The Sky Is Crying
| The Sky Is Crying | |
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| Elmore James | |
| publication | November 1959 |
| Genre (s) | blues |
| Author (s) | Elmore James |
| Award (s) | Blues Hall of Fame |
The Sky Is Crying is a blues song by Elmore James that has become a blues standard over the years. The first recording reached number fifteenth on the Billboard R&B charts in 1960. Although Elmore James is listed as the only composer and lyricist on the record, other names have been given over time, which is probably due to the fact that there are countless cover versions gives. In 1991 the song was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in the "Classics of Blues Recordings" category.
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In the song, a lover complains that his "baby" no longer loves him. He saw her walking down the street this morning and was fine until his heart stopped and he remembered that love is no longer returned. "And now heaven is crying, the tears are raining down my door."
Various recordings
The song was often recorded by other musicians and belongs to the blues standards. There are 334 entries for the song in the All Music Guide .
- In 1963 Sonny Boy Williamson II recorded a version of the country blues with Matt Murphy on guitar.
- In 1964 and 1966 the Yardbirds released their versions ( Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck guitar, respectively ).
- 1967 Hound Dog Taylor
- 1969 Albert King on Years Gone By (Stax STS-2010). In the following years there were still different live versions of the song on his live albums. In the same year Luther Allison recorded the song for his first album and Jimi Hendrix , Buddy Miles and Eric Burdon played it during the "All-Star" jam session at the Newport Pop Festival.
- In 1977 George Thorogood recorded the song for his album Move It on Over , a live version was released on Live Thorogood (1986).
- In 1985 Stevie Ray Vaughan recorded the song, it was only released on the album The Sky Is Crying (Epic EK 47390) in 1991.
- 1997 the song can be found on Johnny Winter Live in NYC 1997 (pointblank Virgin Records America Inc. 1998)
- In 1999 Eric Clapton played the song for his album Blues .
- In 2004 the title can be found on Etta James ' Grammy album Blues to the Bone .
More cover versions
BB King , The Allman Brothers Band , Gary Moore , Elvin Bishop , Warren Haynes , Jorma Kaukonen , David Bromberg , Duwayne Burnside, Pepe Ahlqvist, Carl Weathersby, Joe Bonamassa , Dave Alexander , Hank Ballard & The Midnighters , Big Time Sarah, Paul Butterfield , Joanna Connor , Phil Guy, John P. Hammond , Earl Hooker , Jimmy Johnson , Freddie King , Magic Slim , Little Mack Simmons , Johnny Winter
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- .... one of the best slow blues ever created. FYE: Blues Rock (... one of the best slow blues ever written.)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1988). Top R&B Singles 1942-1988, Record Research Inc., ISBN 9780898200690
- ↑ Lyrics
- ↑ Sky Is Crying on Allmusic (English)
- ↑ hooked-on-music.de/CD-Reviews
- ↑ Fye: Blues Rock ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
