Cowboy Junkies

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Cowboy Junkies
Cowboy Junkies, Live in Elgin, Illinois
Background information
Origin	Toronto, Canada
Genre(s)	Rock, Alternative Rock
Years active	1986—
Label(s)	RCA, Geffen, Latent, Zoë
Associated acts	Jeff Bird
Website	http://www.cowboyjunkies.com/
Members
Michael Timmins Alan Anton Peter Timmins Margo Timmins

Cowboy Junkies is a Canadian country music and alternative rock band, formed by three siblings from the Timmins entertainment family. Another sibling, Cali, rose to fame as an actress on Ryan's Hope. (The Timmins siblings are descendants of Noah Timmins, a mining prospector who founded the Ontario city of Timmins.)

1 History
2 Personnel
3 Discography
4 Reviews/Articles
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

History

Cowboy Junkies formed in Toronto in 1985. The band's name was chosen randomly as they approached their first gig. The Trinity Session is perhaps their best known album, recorded live on a single microphone at the Church of the Holy Trinity in downtown Toronto by producer Peter J. Moore. This album also included a cover of The Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane" based on the 1969 Live album version rather than the studio version from Loaded. The single featured in the film Natural Born Killers. 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 agreed to leave Geffen Records. They have continued to release albums on their own independent label, Latent Recordings, with distribution through other labels such as Rounder in the USA and Cooking Vinyl in the UK. In June of 2007, Cowboy Junkies performed alongside the Boston Pops at Boston Symphony Hall conducted by Keith Lockhart. The program was titled Edgefest, and was a successful musical collaboration with the orchestra. In 2007 they released Trinity Revisited, a re-recording of the album featuring guest artists Ryan Adams, Vic Chesnutt, Natalie Merchant and Jeff Bird. Both the album and the film Trinity Revisited were filmed and produced by Pierre and François Lamoureux. On 9 November 2007, CBC Television aired Trinity Revisited: featuring Cowboy Junkies, which was recorded as the band recorded the new album.

Personnel

Officially, there are four band members, all siblings except Anton who was in Michael’s two previous bands as well.

In addition, the band has performed—and recorded—with Jeff Bird since their second album.

Discography

Albums

Whites Off Earth Now!!, 1986
The Trinity Session, 1988
The Caution Horses, 1990
Black Eyed Man, 1992
Pale Sun Crescent Moon, 1993
200 More Miles: Live Performances 1985-1994, 1995
Lay It Down, 1996
Studio: Selected Studio Recordings 1986-1995, 1996
Miles from Our Home, 1998
Rarities, B Sides and Slow, Sad Waltzes, 1999
Waltz Across America, 2000
Open, 2001
BBC Radio One Sessions, 2002
Open Road CD/DVD, 2002
In the Time Before Llamas, 2003
One Soul Now, 2004
Early 21st Century Blues, 2005
Whites Off Earth Now!!, 2007 (Mobile Fidelity SACD reissue)
At the End of Paths Taken, 2007
Trinity Revisited, 2007

RCA Records, the band's label from 1988 to 1996, has also released two best-of albums. These were compiled without the band's approval or authorization, and Internet fansites dedicated to the band usually recommend that fans purchase Waltz Across America instead: