Cry Cry Cry

Richard Shindell, Lucy Kaplansky, and Dar Williams

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.

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.^[1][2]

Album

Cry Cry Cry
Studio album by Lucy Kaplansky Richard Shindell Dar Williams
Released	October 1, 1998
Genre	Folk
Length	49:20
Label	Razor & Tie
Producer	Darleen Wilson
Richard Shindell chronology
Reunion Hill (1997) Cry Cry Cry (1998) Somewhere Near Paterson (2000)
Dar Williams chronology
End of The Summer (1997) Cry Cry Cry (1998) The Green World (2000)
Lucy Kaplansky chronology
Flesh and Bone (1996) Cry Cry Cry (1998) Ten Year Night (1999)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Fretplay	[4]
PopMatters	(mixed)[5]
Washington Post	(favorable) [6]

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.^[7]

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".

Notes and references

1. Joyce, Mike (1999-01-06). "Cry Cry Cry Making a Joyful Noise at the Birchmere". Washington Post. (favorable performance review)
2. Powers, Ann (1999-01-19). "Converting Life's Chaos Into Harmonious Fables". New York Times. (favorable performance review)
3. Anderson, Rick. Cry Cry Cry at AllMusic
4. Fried, Kerry. "Cry Cry Cry - Cry Cry Cry". Fretplay.
5. PopMatters review
6. Himes, Geoffrey (1999-01-01). "CRY CRY CRY: 'Cry Cry Cry'". Washington Post. (favorable album review)
7. FolkDJ-L, Compiled list of top albums for 1998 and for 1999 by Richard Gillmann. The most popular songs were, "By Way of Sorrow", "Cold Missouri Waters", "Shades of Gray", and "The Kid".

External links

• "Trio pays tribute to melancholy songs" by Ben Wener, Calgary Herald December 30, 1998
• "Catching up with Cry Cry Cry" by Ralph DiGennaro, New York Times Magazine, January, 1998