Smokey And His Sister - Creators of Rain (1967)

[@elizabethchow4898]

Smokeys sister is my grandmother (VICKI McMorrow) ❤️ it’s so nice to see all these people who loved her and her brothers music

[@sunnysideofthemoon1026]

oh my god really!? What happened to them?

[@walterellman3246]

God Bless You Always! Jesus Loves You! John 3:16

[@alejandroosorniocruz2892]

Rest in peace Daniel 😢, you always were a great artist

[@penjoi1708]

I found this in a Daniel Johnston mini doc and had to find it. This song is very well written.

[@joyoussound]

I came here from a Daniel Johnston doc, but didn''t even realize this song was playing in that doc? I remember the version by Clauding Longet so well and I'm surprised it's not on KZbin?

[@freeecountryy]

Me too! Is the version in that short doc by this Clauding Longet artist? I can't find find anything about it anywhere. I'm about to cover this song myself because it's amazing.

[@mvd6432]

Soko is singing this song in that Short Movie about Daniel Johnston. But I can not find a full version of Soko's cover version of The Creators of Rain. So, perhaps it's just that small piece of music....

[@Peanutt127]

oh man how did you find it ? i've been looking for about 3 weeks with no results until the creator of that doc replied to my comment asking about the song . Just when i almost lost all hope !

[@ahankadam7447]

@@Peanutt127 Do you know where a short version of the Soko version is?

[@ttttt44]

RIP Daniel Johnston

[@spudwas]

he Died!?

[@ttttt44]

@@spudwas unfortunately so. in about september 2019

[@sisterbobbi]

Smokey passed away June 18, 2011 in Galveston, Texas. Sail on, my friend. You're in Heaven with Vicki now, singing with the angels.

[@rioclaro2]

'His sister' was one of my best friends after she moved to NJ. This was a part of her life I didn't know. R.I.P., Vickie M.

[@rioclaro2]

She was 'Vickie McMorrow' when I knew her..and had two daughters.

[@spudwas]

she Died!?

[@rioclaro2]

@@spudwas Yes, I don't know any details but I believe I learned about her death in a discussion with people who knew her, also. I moved to Tn. while our children were still young.

[@jimmyf865]

Smokey, Larry Mims and his sister Vicki Mims were my cousins. Larry passed on June 18th in Galveston, Texas. Vicki McMorrow passed away April 2, 2006 in New Jersey. Both from cancer like both their parents. There are two remaining sisters. Sorry we haven't been in very close contact through the years. Miss them all very much along with their mom and dad that past many years ago. You can only remember the past you can't relive it.

[@walterellman3246]

This is a Beautiful Song! Jesus Loves You! John 3:16

[@billyoung4089]

Terry Lee played this in Pgh on his Music for young lovers show. Never forgot it. I love it.

[@jimray4428]

Ah yes. The Terry Lee show from WIXZ radio in McKeesport, Pa. This song brings back memories of that time. I was 14 years old in the Summer of 67 and most radios in the area were tuned into Terry's show on those beautiful Summer evenings.

[@robertfleming7182]

Listened to this from Ft. Dix NJ to South Vietnam. Everytime it came around on the loop on the TWA 707 that took me there. It was the the last civil thing I heard for a year.

[@walterellman3246]

Thank You For Defending Our Country! Jesus Loves You My Dear Friend! God Bless You Always! John 3:16

[@idalis2303]

In the beginning, the land was stained Parched by the sun, deserts, and plains Then the creators of the land Created rain I was that barren, wasted land I was too weak to stand Then the creators of rain created you High on a mountain, growing there Land was plenty, trees were rare Then the creators of rain Created air I was that mountain, growing there My life was empty, nothing there Then the creators of air created you There would be no land, no seas To plants, no trees, no life, or me, without you Life had forgot the carrying of Dreams that were lost to fade above Then the creators of rain Created love I was that dream that life had made To search an [?], hope had fade Then the creators love created you Created you (created you) Created you (created you) For me

[@Astorte]

*High on a mountain, growing bare Land was plenty, trees were rare Then the creators of rain created air I was that mountain growing bare My life was empty, nothing there Then the creators of air created you .... I was that dream that love had made To search in endless hope and faith Then the creators of love created you

[@wicker1234]

Ian and Sylvia covered this in 1971. Beautiful song.

[@FA1Lproductions]

Ya know,,, there are SO many unreal lyrics.... I'm a music and lyric soul... I am a devout Terry Lee listener.. Class of 67,, Springdale , Pa... He has SO many unreal songs... THIS song,, is quite possibly,, one of the most soulfull ever done.. Not just the Lyrics... THE two Perfect Voices FOR the song... THE two Perfect people to SING it... The EXACT way to DO it... I just keep coming back to this song... Just SO perfect... Unreal...

