The Rainmakers are a Kansas City, Missouri-based original rock band whose members include: Bob Walkenhorst, Steve Phillips (later a member of The Elders), Jeff Porter, Rich Ruth, Pat Tomek, Michael Bliss (replaced Rich Ruth in 1995). Missouri has long boasted of being the home of two of America's greatest artists, Mark Twain and Chuck Berry. However, it wasn't until The Rainmakers thundered into the national music spotlight in 1986