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 | Cowboy Junkies - Dead Flowers | Uncut Magazine: Gimme Shelter Vol 2 |
2 | Sun Comes up, It's Tuesday Morning | 200 More Miles: Live 1985-1994 (Disc 1) |
3 | Murder, Tonight, in the Trailer Park | 200 More Miles: Live 1985-1994 (Disc 1) |
4 | Oregon Hill | 200 More Miles: Live 1985-1994 (Disc 1) |
5 | I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry | The Trinity Session |
6 | Pale Sun | 200 More Miles: Live 1985-1994 (Disc 2) |
7 | Hunted | 200 More Miles: Live 1985-1994 (Disc 2) |
8 | Spoken Intro | 200 More Miles: Live 1985-1994 (Disc 1) |
9 | 200 More Miles | 200 More Miles: Live 1985-1994 (Disc 1) |
10 | 200 More Miles | The Trinity Session |
11 | Miles from Our Home | Miles From Our Home |
12 | Walking After Midnight | 200 More Miles: Live 1985-1994 (Disc 2) |
13 | 'cause Cheap Is How I Feel | 200 More Miles: Live 1985-1994 (Disc 1) |
14 | Good Friday | Miles From Our Home |
15 | Misguided Angel | The Trinity Session |
16 | A Common Disaster | Lay It Down |
17 | Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis) | 200 More Miles: Live 1985-1994 (Disc 1) |
18 | New Dawn Coming | Miles From Our Home |
19 | Working on a Building | The Trinity Session |
20 | Misguided Angel | 200 More Miles: Live 1985-1994 (Disc 2) |