On February 1, 1994, “MCA Nashville” label released “What a Crying Shame”, the third Mavericks (The) studio album. It was recorded April – August 1993, and was produced by Don Cook. The album was certified Platinum by the “RIAA” and 2× Platinum by the “CRIA”.
Personnel:
- Raul Malo – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
- Nick Kane – electric guitar
- Robert Reynolds – bass guitar
- Paul Deakin – drums
- Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- John Barlow Jarvis – piano, organ
- Stan Lynch – cabasa, claves, congas, tambourine, triangle
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle
- Nashville String Machine – strings
- James House – backing vocals
- John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals
- Joy Lynn White – backing vocals
- Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
- Trisha Yearwood – backing vocals
- Dennis Burnside – string arrangements
- Mike Bradley – engineer, mixing
Track listing:
All tracks by Raul Malo and Kostas Lazarides, except where noted.
- There Goes My Heart
- What a Crying Shame
- Pretend
- I Should Have Been There – Stan Lynch, Raul Malo
- The Things You Said to Me – Al Anderson, Raul Malo
- Just a Memory
- All That Heaven Will Allow – Bruce Springsteen
- Neon Blue – Pete Anderson, Kostas Lazarides
- O What a Thrill – Jesse Winchester
- Ain’t Found Nobody – Harland Howard, Kostas Lazarides
- The Losing Side of Me – Raul Malo
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