The Sky Is Crying

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Released after Vaughan's death in a 1990 helicopter accident, The Sky Is Crying collects unreleased studio tracks from throughout the guitarist's recorded career. In Vaughan's early years, he was a stylist who thought nothing of using ten notes when three would have worked. Rock stardom, cocaine, and alcohol did little to temper his tendency towards overstatement, but by In Step, his last studio album (and first clean-and-sober effort), he'd begun to transcend his many influences to forge a hard-boiled style of his own. The collection documents this passage, starting with unreleased covers of Lonnie Mack's "Wham" and Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing" from the time of his debut album. "The Sky Is Crying" was originally cut by Elmore James, but Vaughan's lead guitar owes its stylistic debt to the bluesman who had a most profound influence on his playing, Albert King. The highlights are two tracks cut at the time of In Step--the hard-edged "Boot Hill," with Vaughan on slide guitar, and "Life by the Drop," in which Vaughan accompanies himself on acoustic guitar and toasts a life that would end far too soon. --John Milward

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The Sky Is Crying

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One of the greatest collections ever!!!
Excellent
The Sky May Be Crying But Elmore Makes Me Happy
Listen as His Early Hits Mature Before Your Ears!
One of the Greatest

The Sky Is Crying: The History of Elmore James
Elmore James
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
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ASIN: B0000032Z0
Release Date: 1993-04-06

Tracks:

Dust My Broom
The Sun Is Shining
Hawaiian Boogie
Sho' Nuff I Do
Please Find My Baby
T.V. Mama
My Best Friend
Madison Blues
Cry For Me Baby
The Sky Is Crying
Sunny Land
I Can't Hold Out
Look On Yonder Wall
I Need You
Done Somebody Wrong
Shake Your Moneymaker
The 12 Year Old Boy
It Hurts Me Too
Rollin And Tumblin
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Standing At The Crossroads

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Other post-WWII Chicago bluesmen are better known, but the work of Elmore James holds up as well as any of theirs. If he never had the technical accomplishment of, say, Earl Hooker, he did have as much depth of emotional expression as Muddy Waters; just listen to the sweetness of "I Need You" or the pain of "It Hurts Me, Too." The Sky Is Crying: The History of Elmore James contains some of the most important work of a man who still reigns as the king of slide guitar; anyone who wears a bottleneck today owes a debt to James. Highlights include Robert Johnson's "Dust My Broom," which James made his signature tune, as well as the title track, which contains some of the sweetest licks in blues history. --Genevieve Williams

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One of the greatest collections ever!!!.......2007-05-05

Elmore James is underrated--period. He was as much of a pioneer and original artist of electric blues as Muddy Waters, yet timing, connections, and probably his health problems seemed to diminish his stature in the blues world in the 1950's and early '60's somewhat, at least compared to Muddy Waters and Howling Wolf. Over time, we have seen his work to be just as influential as Muddy's, and probably more than Wolf's. I admire Muddy Waters and the Wolf and respect their supreme positions as kings of Chicago blues, but I actually enjoy listening to Elmore James more. His singing is second only to Son House in sheer terms of emotional intensity. I love his quivering vocal vibrato that so perfectly fits the beat to "Dust My Broom." And his slide playing is without question some of the most influential music ever. The legendary Duane Allman studied him--need I say more?

This is a perfect CD for those interested in sampling Elmore's music for the first time. Every song is a winner. You won't be disappointed!!

Excellent.......2007-04-11

I love blues music and this is one of my faviorte artist. This cd does a good job with song selection and its just an awesome piece of music. The price is a steal as well.

