The Sky Is Crying (album) 4586771 225471795 2008-07-13T21:37:57Z J Milburn Bot 7423137 All Music Guide has now been rebranded to Allmusic {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> Name = The Sky Is Crying | Type = [[Compilation album]] | Artist = [[Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble]] | Cover = SRVtheskyiscrying.jpg | Released = [[November 5]], [[1991]] | Recorded = 1984-1989 (compilation) | Genre = [[Electric blues]] | Length = 38:28 | Label = [[Epic Records]] | Producer = [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]], [[Tommy Shannon]], [[Chris Layton]], Jim Gaines, Richard Mullen, Jim Capfer | Reviews = [[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&&sql=10:1jrsa9wgb23s link] | Last album = ''[[In Step]]''<br /> (1989)| This album = '''''The Sky Is Crying''''' <br />(1991) | Next album = ''[[In the Beginning (Stevie Ray Vaughan album)|In the Beginning]]'' <br />(1992) |}} '''''The Sky Is Crying''''' is an [[electric blues]] [[album]] containing studio performances spanning most of the career of [[Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble]]. Released about one year after Vaughan's death in 1990, the album features ten tracks originally recorded between 1984 and 1989. ''The Sky is Crying'' illustrates many of Vaughan's musical influences, including songs in the style of traditional [[Delta blues]], [[Chicago blues]], [[jump blues]], [[jazz blues]], and [[Jimi Hendrix]]. The album's tone alternates primarily between uptempo pieces and gritty, slow blues. The album includes a [[Grammy]]-winning extended instrumental [[cover version]] of Jimi Hendrix's "[[Little Wing]]"; "Chitlins Con Carne", a jazz instrumental; and "Life By The Drop", an [[Steel-string guitar|acoustic guitar]] performance looking back on Vaughan's [[substance abuse]]. ==Track listing== # "Boot Hill" (Writer Unknown) – 2:15 # "The Sky Is Crying" ([[Elmore James|Elmore James]], M. Levy, Clarence Lewis) – 4:36 # "Empty Arms" ([[Stevie Ray Vaughan|S. R. Vaughan]]) – 3:29 # "Little Wing" ([[Jimi Hendrix|Jimi Hendrix]]) – 6:49 # "Wham" ([[Lonnie Mack|Lonnie Mack]]) – 2:25 # "May I Have A Talk With You" (C. Burnett ([[Howlin' Wolf]])) – 5:49 # "Close To You" ([[Willie Dixon|Willie Dixon]]) – 3:10 # "Chitlins Con Carne" ([[Kenny Burrell|Kenny Burrell]]) – 3:57 # "So Excited" ([[Stevie Ray Vaughan|S. R. Vaughan]]) – 3:30 # "Life By The Drop" (Doyle Bramhall, Barbara Logan) – 2:28 ==External links== *[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5439431272350754799&q=little+wing&pl=true Music video] for Stevie Ray Vaughan's instrumental cover version of Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing" *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAG-kX_IlUw] for Little Wing performed live. {{Stevie Ray Vaughan}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sky is Crying}} [[Category:1991 albums]] [[Category:Stevie Ray Vaughan albums]] [[Category:Epic Records albums]]