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Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble — The Sky Is Crying
Album: The Sky is Crying
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Released: 1991
Length: 4:33
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The sky is cryin....Can't you see the tears roll down the street
The sky is cryin....Can't you see the tears roll down the street
I've been looking for my baby
And I wonder where can she be

I saw my baby early one morning....She was walking on down the street
I saw my baby early this morning....She was walking on down the street
You know it hurt me, hurt me so bad
Made my poor heart skip a beat

I've got a real real real real bad feelin
That my baby she don't love me no more
I've got a real real bad feelin that my baby don't love me no more
Well , this guy, this guy's been cryin
Can you see the tears roll down my nose
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I must be paying some kind of different attention today. I just realized how much the organ in this song really matters, holds the whole thing together and keeps it moving. 
Posted 2 years ago by ExpatLarry    [ Reply ]
 DanielHLloyd wrote:
Bill. Where is the 11 button?! There MUST be an 11 button for this one.


A "12" button.

So talented - why was he taken from us?
Posted 3 years ago by reallylost    [ Reply ]
Bill. Where is the 11 button?! There MUST be an 11 button for this one.
Posted 3 years ago by DanielHLloyd    [ Reply ]
He was truly an original .. and I think the title of this song was use to headline the announcement of his death in 1990. Great cut.
Posted 3 years ago by talexb    [ Reply ]
Lotsa hype around SRV in his day, all driven by his record label and its "power brokers". Everything he does here is one big cliche. Never held a candle to Johnny Winter or the Old School originators. 
Posted 3 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Nice guitar.  Dude ought to get over feeling sorry for himself.   Baby don't love you no more? Move to another state.  Give you an 8 for the axe, a 3 for the self-pity.  Or maybe you just sucked as a romantic. 
Posted 4 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
SRV was more of a technician than an artist, at least early in his career.  Really enjoyed Family Style with brother Jimmy though - that was a lot more fun and creative.
Posted 7 years ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
Every note is hackneyed and derivative yet the man was hyped and celebrated beyond belief. 
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Oh, so bittersweet.

I was working north of Chicago (near the Wisconsin border) at the time. Every weekend, I would sit by the hotel pool and listen to this and Steely Dan's "Aja" on my cassette Walkman. I guess my memory of this album is stuck to that moment in time, because a little while later I was staying at that same hotel when I heard the news of SRV's tragic death, only a few miles away from me....
Posted 8 years ago by Stratocaster    [ Reply ]
sad he's gone. never dug him. treated like he was the "second coming" but just another latecomer, white boy blues player to me.
saw him in New Orleans. Roy Buchanan opened and ......blew him away 
Posted 8 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
"set me up again Barry! aw right Stevie, after Emmylou and some ole redhead Willie Nelson, goldang this some good shit Boss!!! Thank you!"
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Damn this is good!
Posted 9 years ago by NicJohn    [ Reply ]
Very nice tune!
Posted 9 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
I've always loved SRV. Now there's a new guy in town. Joe Bonamassa !!
Posted 10 years ago by Dosequis    [ Reply ]
Love the whammy bar fade out at the end.
Posted 10 years ago by helloitsme    [ Reply ]
Not my cup of coffee at all...
Posted 10 years ago by peregrin8    [ Reply ]
Oh yeah..  Go getum Stevie.. Timeless this one is..{#Bananajam}
Posted 10 years ago by ski19570    [ Reply ]
10+
Posted 10 years ago by xnavy    [ Reply ]
SRV is revered...I get it.  This is not an inspired cover.
Posted 10 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
Anything by Stevie = Automatic 10
Posted 10 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
Why oh why Stevie did you leave us so early… {#Cry} 
Posted 10 years ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
 Elroweho wrote:
Hard to rate anything by Stevie Ray less than a 9!

 
..... as little as that!!
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
Ahhh, a little Stevie in the mornin'. Gotta love it. {#Notworthy}
Posted 11 years ago by musikluvr    [ Reply ]
 Detlaps wrote:
He's the best thing ever to come out of Texas.
 
ever hear Lightnin' Hopkins?
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
elmore would love this cover......{#Sunny}
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
 robbeek wrote:
Sir Stevie Ray, Willie Nelson, and Molly Ivins, three people that make me proud to be from Texas after 8 years of total disgrace.
 