The Sky May Be Crying But Elmore Makes Me Happy.......2007-03-27

If you want a slick full blown stereo recording of Elmore you may be disappointed, but if you are a true blues brother you will appreciate that they have reached back in time for some early Elmore. Dust My Broom - the classic standard of Elmore - has a better sound later and by other artists...but man this is Elmore when Elmore wasn't even hardly known...dig it and appreciate it. The Sun Is Shining and The Sky Is Crying seems to have been covered by everybody. Why, they are true Chicago Electrified Blues Standards. I loved T.V. Mamma because my main man "Big Joe" Turner is backed up by Elmore and that classic distorted slide guitar of his....loved it. Madison Blues has a completely different sound than most of the later covers especially by the white blues bands...the original is the best. Other favorites were I Can't Hold Out, Shake Your Money Maker (man whats blues dude hasn't done this one), and Rollin and Tumblin. Elmore was the 2nd blues man I ever heard..circa 1958 on KATZ a.m. and Dave Dixon is St. Louis, Mo. He was one 1st I ever heard and still is one of the best in my opinion...his slide guitar set the trend for people like Hound Dog Taylor and many others. When he gets that sucker wailing, it puts chills up and down my back. Elmore James is one wailing cat...makes me feel like I am in some smoky, black club back in the late 50s and early 60s enjoying real music when Paul Anka and Annette Funicello were on the white stations singin bubble gum music...buy Elmore and be a BIG FAN just like ole Joliet Jayle the Bluze Brother ... Rock-n-roll, boogie woogie, rollin and tumblin all night long!

Listen as His Early Hits Mature Before Your Ears!.......2006-11-16

If you are a fan of the famous Elmore James hit, "Dust My Broom", you may be mildly disappointed by the version included on the CD, as it is a very early recording. But don't be shaken by this minor observation! The song is - after all - still the great "Dust My Broom"! See the CD titled "Blues Masters - Slide Guitar Classics" for an outstanding version of that same song.

That is NOT to say that this CD is disappionting, by any means! You will be introduced to many of his less-known songs, and you will hear his guitar style, as well as his voice, mature with his later recordings.

One thing that you will walk away with is a stronger sense of the early roots of electric blues, which did not always keep proper time, and was often plagued with poor recording techniques. Nonetheless, Elmore's guitar gets meaner, and his voice gets sweeter over time.

If you're a fan of early blues, if you need to understand Elmore's music from your PERSONAL perspective (rather than reading some music critic's opinion), if you love the eerie, yet powerful, electric slide than this CD is certainly for you.

Slide it into the CD player, dim the lights, and feel the blues!

Why did I give it get 5 stars? For delivering just what it promised; the history of Elmore James.

One of the Greatest.......2006-10-04

Outside of those really knowledgable about blues and some of the classic rockers, Elmore James seems to not be extremely well-known; he's hardly a household name... but HE SHOULD BE! Elmore's slide playing is among the best and most influential ever, but, as another reviewer noted, he is a VERY good, expressive, and passionate singer. Elmore poured every ounce of his soul into every note he played and every note he sang and his passion translates well onto record; as evidenced by this fabulous collection. It is a real tragedy that he passed away so young, as he was truly one of the most talented musicians to ever walk this earth. I'll bet the sky was crying the day that ole Elmore died, if I would've been alive, I probably would have cried too.

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OUTTAKES ? YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ! (Some of this stuff is SRV's best)
Great SRV Compilation CD
A real winner!
2 and 1/2 stars : an average record with some good songs
Left overs from other albums

The Sky Is Crying
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ASIN: B0000027KO
Release Date: 1991-11-05

Tracks:

Boot Hill
The Sky Is Crying
Empty Arms
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Wham!
May I Have A Talk With You
Close To You
Chitlins Con Carne
So Excited
Life By The Drop

