Dear Slim

DEAR SLIM

It’s tender, ethereal, and comforting — like a whispered embrace in the dark.

Nothing Is Cool

I felt the sun dance in the rain.
That moment when you’ve already paid for every mile you chose—and something good still finds you.
This song is about standing where you are, owning the road behind you, and realizing the light didn’t leave just because the weather changed.
Bent, not broken. Still here. Still standing.

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I Felt The Sun Dance In The Rain

James Rusty Sanders – Artist Bio (Expanded, Authentic, Story-Driven)
James Rusty Sanders is a songwriter shaped by survival, reinvention, and the long road toward peace. His catalog reads like a life lived twice—once through fire, and again through clarity—mapped out in titles that feel less like songs and more like chapters.
From the reflective ache of “Ashes in the Rain” to the quiet resolve of “Still I Rise,” from the storm-scarred introspection of “Silent Wars” to the sunrise redemption of “Morning Light,” Rusty’s music carries the emotional weight of someone who has walked through hell barefoot… and come out with stories worth telling.
A traveler at heart, his sound blends wandering-hippie soul, country grit, rock-and-roll scars, poetic storytelling, and a surprising undercurrent of rap energy. His songs move like memories—sometimes heavy, sometimes hopeful, always honest. Tracks like “Whispered Rage,” “You Never Looked Back,” “When the Wires Go Quiet,” and “Break the Sky” reveal the raw, unfiltered fight behind the man. Others—“Choose Yourself,” “Safe Now,” “Better Days,” “Find My Light,” and “Always a Place for You”—show the softer rise after the storm, the version of Rusty who learned to build peace with his own hands.
His more cinematic and mythic pieces—“Warrior Queen,” “Voltage Reign,” “Blood Moon Truth,” and “Stoneblood Swagger”—show his love for storytelling worlds beyond his own, while personal landmarks like “Myrtle Beach State of Mind” and “Whole Again” tie his music back to childhood memories and the long arc of rebuilding identity.
And then there is his newest chapter:
“Wandering Barefoot Through My Soul.”
A fusion of hippie spirit, traveler wisdom, rap undertones, and the truth of a man who’s done the hard work on himself. It is the sound of someone who knows what it costs to be alive—and what it means to stay that way.
Rusty writes like someone who has survived addiction, betrayal, loneliness, loss, and the long climb out. His lyrics carry the fingerprints of recovery, resilience, and the stubborn kind of hope that refuses to die. Yet his voice stays grounded, human, and accessible—never preaching, always connecting.
You’ll hear ghosts in his songs.
You’ll hear the road.
You’ll hear the fire.
But most of all, you’ll hear a man learning, day by day, to live with an open heart.
James Rusty Sanders isn’t just a writer/producer.
He’s a storyteller with scars, a wanderer with purpose, and an artist who finally found his voice—and isn’t letting go of it again.

I Felt The Sun Dance In The Rain

James Rusty Sanders

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