Jesus! And leave out the Winter brothers and Janice...wass wrong wit you, brutha?
Posted 12 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
DEADLY BORING, STEVIE!
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Hard to rate anything by Stevie Ray less than a 9!
Posted 12 years ago by Elroweho    [ Reply ]
The Sky is Crying.... Etta James passed away this morning..... RIP.....
Posted 12 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
RIP Etta James.
Posted 12 years ago by 2cats    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:
Several years ago I got the sheet music/tablature to one of Stevie Ray's songs—I forget which—and after struggling with it for a very long time, I understood why Stevie Ray was Stevie Ray, and the rest of us poor slobs were not. A humbling experience.
  
SRV did not read music, so whoever transcribed that sheet music had one hell of a time.

Stevie just felt the music. It flowed out of him somehow. Transcendent.

Posted 13 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Several years ago I got the sheet music/tablature to one of Stevie Ray's songs—I forget which—and after struggling with it for a very long time, I understood why Stevie Ray was Stevie Ray, and the rest of us poor slobs were not. A humbling experience.
Posted 13 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Ahhh....the blues.

Posted 13 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
 Sjaaks wrote:
Blues music is not for everybody. I think blues music is something you grow into or not. If you can only listen to it melodically (if that's even a word), than i understand you think it's all the same. I thought the same some years ago but after attending a blues festival and seeing a few artist express their feelings through this kind of music it became something totally new for me. The art is in making somebody believe the story you're trying to tell and not every blues artist is capable of that.

So for me blues music is something really unique in the world of music, but like i said, i understand if somebody feels the exact opposite.

So that's another 2 cents...
 
Probably worth 3 or 4 cents at least.  I can dig Stevie, Shostakovich, Thelonious and Thile...  good is good.  But, music is also enjoyed like a flavor and we all don't have the same palate.  And it's OK.  But man, Stevie is really delectable !

Posted 13 years ago by cellomangler    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
All I can do when I hear SRV is sit in bliss with my eyes closed.  He was phenomenal.{#Meditate}{#Notworthy}
 

ditto
Posted 13 years ago by DanO-1    [ Reply ]
All I can do when I hear SRV is sit in bliss with my eyes closed.  He was phenomenal.{#Meditate}{#Notworthy}
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 2cats wrote:


Oh my, sorry I missed that.  This song is so fine.

 

It's ok, I absolve you. {#Mrgreen}


Posted 13 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
 oldhippiechick wrote:
Anybody see the Albert King/Stevie Ray Session on PBS on Saturday?  Fan-F'in-tastic!

 

Oh my, sorry I missed that.  This song is so fine.
Posted 13 years ago by 2cats    [ Reply ]
Anybody see the Albert King/Stevie Ray Session on PBS on Saturday?  Fan-F'in-tastic!

Posted 13 years ago by oldhippiechick    [ Reply ]
Blues music is not for everybody. I think blues music is something you grow into or not. If you can only listen to it melodically (if that's even a word), than i understand you think it's all the same. I thought the same some years ago but after attending a blues festival and seeing a few artist express their feelings through this kind of music it became something totally new for me. The art is in making somebody believe the story you're trying to tell and not every blues artist is capable of that.

So for me blues music is something really unique in the world of music, but like i said, i understand if somebody feels the exact opposite.

So that's another 2 cents...
Posted 13 years ago by Sjaaks    [ Reply ]
 AdyMiles wrote:
this is awful. so, so predictable and plaguarises so much similar music before it

how anyone could give this shit a 9 or 10 out of 10 is beyond me

 
It's a gorgeous cover of a blues standard.  How anyone could rate it less than a 6 (assuming they don't have a pathological hatred of blues rock) is beyond me.  :)

Posted 14 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
{#Notworthy}RIP SRV- your music lives on forever!!!!!!{#Guitarist}
Posted 14 years ago by Shaker    [ Reply ]
the best die young. "if there's a rock a roll heaven...."
Posted 14 years ago by zenhead    [ Reply ]
 Misterfixit wrote:
Ah Stevie Ray, why did you have to leave us so soon?
 