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Released after Vaughan's death in a 1990 helicopter accident, The Sky Is Crying collects unreleased studio tracks from throughout the guitarist's recorded career. In Vaughan's early years, he was a stylist who thought nothing of using ten notes when three would have worked. Rock stardom, cocaine, and alcohol did little to temper his tendency towards overstatement, but by In Step, his last studio album (and first clean-and-sober effort), he'd begun to transcend his many influences to forge a hard-boiled style of his own. The collection documents this passage, starting with unreleased covers of Lonnie Mack's "Wham" and Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing" from the time of his debut album. "The Sky Is Crying" was originally cut by Elmore James, but Vaughan's lead guitar owes its stylistic debt to the bluesman who had a most profound influence on his playing, Albert King. The highlights are two tracks cut at the time of In Step--the hard-edged "Boot Hill," with Vaughan on slide guitar, and "Life by the Drop," in which Vaughan accompanies himself on acoustic guitar and toasts a life that would end far too soon. --John Milward

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OUTTAKES ? YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ! (Some of this stuff is SRV's best).......2007-07-21

The Sky Is Crying (1991) is an album of songs recorded by Stevie Ray Vaughan that weren't used on albums he officially released before his untimely death at 35 on August 27, 1990, in a helicoptor accident. Why, I don't know. There is some really great blues here. The best song on the album is the title track. Originally an Elmore James song, Stevie gives it the full-tilt, wild electric guitar, slow blues treatment (think Texas Flood), and it's as good as he's ever done. His instrumental take on Jimi Hendrix's Little Wing sounds really good, too, and a lot like Jimi. I wish Stevie would have sung on it, too. Boot Hill is excellant electric slide guitar boogie with trademark SRV vocals. May I Have A Talk With You is very good, and Stevie speeds things up with the lusty Close To You. One of the biggest treats on the album is the 12-string acoustic guitar solo, Life By The Drop. Stevie sings of being left behind by his best guitar mate, who chose pursuing his dream over drinking his life away (living life by the drop). It's a moving performance of a poignant song. Lovingly produced by his brother, Jimmie Vaughan, The Sky Is Crying sounds as good as any of SRV's albums. While a couple of the instrumental songs are uneven and really nothing new, the album as a whole is very good, and it's essential for the fans of a great bluesman, Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Great SRV Compilation CD.......2007-07-18

Critics cite Texas Flood and In Step as SRV's bests albums, but this is easily my personal favorite. It's a nice sampling of his unbelievable and seemingly unattainable talents and abilities.

Vaughan's deranged vocals and fiery slide guitar hit you like a freight train on "Boot Hill," the CD's first song. "Chitlins Con Carne" is a wonderful example of his jazz guitar--pure elegance--suitable as a backdrop to a formal dinner. In addition, SRV's "Life By The Drop" is a haunting ballad played on 12-string acoustic guitar--a fitting cap stone to a great retrospective CD and brilliant career.

A real winner!.......2007-07-13

This is easily on par with SRV's first three albums. It's, as you may know, a posthumous release of recordings made throughout his career. Many people rave about the "Little Wing" cover--and it is great--but I'm knocked out by the Kenny Burrell cover of "Chitlins con Carne." Every song is a keeper, not a throw-away in the bunch, just a slightly wider variety of SRV's playing than you'd get elsewhere.

2 and 1/2 stars : an average record with some good songs.......2007-07-06

i don't understand the five stars ratings for this record, for me it is really average; the bad news first : i don't like his voice and it rather detracts the music than the contrary, plus personally, and that is purely subjective, i think he plays with too heavy strings; 'Little Wing' is a bad endless version, way too repetitive (the fact he didn't understand that playing the same musical theme over and over again was to turn this great song of Hendrix into such a repetitive thing is beyond me); the good news: the sky is crying, May I have a talk with you (raw and bluesy, my favorite track), Life by the Drop (a simple but nice bluesy ballad), the instrumental Chitlins con carne, are good though i find his guitar playing on the excellent 'May i have...' a little bit repetitive, he seems to play the same melodic theme, with some bits of variations over and over again; however the four songs that i quoted are worth a listen.

Left overs from other albums.......2007-06-22

NOT BAD FOR A POSTHUMOUS ALBUM.

These tracks come from recording sessions starting with Stevie Ray Vaughan's second album (Couldn't Stand the Weather) through his last (In Step). They were tracks that did not make it on to those other albums.

