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Cryin' Time

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Cryin' Time
Studio album by
Released1969 (1969)
RecordedMarch 7, 20 & 21, 1968
StudioUniversal Recording, Chicago
GenreBlues
Length35:23
LabelVanguard
ProducerSam Charters
Otis Spann chronology
The Bottom of the Blues
(1968)
Cryin' Time
(1969)
The Biggest Thing Since Colossus
(1969)

Cryin' Time is an album by blues pianist and vocalist Otis Spann recorded in Chicago in 1968 and released by Vanguard Records.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[2]

AllMusic reviewer Mark Allan writes "While the Muddy Waters sideman is best known for piano, his soulful organ steals the show on this late-'60s release. His singing is serviceable, helped by wife Lucille Spann on two cuts. Country Joe & the Fish co-founder Barry Melton plays lead guitar, with Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson taking the second chair."[1]

Track listing

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All compositions by Otis Spann except where noted

  1. "Home to Mississippi" − 3:26
  2. "Blues Is a Botheration" − 4:02
  3. "You Said You'd Be on Time" (Spann, George Spink) − 4:46
  4. "Cryin' Time" − 3:11
  5. "Blind Man" (Traditional) − 3:18
  6. "Some Day" − 4:35
  7. "Twisted Snake" − 3:02
  8. "Green Flowers" (McKinley Morganfield) − 3:44
  9. "The New Boogaloo" − 2:09
  10. "Mule Kicking in My Stall" − 3:30

Personnel

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Technical
  • Michael Chechik - co-producer

References

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  1. ^ a b c Allan, Mark. "Cryin' Time – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  2. ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 604. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.