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The posthumously assembled ten-track outtakes collection The Sky Is Crying actually proves to be one of Stevie Ray Vaughan's most consistent albums, rivaling In Step as the best outside of the Greatest Hits collection. These songs were recorded in sessions spanning from 1984's Couldn't Stand the Weather to 1989's In Step and were left off of the LPs for whatever reason (or, in the case of Soul to Soul's "Empty Arms," a different version was used). What makes the record work is its eclectic diversity -- Vaughan plays slide guitar on "Boot Hill" and acoustic on "Life by the Drop"; he smokes on the slow blues of "May I Have a Talk With You" and the title track just as much as on the up-tempo Lonnie Mack cover, "Wham"; and he shows the jazzy side of his playing on Hendrix's "Little Wing" and Kenny Burrell's "Chitlins Con Carne." But it's not just musical diversity that makes the record work, it's also Vaughan's emotional range. From the morbidly dark "Boot Hill" to the lilting "Little Wing" to the exuberant tributes to his influences -- Lonnie Mack on "Wham" and Albert King on "The Sky Is Crying" -- Vaughan makes the material resonate, and in light of his death, "The Sky Is Crying" and the touching survivor-story ballad "Life by the Drop" are two of the most moving moments in Vaughan's oeuvre.
© Steve Huey /TiVo
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Chris Layton, Drums - Binks and Reyne, Composer - Binks and Reyne, Lyricist - Roger Klein, Coordinator - Jimmie Vaughan, Producer - Richard Mullen, Engineer - Richard Mullen, Mixing Engineer - Jim Gaines, Producer - Jim Gaines, Engineer - MARK PROCT, Coordinator - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Vocal - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Guitar - Tommy Shannon, Acoustic Bass - Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble, Producer - Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble, Performer - Danny Jones, 2nd Engineer - Reese Wynans, Keyboards - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Evan Rush, 2nd Engineer - Jeff Powell, 2nd Engineer - Mark Rutledge, Coordinator
(P) 1991 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Chris Layton, Drums - E. James, Composer - E. James, Lyricist - Roger Klein, Coordinator - Ron Cote, 2nd Engineer - Jimmie Vaughan, Producer - Richard Mullen, Producer - Richard Mullen, Engineer - Richard Mullen, Mixing Engineer - MARK PROCT, Coordinator - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Vocal - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Guitar - Tommy Shannon, Acoustic Bass - Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble, Producer - Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble, Performer - Reese Wynans, Keyboards - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Jeff Powell, 2nd Engineer - C. Lewis, Composer - C. Lewis, Lyricist - Mark Rutledge, Coordinator - M. Robinson, Composer - M. Robinson, Lyricist
(P) 1991 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Chris Layton, Producer - Chris Layton, Drums - Rob Eaton, 2nd Engineer - Roger Klein, Coordinator - Jimmie Vaughan, Producer - Richard Mullen, Engineer - Richard Mullen, Mixing Engineer - MARK PROCT, Coordinator - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Vocal - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Guitar - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Producer - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Lyricist - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Composer - Tommy Shannon, Producer - Tommy Shannon, Acoustic Bass - Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble, Performer - Jim Capfer, Producer - Reese Wynans, Keyboards - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Jeff Powell, 2nd Engineer - Mark Rutledge, Coordinator
(P) 1991 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
J.i Hendrix, Composer - J.i Hendrix, Lyricist - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Vocal - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Producer - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Guitar - Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble, Performer - Tommy Shannon, Acoustic Bass - Tommy Shannon, Producer - Jim Capfer, Producer - Reese Wynans, Keyboards - Chris Layton, Producer - Chris Layton, Drums
(P) 1985 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Chris Layton, Producer - Chris Layton, Drums - Rob Eaton, 2nd Engineer - Roger Klein, Coordinator - Jimmie Vaughan, Producer - Richard Mullen, Engineer - Richard Mullen, Mixing Engineer - MARK PROCT, Coordinator - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Vocal - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Guitar - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Producer - L. Mack, Composer - L. Mack, Lyricist - Tommy Shannon, Producer - Tommy Shannon, Acoustic Bass - Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble, Performer - Jim Capfer, Producer - Reese Wynans, Keyboards - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Jeff Powell, 2nd Engineer - Mark Rutledge, Coordinator