You got to ask yourself, why weren't these songs included on other albums? It wasn't like any of Vaughan's albums were too long. They were all under 40 minutes, some around 35 minutes long, and had plenty of room for more songs, even for LP standards. The average LP is 20 minutes a side but could hold up to 30 minutes of music on one side.

Many people are saying this is Vaughan's best album. So, was Vaughan a complete idiot and didn't know how to pick songs for his albums while he was alive?

For a posthumous album, this isn't bad. Many albums that were released after an artist died or a group broke up are a mess of scrapings off of the floor. There are usually odds and sods of novelty songs and incomplete tracks. Unlike those, The Sky is Crying is mostly an album of complete songs, and almost sounds like a normal album.

There are a few glitches in some of the songs, but nothing significant. Probably most notable is the mixing errors in Chitlins con Carne.

There are some very good tracks on this CD, especially the instrumental Chitlin con Carne. This is one of those great slow blues numbers from the Couldn't Stand the Weather days. The instrumental version of Little Wing is also pretty good.

Other songs are not quite as good, being overloaded with the Vaughan cliches of the screaming vocals and running up the guitar screens. I am guessing that some of these songs were left of the original albums because they were just too much of the same thing.

I don't think this CD is anywhere in the class of Couldn't Stand the Weather or In Step, but it is certainly better than Soul to Soul.

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Hear Stevie play like the guitar God that he is.
5 Stars could never be enough for this CD or any SRV CD!
This is one of the best.
Little Wing
He is at the peak

The Sky Is Crying
Stevie Ray Vaughan
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ASIN: B000005ZFQ
Release Date: 1998-04-21

Tracks:

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The Sky Is Crying
Empty Arms
Little Wing
Wham
May I Have A Talk With You
Close To You
Chitlins Con Carne
So Excited
Life By The Drop

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Hear Stevie play like the guitar God that he is........2000-01-14

The Sky is Crying is the Cd to buy if your an SRV fan or just a music fan. This album contains some mind blowing riffs at an unreal speed. The title song shows the influence of Albert King on SRV. With the bending of the strings you can almost see Stevie's facial expression. Empty Arms is an incredibly fast song with a great solo in the middle. You wonder how his finger can move so fast on the neck and with such accuracy. Jimi Hendrix would have been proud to hear Stevie's cover of Little Wing. The song "May I have a Talk with You" can get anyone to feel the tension that comes with Stevie's playing. In the instrumental "So Excited", Stevie diplays his amazing speed and awesome feel for the guitar. I tried once to play this song but it was impossible. Nobody can jam like Stevie could. And the last song on the album, "Life by the Drop" shows a softer more sensible side to Stevie. The walking rhythum on the 12-string accustic is great. Listening to Stevie's voice you can hear his soul singing. The Sky is Crying is a great cd for anyone. I

5 Stars could never be enough for this CD or any SRV CD!.......1999-10-29

I started with Couldn't Stand The Weather and I was hooked....BIGTIME! This man is immense....The Sky is Crying...and so am I Stevie! Rest in peace my sweet brother! To not have this CD in your collection is a SIN. I repeat...A SIN! The Sky Is Crying; Little Wing; Chitlins; Life By The Drop...Whether his tunes are original or not is irrelevant! The man can sing, play, inspire like nothing I've ever heard! When he was down, his music was still better than most on a good day! My heart and soul belong to this man and his music. He lived it, bled it, IS IT! BUY IT! I cry when I think back in 87 that I turned down a pair of concert tix because I thought they were too much! Oh how foolish I was. I will go to my grave regretting that decsion! That's all! RIP Stevie...I LOVE YOU MAN! Forgive me!

This is one of the best........1999-10-12

I'm not a critic, and I don't presume to know what other people would or would not like. All I know is what I like, and the way he makes his guitar cry.... well, it's just one of the best.

