Marvin Rainwater

A quarter-Cherokee country singer named Marvin Rainwater shamelessly traded on his Native American pedigree to make himself a name on the country music circuit. But backing up this charade was some very solid music from an artist who could work and create in a multiplicity of styles. Few artists in country music ever made music as quirky and just plain weird as that of Rainwater. His recorded canon, featuring his strong, rumbling baritone, showed that he was equally adept at Western ballads, pop confections, and breathtaking go-for-broke forays into rockabilly. He was born M...