The Cowboy Junkies are a Canadian alt-country/alternative rock band with a jazz twist , formed by three siblings from the Timmins entertainment family. The group formed in Toronto in 1985. The band's name was simply a random choice as they approached their first ever gig, but it has come to perfectly represent their sound. (Some sources may credit Townes Van Zandt's song "Cowboy Junkies Lament" as the source of the band's name, but that song was written especially for Cowboy Junkies several years after they coined the name.) The Trinity Session is perhaps their best known record, recorded live in a single day on a single microphone in a church in Toronto. This album also included a unique cover version of Lou Reed's "Sweet Jane". Reed reportedly liked the Junkies' version of the song better than his own, and began performing their version in concert. None of the band's subsequent albums have been hits outside of Canada, although the band has maintained a dedicated following and have continued to have chart hits in their native country. Following their 1998 album Miles from Our Home, Cowboy Junkies were dropped from their major label contract. They have continued to release albums on their own independent label, Latent Records.
1 | Hollow as a Bone | Miles From Our Home |
2 | State Trooper | 200 More Miles: Live 1985-1994 (Disc 1) |
3 | New Dawn Coming | Miles From Our Home |
4 | Where Are You Tonight? | 200 More Miles: Live 1985-1994 (Disc 1) |
5 | 'cause Cheap Is How I Feel | 200 More Miles: Live 1985-1994 (Disc 1) |
6 | Spoken Intro | 200 More Miles: Live 1985-1994 (Disc 1) |
7 | 200 More Miles | The Trinity Session |
8 | If You Were the Woman and I Was the Man | 200 More Miles: Live 1985-1994 (Disc 2) |
9 | Misguided Angel | 200 More Miles: Live 1985-1994 (Disc 2) |
10 | Lost My Driving Wheel | 200 More Miles: Live 1985-1994 (Disc 2) |
11 | Good Friday | Miles From Our Home |
12 | Cowboy Junkies - Dead Flowers | Uncut Magazine: Gimme Shelter Vol 2 |
13 | A Common Disaster | Lay It Down |
14 | Oregon Hill | 200 More Miles: Live 1985-1994 (Disc 1) |
15 | Forgive Me | 200 More Miles: Live 1985-1994 (Disc 2) |
16 | Dreaming My Dreams With You | The Trinity Session |
17 | Floorboard Blues | 200 More Miles: Live 1985-1994 (Disc 1) |
18 | Walkin' After Midnight | The Trinity Session |
19 | I Don't Get It | The Trinity Session |
20 | Sweet Jane | The Trinity Session |