What a Crying Shame is more commercial and conventional than its debut predecessor, but every bit as enjoyable.
Raul Malo has such a terrific voice that he can wear his broken heart on his sleeve without lapsing into self- pity.
In fact, the very act of confessing his hurt seems to charge him with rocking excitement, especially when he gets a melodic hook as juicy as that on the title track or the Roy Orbison tribute, ˝˝I Should Have Been True.˝
Trisha Yearwood sings harmony on the saloon ballad ˝˝Neon Blue,˝ and the band turns Bruce Springsteen’s ˝˝All That Heaven Will Allow˝ into the honky-tonk shuffle it was always meant to be.
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The Mavericks:
Paul Deakin – drums, percussion
Nick Kane – lead guitar
Raul Malo – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Robert Reynolds – bass guitar
Additional musicians:
Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
Mark Casstevens – electric guitar
Rob Hajacos – fiddle
James House – background vocals
John Barlow Jarvis – piano, organ
Stan Lynch – percussion
Brent Mason – electric guitar
John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
Glenn Worf – bass guitar, upright bass
Trisha Yearwood – background vocals
Strings by the Nashville String Machine.