Track Listing

1. Four Strong Winds - Blue Rodeo
2. MC Horses - Corb Lund
3. Blue Mountains of Mexico - Jennifer Warnes
4. What Does She See - Chris Hillman
5. Red Velvet - Gordon Lightfoot
6. Gift - David Rea
7. Range Delivery - Cindy Church
8. Smuggler's Cove - McDades
9. Some Kind of Fool - Amos Garrett
10. Old Cheyenne - Tom Russell
11. Someday Soon - Buddy Cage, The Circus in Flames
12. Will James - Ramblin' Jack Elliott,
13. You're Not Alone Anymore - Stewart MacDougall
14. Summer Wages - The Good Brothers
15. Moondancer - Jeff Bradshaw
16. Interview with Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Buddy Cage [*]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7968 in Music
• Released on: 2007-07-17
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Compilation
• Dimensions: .15 pounds

From Amazon.com
Though tribute albums are typically labors of love, few show more affection toward their subject than this. Ian Tyson's career spans the folk revival of the 1960s (Ian and Sylvia), the seminal country-rock of the late 1960s and early '70s (Great Speckled Bird), and an extended solo career as one of North America's foremost purveyors of cowboy and Western music. The Canadian troubadour has plainly attracted a number of friends and admirers on both sides of the border, from bandmates to disciples, who celebrate his influence in the sort of comfortable, low-key manner that fits his music. His loveliest melody, "Someday Soon," is transformed into a bittersweet elegy by Circus in Flames, with veteran Tyson sideman Buddy Cage on guest steel guitar. Longtime friend Ramblin' Jack Elliott brings a touch of Woody Guthrie to the cowboy balladry of "Will James," and Jennifer Warnes evokes the cantina with "Blue Mountains of Mexico." Blue Rodeo's rendition of "Four Strong Winds" sounds like Byrdsian folk-rock, while the Byrds' own Chris Hillman performs "What Does She See" as a mandolin waltz. Tom Russell's "Old Cheyenne" has a passing-the-torch quality, because his musical focus has been so profoundly influenced by Tyson's. --Don McLeese

Album Details
2007 Tribute to One of Canada's National Treasures! Tyson's Body of Work is One of the Most Revered in Popular Canadian Music History and his Peers have Contributed These Recordings as a Tribute to this Pillar of Songwriting. Artists Include Jennifer Warnes, Gordon Lightfoot, Amos Garrett, Ramblin Jack Elliott, Chris Hillman, Tom Russell, David Rea and Many More.