If he told the chopper pilot to pull up, he told him too late.  


Posted 14 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
why do all the good ones die young?
Posted 14 years ago by zenhead    [ Reply ]
Love. 
Posted 14 years ago by FortCollinsGirl    [ Reply ]
Wow, what stuff this cat had.
Posted 14 years ago by Kokoloco53    [ Reply ]
 colt4x5 wrote:

see, this is exactly why we we kicked your tails out lo those many years ago. no 'preciation for the finer things in life. (y'all waitin' for susan boyle to cover the tune?)
 
that is soo funny

Posted 14 years ago by peacockangel    [ Reply ]
 AdyMiles wrote:
this is awful. so, so predictable and plaguarises so much similar music before it

how anyone could give this shit a 9 or 10 out of 10 is beyond me
 
see, this is exactly why we we kicked your tails out lo those many years ago. no 'preciation for the finer things in life. (y'all waitin' for susan boyle to cover the tune?)
Posted 14 years ago by colt4x5    [ Reply ]
Really clean fret work.
Posted 14 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
 filmgeek65 wrote:
How tragic it must be to be you.
 
. . . was just thinkin' the same thing.
It's the blues, beautifully interpreted by SRV and his nasty guitar; I don't see the problem.


Posted 14 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 martinc wrote:

Don't like the blues? Haven't had your morning tea? Or is this just beyond you? I gave this shit a 10. I think it is good shit.
 
  Its really good shit when you have some good . . . . Nevermind {#Devil_pimp}
Posted 14 years ago by michaelc    [ Reply ]
 AdyMiles wrote:
this is awful. so, so predictable and plaguarises so much similar music before it

how anyone could give this shit a 9 or 10 out of 10 is beyond me

 
How tragic it must be to be you.

Posted 15 years ago by filmgeek65    [ Reply ]
 AdyMiles wrote:
this is awful. so, so predictable and plaguarises so much similar music before it

how anyone could give this shit a 9 or 10 out of 10 is beyond me
 
Don't like the blues? Haven't had your morning tea? Or is this just beyond you? I gave this shit a 10. I think it is good shit.
Posted 15 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
this is awful. so, so predictable and plaguarises so much similar music before it

how anyone could give this shit a 9 or 10 out of 10 is beyond me

Posted 15 years ago by AdyMiles    [ Reply ]
Sir Stevie Ray, Willie Nelson, and Molly Ivins, three people that make me proud to be from Texas after 8 years of total disgrace.
Posted 15 years ago by robbeek    [ Reply ]


Steve Ray Vaughan, Albert and BB King - "The Sky is Crying" Live

Posted 15 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
{#Bananapiano}   +  {#Guitarist}  = 10+

Posted 15 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
had the fortune & blessing to see SRV in Dallas; LA and Austin.

The coolest had to be on auditorium shores in Austin with the Austin skyline behind him and the lights reflecting off the Colorado river/aka Town Lake.

At the Bronco Bowl in Dallas was pretty cool too as Eric Johnson opened the show. {#Sunny}


Posted 15 years ago by stratzippy    [ Reply ]
 Mandible wrote:
I feel defective. I just don't get excited about steve ray vaughan like the rest of the planet.
 
5
Posted 15 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
 Mandible wrote:
I feel defective. I just don't get excited about steve ray vaughan like the rest of the planet.
 
me neither. it becomes background music for me.

Posted 15 years ago by natalita    [ Reply ]
I feel defective. I just don't get excited about steve ray vaughan like the rest of the planet.
Posted 15 years ago by Mandible    [ Reply ]
"Oh Baby, for those on Wall Street...."
Posted 16 years ago by stevo_b    [ Reply ]
Ok, Bill you have redeemed yourself for playing that terrible song before.

