After the Rain is the eighteenth studio album by Irma Thomas. After the Rain won Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, the first Grammy Award for Thomas, and the second-ever Grammy win by a woman in this category, after Etta James.
The album was recorded at the Dockside Studios in Maurice, Louisiana, only months after Hurricane Katrina destroyed Thomas's home in New Orleans.
Personnel
Irma Thomas - vocals
David Egan - piano
Charles "Chucky C" Elam, III - background vocals
Corey Harris - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Sonny Landreth - slide guitar
Stanton Moore - drums, percussion
Dirk Powell - fiddle, fretless banjo, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
James Singleton - acoustic bass
David Torkanowsky - Hammond B3 organ, piano
Juanita Brooks - background vocals
Marc Broussard - background vocals