Stevie Ray Vaughan - "The Sky Is Crying"

I have been anxiously awaiting this album's turn. I bought this back in high school, and it was, to drop a pun, instrumental in making me the guitar player I am today. The album was released after his death. It starts off with the wailing slide tune "Boot Hill", with a man telling his woman to go get his gun so he can kill her. The tune sounds as dark as the lyrics. It continues with one of SRV's signature tunes, his take on Elmore James' "The Sky is Crying". This album also contains the epic remake of the Hendrix tune "Little Wing". The end tune of the album is a simple 12 bar blues acoustic number about his battle with drugs and alcohol titled "Life by the Drop". This is one of my favorite albums and I listen to it fairly often still. I own the tab book and have learned to play several of the songs, although I'm sure I hardly do them justice. Have a listen to an amazing work at Amazon.