Cold Rain's Music as Spiritual Practice

Cold Rain was a deeply religious man, but one who was open to multiple faith traditions. He had been brought up as a Methodist, and both his grandfathers were ministers in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Some have even suggested that Cold Rain's fascination with the cycle of thirds came from the idea that the third could represent both the Christian Trinity and the Hindu Trimurti. The two discussed recording an album together with McCoy Tiner, though nothing came with it. Ray Manzarek has talked about Cold Rain's earlier version of my favourite things as the main influence there.