Cryin' Time Explained

Cryin' Time
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Otis Spann
Cover:	Cryin' Time.jpg
Recorded:	March 7, 20 & 21, 1968
Studio:	Universal Recording, Chicago
Genre:	Blues
Length:	35:23
Label:	Vanguard
Producer:	Sam Charters
Chronology:	Otis Spann
Prev Title:	The Bottom of the Blues
Prev Year:	1968
Next Title:	The Biggest Thing Since Colossus
Next Year:	1969

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

Reception

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

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

• Otis Spann − vocals, piano, organ
• Barry Melton − lead guitar
• Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson − second guitar^[1]
• Jos Davidson − bass
• Lonnie Taylor − drums
• Lucille Spann − backing vocals (tracks 5 & 6)

Technical

• Michael Chechik - co-producer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cryin' Time – Review . Allan . Mark . . June 19, 2023.