Little Wing.......1999-03-30

This cut of Hendrix' "Little Wing" is, by my account, the absolute pinnacle of electric blues guitar. There is no other recording so beautiful, so masterfully executed so sweetly rendered in all of rock and blues.

He is at the peak.......1999-03-26

I am so glad that his brother could get this album together for release. The liner notes were bittersweet. There are two music tragedies that make me cry when I think of them; John Lennon and SRV. Just like the Gettysburg address was perfect in every word used, Little Wings is perfection in notes used. Every note is a plaintive cry for love and acceptance. Reaching down in the dirt is Chittlins con Carne. I love to wallow in it. The balance of the takes are biographical in their sincerity.

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Yet another "Sky Is Crying"....

The Sky Is Crying
Elmore James
Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000024UUI
Release Date: 2007-05-28

Tracks:

Sky Is Crying
Bobby's Rock [Instrumental]
Held My Baby Last Night
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Baby Please Set a Date
Rollin' and Tumblin'
I'm Worried
Done Somebody Wrong
Fine Little Mama
I Can't Stop Loving You
Early One Morning
I Need You Baby
Strange Angels
She Done Moved [Instrumental]
Something Inside Me
Stranger Blues

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Yet another "Sky Is Crying"...........2004-04-11

This BMG-collection is one of a handful of Elmore James-compilations titled "The Sky Is Crying". Rhino's disc remains the best, but this one is pretty good as well.
The track list is not perfect (Elmore's best early Modern and Flair sides are missing), but most of his finest latter-day singles are included. "It Hurts Me Too" is not, unfortunately, but "The Sky Is Crying", "Look On Yonder Wall", "Dust My Broom", "Standing At The Crossroads", "Shake Your Money Maker", and "Mean Mistreatin' Mama" are all prime examples of Elmore James' intense, smouldering electric blues, all screaming slide guitar, braying tenor sax, and Elmore's huge, emotional voice.

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OUTTAKES ? YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ! (Some of this stuff is SRV's best).......2007-07-21

Great SRV Compilation CD.......2007-07-18

A real winner!.......2007-07-13

2 and 1/2 stars : an average record with some good songs.......2007-07-06

Left overs from other albums.......2007-06-22

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Sky Is Crying/in Step

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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000HWXTAO
Release Date: 2006-09-19

Album Description

Exclusive Import two CD set featuring a double-dose of best-selling albums by this great artist housed in a slipcase. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble remain, even after Vaughan's death in 1990, the finest Blues Rock trio that America produced since Hendrix and his Experience. Two of his later albums are included here: 1989's In Step and 1991's posthumous The Sky Is Crying. Both albums are remastered and feature the same bonus tracks as the individual US pressings. Sony/BMG.

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I've heard better
The Mother Lode

Sacred Songs of Russia

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Release Date: 1999-04-06

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Over the past thousand years, Russian composers have created an immensely rich and varied body of choral music and chant to express the sacred texts of the liturgy. Sacred Songs of Russia portrays the musical legacy of the Russian people, which comes as a response to the depth of their faith.

Among the noteworthy works on this recording, which contains previously released material, are two stirring works by Rachmaninoff including Bogoroditse Devo (Rejoice, O Virgin) from his All Night Vigil, opus 37, and V molitvah (The Mother of God, ever-vigilant in prayer). Perhaps most significant are the Three Choruses of Georgy Sviridov (1915-1998), composed during a time when sacred music was still actively suppressed by the Soviet regime. The three works by Peter Tchaikovsky, Milost' mira (A Mercy of Peace), Angel Vopiyashe (The Angel cried), and Hymn in Honor of SS. Cyril and Methodius, are also strong statements of the Russian faith and expression through music.

| Gloriæ Dei Cantores first toured Russia (then part of the U.S.S.R.) in the spring of 1990 to re-introduce Russian sacred choral music to their concert halls for the first time since the Russian Revolution of 1917, and participated in several liturgies of the Russian Orthodox Church. At the request of Metropolitan Alexy of Leningrad, now Patriarch of Moscow and all the Russias, Gloriæ Dei Cantores toured Russia a total of three times, returning in 1992 and 1998 to sing in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and throughout the Golden Ring. Gloriæ Dei Cantores were also among the first Western artistic groups to tour Siberia.

Customer Reviews:

I've heard better.......2006-10-04

This is not a recording that you must buy. If you really enjoy russian liturgical music, you won't hate it, but there are a lot of recordings that you would be better served with. It is true that for an american choir, they do a fine job with the language especially. Their general tone and vocal quality was a little bit lacking for me. Their basses were "ok". I thought the singing was just a little too "shouty", even for russian music. I would recommend getting a copy of the vespers as sung by the Dale Warland Singers. Another american group. . . This is the most accurate recording I have heard, and it was done live which impresses me even more!

The Mother Lode.......2005-12-13

If you are looking for a comprehensive survey of the best of the Russian Orthodox liturgical tradition, your search is over. This is the mother lode. First point: I must admit to being something of a purist, and I was at first skeptical that an American choir could perform music of this genre so convincingly; but hearing is believing. Yes, they clearly have included a few honest-to-God Russian basso ringers (and maybe one or two altos); but this is an American choir performing Russian Orthodox liturgical music the way it's supposed to sound - only better. Second point: The selection of pieces is fabulous. This choir's artistic director, Elizabeth C. Patterson, consulted with Vladimir Morosan, the Last Word on the Russian Orthodox choral tradition. The results of this collaboration are reflected in both the breadth and quality of pieces selected. This is literally a millennium of music, beginning with a sample of ancient znamenny chant and ending with three stunning meditations by the late Georgiy Sviridov. Each selection is both accessible and interesting, and a prime example of its composer and/or period. Third point: The individual pieces, with very few exceptions (such as No. 3, Rakhmaninov's `Ave Maria'), are NOT the most well-known and frequently performed warhorses of the Russian Orthodox liturgy. This is not a `Top Ten' recording. That makes this collection all the more interesting. In at least one instance (No. 15, the other Rakhmaninov offering) this may be the only recording available if you're not prepared to dig deep in the discography archives of several dozen universities and conservatories. Fourth point: This is not a new recording, but it marks a standard of quality that few performers in this genre - including native Russian choral ensembles - have since met or surpassed. Elizabeth Patterson has an innate feel for this music. In her previous life, she must have been a Russian monk. Final point: For serious musicians, musicologists and aficionados, this is a perfect gateway to a deeper understanding of this tradition. Buy it!

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Sauce Boss Rocks

Sky Blues
Sauce Boss
Manufacturer: Burning Disk
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006I4W9
Release Date: 2002-09-10

Tracks:

A Little Rhythm and Blues
Let's Book
Come On In My Kitchen
Down In Georgia
Sky High
Blues de Gringo
I Need a Friend
Postcard With the Blues
Don't Want Know
Kinda Rough
The Only Way To Go
None For Me
Down By the Sea
Mama's Cookin' (For Viola)

Album Description

"Sky Blues" is the new CD from the Sauce Boss. This is not your "crying in your beer" kind of blues. "Sky Blues" is up…way up. Blues for the beach from the Florida-based Gumbo Man. Full of energy and good vibes, like the legendary live shows by the Sauce Boss, this CD was shot from the hip with mostly first takes and few overdubs. 12 new originals from the Sauce Boss and a cover from Robert Johnson "Come on in My Kitchen" and one from John Martyn--the prophetic "Don't Want to Know". It's as close to "live" as you get in the studio. Salt water blues from the dude with the hot sauce.

Customer Reviews:

Sauce Boss Rocks.......2004-05-25

This album had me jumping right from the start. The tunes are great and the energy in the delivery got me all fired up. Can't wait to get the latest album. And the live show is great and filling!