(P) 1985 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Chris Layton, Drums - Double Trouble, Producer - Roger Klein, Coordinator - Ron Cote, 2nd Engineer - Jimmie Vaughan, Producer - Richard Mullen, Producer - Richard Mullen, Engineer - Richard Mullen, Mixing Engineer - MARK PROCT, Coordinator - John Hammond, Executive Producer - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Vocal - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Guitar - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Producer - Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble, Performer - Tommy Shannon, Acoustic Bass - Reese Wynans, Keyboards - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Chester "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett, Composer - Chester "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett, Lyricist - Jeff Powell, 2nd Engineer - Mark Rutledge, Coordinator
(P) 1986 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Chris Layton, Producer - Chris Layton, Drums - Rob Eaton, 2nd Engineer - Roger Klein, Coordinator - Jimmie Vaughan, Producer - Richard Mullen, Engineer - Richard Mullen, Mixing Engineer - MARK PROCT, Coordinator - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Vocal - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Guitar - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Producer - Tommy Shannon, Producer - Tommy Shannon, Acoustic Bass - Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble, Performer - Jim Capfer, Producer - W. Dixon, Composer - W. Dixon, Lyricist - Reese Wynans, Keyboards - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Jeff Powell, 2nd Engineer - Mark Rutledge, Coordinator
(P) 1985 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Chris Layton, Drums - Double Trouble, Producer - Roger Klein, Coordinator - Ron Cote, 2nd Engineer - Jimmie Vaughan, Producer - Richard Mullen, Producer - Richard Mullen, Engineer - Richard Mullen, Mixing Engineer - MARK PROCT, Coordinator - John Hammond, Executive Producer - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Vocal - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Producer - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Guitar - Tommy Shannon, Acoustic Bass - Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble, Performer - K. Burrell, Composer - K. Burrell, Lyricist - Reese Wynans, Keyboards - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Jeff Powell, 2nd Engineer - Mark Rutledge, Coordinator
(P) 1985 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Chris Layton, Drums - Roger Klein, Coordinator - Ron Cote, 2nd Engineer - Jimmie Vaughan, Producer - Richard Mullen, Producer - Richard Mullen, Engineer - Richard Mullen, Mixing Engineer - MARK PROCT, Coordinator - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Vocal - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Guitar - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Lyricist - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Composer - Tommy Shannon, Acoustic Bass - Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble, Producer - Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble, Performer - Reese Wynans, Keyboards - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Jeff Powell, 2nd Engineer - Mark Rutledge, Coordinator
(P) 1985 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Chris Layton, Drums - B. LOGAN, Composer - B. LOGAN, Lyricist - Roger Klein, Coordinator - Jimmie Vaughan, Producer - Richard Mullen, Engineer - Richard Mullen, Mixing Engineer - Jim Gaines, Producer - MARK PROCT, Coordinator - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Vocal - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Producer - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Guitar - Tommy Shannon, Acoustic Bass - Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble, Performer - D. Bramhall, Composer - D. Bramhall, Lyricist - Reese Wynans, Keyboards - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Jeff Powell, 2nd Engineer - Mark Rutledge, Coordinator
(P) 1991 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
The posthumously assembled ten-track outtakes collection The Sky Is Crying actually proves to be one of Stevie Ray Vaughan's most consistent albums, rivaling In Step as the best outside of the Greatest Hits collection. These songs were recorded in sessions spanning from 1984's Couldn't Stand the Weather to 1989's In Step and were left off of the LPs for whatever reason (or, in the case of Soul to Soul's "Empty Arms," a different version was used). What makes the record work is its eclectic diversity -- Vaughan plays slide guitar on "Boot Hill" and acoustic on "Life by the Drop"; he smokes on the slow blues of "May I Have a Talk With You" and the title track just as much as on the up-tempo Lonnie Mack cover, "Wham"; and he shows the jazzy side of his playing on Hendrix's "Little Wing" and Kenny Burrell's "Chitlins Con Carne." But it's not just musical diversity that makes the record work, it's also Vaughan's emotional range. From the morbidly dark "Boot Hill" to the lilting "Little Wing" to the exuberant tributes to his influences -- Lonnie Mack on "Wham" and Albert King on "The Sky Is Crying" -- Vaughan makes the material resonate, and in light of his death, "The Sky Is Crying" and the touching survivor-story ballad "Life by the Drop" are two of the most moving moments in Vaughan's oeuvre.
© Steve Huey /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:19
- Main artists: Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Epic
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Blues
(P) 1985, 1986, 1991 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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