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Cry Cry Cry

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Released
  
October 1, 1998

Length
  
49:20

Producer
  
Darleen Wilson

Genre
  
Folk

Label
  
Razor & Tie

Cry Cry Cry

Cry Cry Cry(1998)
  
Somewhere Near Paterson(2000)

Cry Cry Cry was a folk supergroup, consisting of Richard Shindell, Lucy Kaplansky, and Dar Williams. The band released a single eponymous album of cover songs on October 13, 1998.

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Tour

The trio performed together on an extensive tour in 1999 singing mainly the songs included on their collaborative album. The tour was met with very favorable reviews.

Album

The album, Cry Cry Cry was a great success on folk music radio. Based on playlists sent to FolkDJ-L, it ranked as the fourth most played album by folk music DJs in 1998, the fifth most played in 1999, and remained in the top 250 through 2002.

Track listing

  1. "Fall on Me" (Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe) 2:56
  2. "Cold Missouri Waters" (Keelaghan) 4:32 (based on the Mann Gulch fire)
  3. "Speaking With the Angel" (Sexsmith) 3:58
  4. "The Kid" (Mondlock) 5:39
  5. "Shades of Gray" (Keen) 4:58
  6. "Lord, I Have Made You a Place in My Heart" (Brown) 3:34
  7. "By Way of Sorrow" (Miller) 3:03
  8. "Memphis" (Eberhardt) 4:46
  9. "Northern Cross" (Smith) 2:55
  10. "Down by the Water" (Armenti) 3:12
  11. "I Know What Kind of Love This Is" (Nields) 4:25
  12. "The Ballad of Mary Magdalen" (Shindell) 5:22

Credits

  • Jay Bellerose – Percussion, Drums
  • Larry Campbell – Guitar (Acoustic), Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin, Pedal Steel, Arranger, Lap Steel Guitar, Guitar (Electric Fingerpicked)
  • Cry Cry Cry – Vocal Arrangement
  • Cliff Eberhardt – Guitar
  • Richard Gates – Bass
  • Jon Herington – Guitar
  • Jeff Hill – Bass, Bass (Upright)
  • Lucy Kaplansky – Vocals, Harmony Vocals
  • Billy Masters – Guitar (Electric)
  • Chuck Parrish – Guitar (Acoustic)
  • Doug Plavin – Percussion, Drums
  • Michael Rivard – Bass, Fretless Bass, Bass (Upright)
  • Richard Shindell – Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals, Harmony Vocals
  • Alan Williams – Organ, Percussion, Arranger, Guitar (Electric), Producer
  • Dar Williams – Vocals, Harmony Vocals
  • Darleen Wilson – Producer
  • Stephanie Winters – Cello, Treated Cello

    • Other recordings

    The trio contributed one song to the folk-tribute album Bleecker Street: Greenwich Village in the 60's, covering Tom Paxton's "The Last Thing on My Mind". The three also joined together to cover Buddy and Julie Miller's "My Love Will Follow You" on Shindell's solo album, Somewhere Near Paterson, and to provide backing vocals for the song "Blue Shadows" on Jimmie Dale Gilmore's album (produced by Buddy Miller), "One Endless Night".

    References

    Cry Cry Cry Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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