes! That would have been nice lol.

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  5. Max, good choice. Cant go wrong with these guys. You “forgetting the box” is something I have done for years. Love that term. Malo has one of my favorite voices. Smooth and easy on the ears with lots of soul. Watched an episode of ‘Bluegrass Underground’ where Ron brought his mom on stage. Very cool.

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    1. Forgetting the box was the key to freedom so to speak for me. If it sounds good..listen.
      That is really cool…I like when they do personal things like that. In our area these guys got a lot of play.

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  9. “Here Comes the Rain” is such a great song. And, yep, it’s got a bit of a Roy Orbison vibe. I featured it during one of my Sunday posts in February 2024.

    I just pulled up that post to refresh my memory and saw it had been Randy, who had brought the group on my radar screen.

    I also dig “What A Crying Shame: and “All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down” – thanks for the reminder.

    Before I cheerfully forget The Mavericks again, I’ve written down their name. I suspect they are going to make another appearance on The Sunday Six in the near future! 🙂

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    1. Those two songs are what got me into them. They are really good Christian. I didn’t know many Tex-Mex bands back then except Los Lobos but this one got my attention.

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