[@josephgribbin2444]

I love this song, and also the TL sound, back in the day. Another song that also haunts me with great melody and harmony is Nino Tempo and his sister, April Stevens 'Deep Purple'. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmOXfGuHgrBjgM0

[@lindasiouxsan]

I have loved this song since I was a hippy at the age of 16. I have only heard it again recently - so loving

[@byoung58]

MIND BLOWING !! MEZMERIZING !!

[@LOSSLESSGRAMOPHONE]

God this is devastating, usually only Bob Dylan has me listening on repeat but this is sublime, innocent and profound - who writes pure, inspired lyrics like this anymore? Thank You!

[@michaelshirley441]

Smokey had Bob's haircut.

[@thewillismon]

I can see why this thing wasn't a hit, cause it's plenty weird. Yet it has a way of getting under your skin in a quiet, stealthy, mysterious way.

[@wynonie]

Gigantic hit in "the Burgh" in 1967.A Magic TL Sound.

[@jimsutter149]

Terry Lee a D.J. from the Pittsburgh area put out a album with this song on it. I was a member of the Laura Lamar High School class of 1964. Laura Lamar High School was located in Homer City, PA. Go Wildcats.

[@N89J00X]

I've loved this song since the first time I heard it. There's so much sweetness in it and I feel very uplifted by it. I was so upset that it wasn't played much and then I never heard it anymore. I'm thankful for youtube so that we can find these great treasures again!

[@sstephenshepherd]

Amazing song❤

[@oliviasienna-p9711]

This is my summer anthem every year

[@deleonjuan]

one of the best songs that i've ever heard...soulful...straight from the heart...I was seventeen when I first heard it and it touched my soul forever....type of song that comes around every once in a while...

[@robaltork4424]

A favorite of mine since 1967 when I lived in Miami Fl, (Key Biscayne) have done searches for it several times. Just tried again and found it! Thank you. It is idealistic for sure but almost perfectly so. It's a gem!

[@robaltork4424]

Wow! Allot of 17 years old, at the time, people posting here! I was 17 then too. Check out my idealistic music too, if you like. Just go KZbin and enter Rob Altork. all original, all idealistic. "Ideal" is a good thing.

[@bethwistful]

. . . everytime i hear this, i start wishing it was the summer of 1967 all over again . . . this is great, thank you for posting it. you are obiviously a person of equisite culture . . . beth wishes!

[@TheMauvetys]

the cover sleeve pic suits the wonderful song

[@senaoter4097]

time will tell how much i love you

[@raelene101]

Goosebumps

[@warrenedgar-gillespie]

Thank you so much. I love this song.

[@Argetlahm]

beautiful

[@Yzabeaux1]

Gosh this brings back so many many memories of my youth...Thank you so much!

[@senaoter4097]

1 sene gecti askım hala askım. ama sarkımız hala bu mu bilmiyorum artık tekno dinliyo cünkü

[@Turnintoearth1]

I've just uploaded the CD with Smokey and His Sister's complete Columbia recordings! They're simply magnificent!

[@tonyfourhunnid]

sooooo good

[@MetroCommD]

An almost masterpiece from Larry “Smokey” Mims. Released twice as a single in ‘67 and then ‘69.

[@senaoter4097]

aşkımla şarkımız. Seni çok seviyorum bitanem. Eğer bir gün bensiz dinlersen kulaklarını kessinler

[@spudwas]

I always love this song...I was in 7th grade when it was on the radio in Sacramento around Feb '67. It, to me, always seemed like an odd vocal duo every time I heard it. Scratched my head every time it played. Who are these two? Pictures of singers were not readily available back in '67.

[@MrBrimor2654]

lost in memory- almost

[@spudwas]

Also, Why does Smokey's sister have a deeper voice?

[@bobjones2041]

@@spudwas British singers of the day had that habit "as tears go by" by Marianne faithfull for example

[@spudwas]

@@bobjones2041 Marianne's voice was anything but deep when she recorded that song in the mid 1960's. In the 80's and 90's, her voice was definitely deep!

[@bobjones2041]

@@spudwasI first heard Creators sung by country duo Ian and Sylva. She doesn't give it the same stacato treatment.

[@michaelshirley441]

This song wasn't on the vinyl album. The CD yes. I've got them both.

[@ivandafoe5451]

Ian & Sylvia did a great version of this

[@bobjones2041]

I had their version on a country hits LP from Columbia House. Ian supposedly disliked the song and was forced to record it by the record label

[@BetFox]

some one know were is the soko version of this song ? i will apreciate

[@henrikwill5223]

pretty sure that Soko covere the song just for that Daniel Johnston documentary and you wont be able to find it anywhere else.

[@jimhoerr]

no one has mentioned Ian and Sylva;s cover

[@JClaus1221]

wonderful song, the original mono version is so much better though. if you want to hear Smokey's real masterpiece, find "Where There's Fire".

[@unklewink]

Pretty song. But the way it was produced, the vocals were muddied and buried in the music.

[@flyzone100]

Over 4 min of "play" for a 2+ min song -- must be a KZbin bucks scam.

[@LemonWedgeinc]

666 likes :)