Stevie Ray Vaughan - The Sky Is Crying
Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire  YUCK

Posted 16 years ago by Kittee    [ Reply ]
youngj wrote:
Godlike. So incredible. I hope heaven includes a smoky bar, a cold one and SRV in the corner with a set list that goes for miles.
I would be in the bar next door, the one with the "no blues here" post at the door...
Posted 16 years ago by hiorgos    [ Reply ]
Detlaps wrote:
He's the best thing ever to come out of Texas.
What about me?
Posted 16 years ago by GChevy410    [ Reply ]
He's the best thing ever to come out of Texas.
Posted 16 years ago by Detlaps    [ Reply ]
sdn wrote:
Stevie Ray Vaughn was an amazing musician. Truly had some awesome songs. ....alas, this is not one of them.
I am a huge SRV fan; I would agree: this is not one of the greatest. But it's better than I could play though.
Posted 16 years ago by rockstarbro    [ Reply ]
drtjdel wrote:
BTW is he wearing UGGGS?? No Way!!
He was cool before cool was cool.
Posted 16 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Fender is releasing a replica 'Lenny' axe for the holidays. Lessons and soul are extra. BTW is he wearing UGGGS?? No Way!!
Posted 16 years ago by drtjdel    [ Reply ]
Stevie Ray Vaughn was an amazing musician. Truly had some awesome songs. ....alas, this is not one of them.
Posted 16 years ago by sdn    [ Reply ]
eastcoast wrote:
He was such a Albert King fan, he emulates him to a tee on his version of this song
And yet, he is still completely himself not just some Albert King clone. Godlike indeed.
Posted 16 years ago by smdeeg    [ Reply ]
Bill, I am really glad to be hearing more SRV recently. Great soulful guitar work, and IMHO will always deserve some air time. Died far too early, and lead a pretty rough life (mainly his own doing). Anyway thanks, and keep up the good work.
Posted 16 years ago by GChevy410    [ Reply ]
Misterfixit wrote:
Ah Stevie Ray, why did you have to leave us so soon?
Wasn't his choice.
Posted 16 years ago by iTuner    [ Reply ]
I guess this is Blues, no? I only like blues when it gives me some surprise... no surprise with this one.
Posted 17 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
channeling albert king...
Posted 17 years ago by sugarbaby    [ Reply ]
eastcoast wrote:
He was such a Albert King fan, he emulates him to a tee on his version of this song
I came in from another room coz I thought I was hearing Albert King whom I don't recall having heard much or any of on RP!
Posted 17 years ago by inindian    [ Reply ]
Ah Stevie Ray, why did you have to leave us so soon?
Posted 17 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
Typesbad wrote:
If so, i was actually in Heaven instead of a club called Steamboat Springs in Houston for a few nights way back when. Come to think of it, that is exactly what it felt like at the time.
Are you SURE it wasn't just 'STEAMBOAT'? There was a 'Steamboat' in Austin for many years. The place on Sixth Street was haunted... c.
Posted 17 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
He was such a Albert King fan, he emulates him to a tee on his version of this song
Posted 17 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
youngj wrote:
Godlike. So incredible. I hope heaven includes a smoky bar, a cold one and SRV in the corner with a set list that goes for miles.
Include everything but the smoke, and I'm in.
Posted 17 years ago by leathepea    [ Reply ]
I don't smoke but my cousin and I shared a good cigar when we went to the Jeff Beck/SRV concert in Denver in 1989. I was 15. Apparently there are bootlegs of that show: (click here)
Posted 17 years ago by omniphiliac    [ Reply ]
youngj wrote:
Godlike. So incredible. I hope heaven includes a smoky bar, a cold one and SRV in the corner with a set list that goes for miles.
could not have said it better
Posted 17 years ago by lophrequa    [ Reply ]
youngj wrote:
Godlike. So incredible. I hope heaven includes a smoky bar, a cold one and SRV in the corner with a set list that goes for miles.
If so, i was actually in Heaven instead of a club called Steamboat Springs in Houston for a few nights way back when. Come to think of it, that is exactly what it felt like at the time.
Posted 17 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
