In 2006, they invited Travis Warren-whose raspy cry carries its own weathered ache-to resurrect Blind Melon’s rootsy sound while honoring Hoon’s most haunting words, from 1992’s “Change”: “And when your deepest thoughts are broken, keep on dreaming, boy/’Cause when you stop dreamin’ it’s time to die. Shaken, the remaining members waited over a decade to reunite. Their 1995 follow-up, Soup, took a darker, deeper dive into swampy, bluesy rock, but its release would be overshadowed by Hoon’s tragic death by overdose just two months later. That paisley-plaid swirl lifted Blind Melon’s 1992 self-titled debut album onto the charts, and eventually to multi-platinum status thanks to the folksy, snap-along “No Rain”-not to mention its video starring the LP’s Bee Girl cover star. Meanwhile, Indiana-born howler Shannon Hoon, first heard singing backup on Guns N’ Roses’ “Don’t Cry,” brought the existential pain and pathos: “Nobody here really understands me,” he drawls on first single “Tones of Home,” summing up the thoughts of teens and outsiders everywhere.
But their sound was rooted in classic rock and psychedelia, all soaked in southern comfort thanks to the Mississippi roots of guitarist Rogers Stevens, drummer Glen Graham, and bassist Brad Smith. Formed in 1990 by a group of Los Angeles transplants just as grunge broke, Blind Melon spoke to a vast spectrum of disaffected youth across America. 'No Rain' Words and Music by Blind Melon Taken from the 1992 album ‘Blind Melon’ Posted by Stu, England This is the official transcription for this song so is 100 correct quarter note 150. Trivia about "No Rain," the single, according IMBD.Blind Melon’s greatest gift has always been the simple, often profound, wisdom that they so casually weave into their home-spun alt-rock-a legacy somehow perfectly encapsulated in the free-spirited moves of their beloved Bee Girl mascot. The bee was a nod to actress Heather DeLoach, the 9-year-old seen tap-dancing in the "No Rain" video while wearing a bee costume.
Garrett was wearing a worn Blind Melon "bee girl" tour T-shirt. "Now, I'm on the phone talking about him dying. I said, 'You mean the guy from that "No Rain" video?' I went back to my room and called all my friends to tell them. "I saw him walking around one day and a friend who knew him had to point him out. "I didn't even know he was from Lafayette until I came to school last year," Nathan Garrett, a Purdue University sophomore at the time, said in the Oct. In the days after his death, the J&C reported how music fans in the Lafayette area were mourning his loss. Original members of Blind Melon, including Rogers Stevens and Christopher Thorn, returned to Lafayette in late 20, 20 years after Hoon's death, to perform in his hometown. Hoon can be heard in the background vocals of the 1991 album, "Use Your Illusion I." In 1985, Hoon embarked for Los Angeles where, legend has it, he met up with family friend and fellow Lafayette native, Axl Rose, from the band Guns N' Roses. 3 on the Billboard charts in 1993, the J&C reported, but the single and thus the band took off when MTV began playing the "No Rain" video regularly.Ģ0 years after his death: Lafayette mourns Shannon Hoon The tour bus was parked in a parking lot near where the group recorded its second album in the city's Warehouse District." "Hoon, a McCutcheon High School graduate, died about 1:30 p.m., DeFillo said. Remembering Shannon Hoon: Annual Vigil for former Blind Melon singer ends in 2016 Marlon DeFillo, who would not give further details of his death.
His band members apparently couldn't wake him and called the police, according to New Orleans police Sgt. The Journal & Courier reported his death on Oct.
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