Cry Cry Cry was a folk

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, consisting of

Richard Shindell Richard Shindell (born August 3, 1960) is an American folk singer, songwriter, producer, and musician. Shindell grew up in Port Washington, New York, and now lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with his wife, Lila Caimari, a university professo ...

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, and

Dar Williams Dorothy Snowden "Dar" Williams (born April 19, 1967) is an American pop folk singer-songwriter from Mount Kisco, New York. Hendrik Hertzberg of ''The New Yorker'' has described Williams as "one of America's very best singer-songwriters." She i ...

. The band released a single eponymous album of cover songs on October 13, 1998. The trio toured in 1999 to support the album. The tour was met with very favorable reviews. (favorable performance review) (favorable performance review) Cry Cry Cry contributed one song to the folk-tribute album ''Bleecker Street: Greenwich Village in the 60's'', covering

Tom Paxton Thomas Richard Paxton (born October 31, 1937) is an American folk singer-songwriter who has had a music career spanning more than fifty years. In 2009, Paxton received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

's "

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". The three also joined together to cover

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and

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'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". They performed on Sunday, June 18, 2017, at the Hudson River Clearwater Festival for their first show in 18 years, according to a comment at the show by

. In 2021, the band released a live recording on

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of their final shows from the 2018 reunion tour, recorded at

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in Berkeley, CA.

Album

The album, ''Cry Cry Cry'' was a great success on

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radio. Based on

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s 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.FolkDJ-L
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by Richard Gillmann. The most popular songs were, "By Way of Sorrow", "Cold Missouri Waters", "Shades of Gray", and "The Kid".

Track listing

# " Fall on Me" (

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) 2:56 # "Cold Missouri Waters" (

James Keelaghan James Keelaghan (born October 28, 1959) is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Keelaghan is now based in Perth, Ontario. Many of the lyrics in his songs display a concern about social problems and justice in society. E ...

) 4:32 (based on the

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) # "Speaking With the Angel" (

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) 3:58 # "The Kid" (Buddy Mondlock) 5:39 # "Shades of Gray" (

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) 4:58 # "Lord, I Have Made You a Place in My Heart" ( Greg Brown) 3:34 # "By Way of Sorrow" (

) 3:03 # "Memphis" (

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) 4:46 # "Northern Cross" (Leslie Smith) 2:55 # "Down by the Water" (Jim Armenti) 3:12 # "I Know What Kind of Love This Is" (

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) 4:25 # "The Ballad of Mary Magdalen" (

) 5:22

Credits

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– Percussion, Drums *

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– Guitar (Acoustic), Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin, Pedal Steel, Arranger, Lap Steel Guitar, Guitar (Electric Fingerpicked) * Cry Cry Cry – Vocal Arrangement *

– Guitar * Richard Gates – Bass *

Jon Herington Jon Herington (born Jonathan Reuel Herington on April 14, 1954) is an American guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, and session musician. Career Herington was born in Paterson, New Jersey, and grew up in West Long Branch, New Jerse ...

– Guitar * Jeff Hill – Bass, Bass (Upright) *

– Vocals, Harmony Vocals * Billy Masters – Guitar (Electric) * Chuck Parrish – Guitar (Acoustic) * Doug Plavin – Percussion, Drums * Michael Rivard – Bass, Fretless Bass, Bass (Upright) *

– Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals, Harmony Vocals * Alan Williams – Organ, Percussion, Arranger, Guitar (Electric), Producer *

– Vocals, Harmony Vocals *

Darleen Wilson Darleen Wilson is an American, Boston, Massachusetts-based folk musician, audio engineer, record producer, and Director of Content for Integrated Media at public radio and television station WGBH. She has also written articles for ''Performing So ...

– Producer * Stephanie Winters – Cello, Treated Cello

Notes and references

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'' December 30, 1998
"Catching up with Cry Cry Cry"
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