Cowboy Junkies

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The Cowboy Junkies are a Canadian alt-country/alternative rock band, 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.

The Trinity Session
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Lay It Down
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Black Eyed Man
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At The End Of Paths Taken
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Top Tracks

1	Sweet Jane full track	996
2	Misguided Angel full track	345
3	Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis) full track	250
4	Mining for Gold	232
5	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	221
6	I Don't Get It full track	216
7	Dreaming My Dreams With You	200
8	200 More Miles	192
9	Working on a Building	143
10	Postcard Blues	140
11	To Love Is to Bury	126
12	A Common Disaster full track	124
13	Angel Mine full track	90
14	Hold on to Me full track	83
15	'Cause Cheap is How I Feel full track	76

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AnaSilva76 wrote:
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Divina Margo

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n8lbv wrote:
August 2008

Simply AWESOME, love it. If it wasn't for Wil Weaton.. I would have never heard about this group. Thanks man!

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Druid66 wrote:
May 2008

Margo's voice is dead sexy on this, esp. on the album version.

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nicoinfurs wrote:
May 2008

thought i read Opeth

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warristian wrote:
April 2008

I've just listened to Open. They're f*cking brilliant!!

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jcshepard wrote:
February 2008

Rounder Records' podcast this week features cuts from Trinity Revisisted. Good stuff.

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ghostdog75 wrote:
January 2008

Excited for the release of the Trinity Revisited album :-)

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gaussian74 wrote:
November 2007

trinity sessions revisited is amazing, def worth ordering!

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mattDMBFan wrote:
November 2007

Why doesn't murder tonight in the trailer park have more listens?

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warristian wrote:
September 2007

Pale Sun Crescent Moon is... wow! XD

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jotbe6 wrote:
September 2007

Come Calling is the BEST SONG!!

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IamFlood wrote:
July 2007

Love the cover of Powerderfinger not to mention The Trinity Sessions.

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CaptainKopter wrote:
July 2007

Open Road on DVD - a musthave

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SashaCvetkovic wrote:
June 2007

Summer of discntent is great song

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SashaCvetkovic wrote:
June 2007

Very, very, very good band

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SoAlive wrote:
June 2007

I love the new album, it's just so perfect! I'm sure it will end up at my top 10 list of best albums this year. :)

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Figaro wrote:
April 2007

Mr postman just arrived with At the End of Paths Taken \O/

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hjenna wrote:
April 2007

I've tagged this band but.. I have no idea who they are. So confusing..

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maledictu wrote:
April 2007

The best thing that happened to pop music since Talking Heads '77.

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alfvaen wrote:
March 2007

Personally, I love Murder, Tonight, In The Trailer Park. But 'Cause Cheap Is How I Feel is greaet too.

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