Sunny Songs: Waiting for the Sun to Shine

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@FourWalls (76817)
United States
July 18, 2025 11:17am CST
Okay, your break from the country music is over. But just for one day. Yes, I know that yesterday’s song (“Tequila Sunrise”) could qualify as “country-ish” (and would probably be “too country” in today’s market), but this is the real deal. There won’t be any argument about whether this is country or not. So Linda? NO!!!!! and here we go. Waiting for the Sun to Shine - Ricky Skaggs You have someone who was inducted into both the Country Music and Bluegrass halls of fame the same year, so you bet yer boots this won’t be mistaken for a Led Zep song. And how about this, I got BOTH Boz Scaggs AND Ricky Skaggs in the same countdown!!! Skaggs had a long career before this “debut” album. He’d been working in bluegrass in the 70s, and had done some recordings with Keith Whitley (who also had a long career before his “debut”). He decided to try traditional country at a time when the Urban Cowboy phase was a going strong. That could have been a disaster; instead, he and George Strait helped guide country music back to its roots for what apparently was the final time, the 80s “neo-traditional” movement. Oh, no, won’t see that no more. Skaggs left NO clue as to what his purpose was. Most of the songs on his first album for Epic Records were covers of country (“Your Old Love Letters,” “Low and Lonely”) or bluegrass (“Lost to a Stranger,” “Don’t Get Above Your Raisin’”) songs. The notable exception was the title song, written by songwriting great Sonny Throckmorton (who wrote Strait’s “The Cowboy Rides Away” and the Judds’ “Why Not Me”). It’s a simple, beautiful ballad, showcasing just how clear Skaggs’ voice is. It’s still one of my favorite Ricky Skaggs songs. Waiting for the Sun to Shine Written by Sonny Throckmorton Recorded by Ricky Skaggs From Waiting for the Sun to Shine, 1981 I know it will be some time:
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• United States
15h
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@FourWalls (76817)
• United States
15h
You were way too fast for me.
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• United States
15h
@FourWalls Nope, we didn't get song or artist but hubby says he knows this artist well
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@FourWalls (76817)
• United States
15h
@LooeyVille — oh, well, we’ll try again tomorrow.
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@Treborika (18017)
• Mombasa, Kenya
14h
I can say that today we had actually not seen the sun. It had been very gloomy throughout the day
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@FourWalls (76817)
• United States
9h
It's been nice here today as far as the sun shining, but it's also been quite hot because the sun is shining. Can't win in the summer.
@wolfgirl569 (119450)
• Marion, Ohio
11h
Noper
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@FourWalls (76817)
• United States
9h
Oh, well, we'll try again tomorrow. And fail. But we will try.
@RasmaSandra (87057)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11h
Thank you I always liked this one
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@FourWalls (76817)
• United States
9h
Me too. It's a definite highlight to that "first" album.
@Deepizzaguy (112019)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
9h
A very good tune sung by Ricky Skaggs.
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@FourWalls (76817)
• United States
9h
He has the perfect voice for this lovely ballad.
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@Deepizzaguy (112019)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
4h
@FourWalls You are right.
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9h
Wall to wall sunshine here today. It won't last Yellow warning for rain If I had known that on Thursday morning we would have stayed at home
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@FourWalls (76817)
• United States
9h
It wouldn't matter if your weathermen are like ours: wrong half the time.
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8h
@FourWalls Usually they err in a good way Predict bad Weather turns out good But I can't see them being wrong this time
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