Tuesday, August 24, 2021

The Rainmakers & Bob Walkenhorst: Top 100 Songs

The Rainmakers/
Bob Walkenhorst

Top 100 Songs

The Rainmakers are a roots-rock band from Missouri. They started as a trio in 1983 named Steve, Bob & Rich for members Steve Phillips (guitar and vocals), Bob Walkenhorst (vocals, drums, and guitar), and Rich Ruth (bass and vocals). They released one independent album, Balls, in 1984.

They signed to Polygram Records, added drummer Pat Tomek, and renamed themselves the Rainmakers. They released their self-titled debut in 1986. Four more studio albums followed from 1987 to 1997. Rich Ruth had left in 1994 and was replace on their 1997 album Skin by Michael Bliss.

The band were then inactive for more than a decade, during which time frontman Bob Walkenhorst released a solo album and collaborated with Jeff Porter, who joined the Rainmakers when they reunited in 2011. Steve Phillips and Pat Tomek returned to the fold as well.

After three more studio albums, the band again went dormant during which time Walkenhorst collaborated with his daughter Una for a 2018 album and released another solo effort in 2021. He has also recorded two albums, known as Spare and Spare Vol. 2, of stripped-down, acoustic versions of his songs with and without the Rainmakers. Also appearing on this list are a few cuts from the 1977 album The Last Adventure by the Walkenhorst Brothers.

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Check out Dave’s Music Database podcast: The Best of Bob Walkenhorst and the Rainmakers based on this list. It debuts August 24, 2021 at 7pm CST. Tune in every Tuesday at 7pm for a new episode based on the lists at Dave’s Music Database.

Awards:

Top 100 Songs

Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists as well as chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards.

DMDB Top 20%:

1. Let My People Go-Go (Steve, Bob, & Rich: 1984; The Rainmakers: 1986)
2. Snake Dance (1987)

Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:

3. Downstream (1986)
4. The Wages of Sin (1987)
5. Big Fat Blonde (Steve, Bob, & Rich: 1984; The Rainmakers: 1986)
6. Small Circles (1987)
7. Nobody Knows (Steve, Bob, & Rich: 1984; The Rainmakers: 1986)
8. Spend It on Love (1989)
9. Government Cheese (1986)
10. Like Dogs (2011)

11. Suspicious Minds (2015)
12. Last Song of the Evening (2011)
13. Given Time (2011)
14. Primitivo Garcia (Bob Walkenhorst, 2003)
15. Drinkin’ on the Job (1986)
16. Information (Steve, Bob, & Rich: 1984; The Rainmakers: 1986)
17. Go Down Swinging (2011)
18. Half a Horse Apiece (2011)
19. Hoo Dee Hoo (1989)
20. America (2015)

21. Another Guitar (1984)
22. Reckoning Day (1989)
23. One More Summer (1987)
24. Suspicious Minds (2015)
25. The Lakeview Man (1987)
26. For Tomorrow (Bob & Una Walkenhorst, 2018)
27. Different Rub (1997)
28. No Romance (1987)
29. Long Gone Long (1986)
30. Missouri Girl (2011)

31. Thirty Days (1989)
32. Rockin’ at the T-Dance (1986)
33. Doomsville (1986)
34. Turpentine (2011)
35. The Battle of the Roses (1989)
36. Siamese Twins (1997)
37. The One That Got Away (1986)
38. Stick Together (live, 1989)
39. Baby Grand (2011)
40. Wild Oats (1989)

41. Kansas City Times (2011)
42. Skin (1997)
43. To the Hum (1997)
44. 13th Spirit (2014)
45. Rainmaker (1987)
46. Renaissance Man (1989)
47. Carpenter’s Son (1987)
48. Tattoo (1997)
49. Fool’s Gold (1994)
50. Shithole Town (2014)

51. Life Can Turn (Bob Walkenhorst, 2003)
52. Width of a Line (1994)
53. Miserable (2014)
54. Little Tiny World (1994)
55. Jan Vermeer (Bob Walkenhorst, 2003)
56. J-Walkers (Bob Wakenhorst, 2003)
57. Just Leaving (Bob Walkenhorst, 2003)
58. Shiny Shiny (1989)
59. Along Comes Mary (2015)
60. Tornado of Love (1987)

61. Just Another Joe (Bob Walkenhorst, 2003)
62. The Day We Hung Up the Flag (Bob Walkenhorst, 2003)
63. The Other Side of the World (1987)
64. Fly Over (Bob & Una Walkenhorst, 2018)
65. You Remind Me of Someone (1994)
66. Monster Movie (2014)
67. I Talk with My Hands (1987)
68. Greatest Night of My Life (1994)
69. Silver Lake (Bob Walkenhorst & Jeff Porter, 2009)
70. Remarkable (Bob Walkenhorst, 2006)

71. No Abandon (Bob Walkenhorst & Jeff Porter, 2009)
72. Mystery Road (1994)
73. Dry Dry Land (1989)
74. Sugartree (Bob Walkenhorst, 2020)
75. We Walk the Levee (1989)
76. Happy Enough (Bob Walkenhorst, 2020)
77. View from the Tower (1994)
78. Rock On (2015)
79. EGBDF (Steve, Bob & Rich: 1984)
80. A Million Miles Away (1997)

81. Punching Bag (Bob Walkenhorst, 2003)
82. Call a Wrecker (Bob Walkenhorst, 2003)
83. Stolen the Moon (Bob Walkenhorst, 2003)
84. Overland Hill (Bob Walkenhorst & Jeff Porter, 2009)
85. Burgers (Walkenhorst Brothers, 1977)
86. Spite (1994)
87. Winter Dreams (Walkenhorst Brothers, 1977)
88. Shenandoah (Bob Walkenhorst, 2016)
89. Kissin’ Time (Steve, Bob & Rich: 1984)
90. Good Sons and Daughters (1997)

91. Kissses from St. Louis (1993)
92. Rockin’ Around (1993)
93. Autumn Song (Walkenhorst Brothers, 1977)
94. When We Say Goodbye (Walkenhorst Brothers, 1977)
95. Vermillion (2011)
96. Who’s at the Wheel (2014)
97. These Hills (2011)
98. Broken Down (Bob Walkenhorst, 2003)
99. Too Many Twenties (1997)
100. Signs of a Struggle (2014)

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First posted 6/17/2021; last updated 8/24/2021.

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