Saturday Morning Country: Cowboy Junkies

Saturday, 28th May 2011

Amidst all the Dylanmania this week it's worth recalling that Steve Earle once said, "Townes van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that." He may be forgiven his touch of hyperbole. Nevertheless, To Live is to Fly is one hell of a song and here it is done by the Cowboy Junkies:

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Davey L.S

May 28th, 2011 7:21am Report this comment

Thanks Alex another great track

Chris Morriss

May 28th, 2011 10:55am Report this comment

Well, about 40% of the Cowboy Junkies anyway...

An earlier Cowboy Junkies album 'The Caution Horses' is one of my all-time favourites, though sadly, they have gone badly downhill in the past few years.
This seems to be the way of most artists: their early work proves to be the best in the long run.