The Sky Is Crying was released after SRV's 1990 helicopter crash that took his life. The posthumously assembled 10-track outtakes collection actually proves to be one of Vaughan's most consistent albums, rivaling In Step as the best outside of the Greatest Hits collection. These songs were recorded in sessions spanning from 1984's Couldn't Stand the Weather to 1989's In Step and were left off of the LPs for whatever reason (or, in the case of Soul to Soul's Empty Arms, a different version was used). Boot Hill, 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
