title: Cryin' Time
text: # Cryin' Time
  
  Cryin' Time is an album by blues pianist and vocalist Otis Spann recorded in Chicago in 1968 and released by Vanguard Records.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | |
  
  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."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Otis Spann except where noted
  
  * "Home to Mississippi" − 3:26
  * "Blues Is a Botheration" − 4:02
  * "You Said You'd Be on Time" (Spann, George Spink) − 4:46
  * "Cryin' Time" − 3:11
  * "Blind Man" (Traditional) − 3:18
  * "Some Day" − 4:35
  * "Twisted Snake" − 3:02
  * "Green Flowers" (McKinley Morganfield) − 3:44
  * "The New Boogaloo" − 2:09
  * "Mule Kicking in My Stall" − 3:30
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Otis Spann − vocals, piano, organ
  * Barry Melton − lead guitar
  * Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson − second guitar
  * Jos Davidson − bass
  * Lonnie Taylor − drums
  * Lucille Spann − backing vocals (tracks 5 & 6)
  
  ### Technical
  
  * Michael Chechik - co-producer
  