Edited sentence: As a compilation album, The Sky is Crying arguably captures Stevie Ray Vaughan's diverse musical influences better than any single studio album.Solace is found in three songs: an extended instrumental cover version of Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing" (and a one-stop demonstration of Stevie's unique guitar prowess); "Chitlins Con Carne", with its sophisticated jazz groove and smooth octaval theme; and "Life By The Drop", an intimate acoustic guitar performance looking back on Vaughan's substance abuse, and looking ahead to a better life.Stevie's guitar playing on this album pays its dues to traditional Delta blues, Chicago blues, jump blues, jazz blues, and Jimi Hendrix.The album's tone alternates primarily between exciting, uptempo pieces, and gritty, powerful slow blues