This guy really could convey the blues. A master of the guitar, truly. One really has to think that the night he died, the world would have lost a talented guitarist no matter what- Eric Clapton got off the helicopter to give Stevie the seat. Ain't life strange?
Posted 17 years ago by fretman    [ Reply ]
Divine
Posted 17 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
I had to crank this one up when it came on!
Posted 17 years ago by Fiji5555    [ Reply ]
winter wrote:
I know it's blasphemy, especially for a would-be Texan. But despite the fact that SRV was a phenomenal guitarist, I don't care for his music. It just leaves me cold.
Thus your name? Or are you mistaking the goose bumps that you are getting from SRV's music for having a chill
Posted 17 years ago by wally42    [ Reply ]
Godlike. So incredible. I hope heaven includes a smoky bar, a cold one and SRV in the corner with a set list that goes for miles.
Posted 17 years ago by youngj    [ Reply ]
I know it's blasphemy, especially for a would-be Texan. But despite the fact that SRV was a phenomenal guitarist, I don't care for his music. It just leaves me cold.
Posted 18 years ago by winter    [ Reply ]
Catalytic wrote:
Uh, Stevie died many years ago.
No matter. I still hear him...
Posted 18 years ago by nuggler    [ Reply ]
SRV RIP. love this. love everything he did.
Posted 18 years ago by enidualc    [ Reply ]
iMacomania wrote:
Stevie, never give up playing guitar!
Uh, Stevie died many years ago.
Posted 18 years ago by Catalytic    [ Reply ]
This song has such a sexy sound. Sad and sexy.
Posted 18 years ago by zipper    [ Reply ]
Stevie, never give up playing guitar!
Posted 18 years ago by iMacomania    [ Reply ]
elmore james now stevie hell yeah!
Posted 19 years ago by Wisecrowe    [ Reply ]
Yup. Just making sure it was a 10.
Posted 19 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
I'm a Texan now living in NYC (where the sky really is crying today) and just LOVE all the SRV I get to haer on Radio Paradise!! Thanks so much to R.P. for making me feel right back at home... many thanks and good wishes! xo jamey p.
Posted 19 years ago by jameyp    [ Reply ]
Angloray wrote:
You've just got to get used to it! I feel that way on almost every song I've given a 9 or 10 to, only to see some people think it's sucko-barfo. But you wouldn't want to have the same musical taste as everyone; that would mean the stuff we're listening to isn't powerful enough to inspire emotion, either good or bad. Hi, I'm Angloray. I have a soul and I gave it a 3.
I have no soul and I gave it a 9
Posted 19 years ago by bmo    [ Reply ]
Lots of good stuff from this guitarist.
Posted 19 years ago by Fenderbelly_Bodine    [ Reply ]
Beez wrote:
Anybody that would give this a 1, has NO soul.
You've just got to get used to it! I feel that way on almost every song I've given a 9 or 10 to, only to see some people think it's sucko-barfo. But you wouldn't want to have the same musical taste as everyone; that would mean the stuff we're listening to isn't powerful enough to inspire emotion, either good or bad. Hi, I'm Angloray. I have a soul and I gave it a 3.
Posted 20 years ago by Angloray    [ Reply ]
skeeter wrote:
Someone gave this a 1?!? 8O I'm with Beez on this one!
Anybody that would give this a 1, has NO soul.
Posted 20 years ago by Beez    [ Reply ]
skeeter wrote:
Someone gave this a 1?!? 8O I'm with Beez on this one!
you'll notice that almost every single song on RP has been given a 1 by someone and a 10 by someone else. It's pretty amazing. As for me, I've just heard this too many times to still enjoy it.
Posted 20 years ago by Angloray    [ Reply ]
Wunnerful segue into SRV, from Muddy Waters! Just wunnerful! A 10.
Posted 20 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Someone gave this a 1?!? 8O I'm with Beez on this one!
Posted 20 years ago by skeeter    [ Reply ]
Posted 20 years ago by Beez    [ Reply ]
Thanks Stevie Ray for all the wonderful music during your short stay with us ....
Posted 20 years ago by ciscochasbro    [ Reply ]
And just a flawless, and sublime segue from Muddy Waters' Howling Wolf to Stevie. Two masters for price of one.
Posted 20 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]
Does it get any better than this?
Posted 20 years ago by ghcollins86    [ Reply ]
Let me be the first to say (here, at least): SRV, you're much missed. And: I dedicate this track to Beez.
Posted 20 years ago by rgj13    [ Reply ]