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Alternative-Rock band from Toronto, Ontario CANADA, Cowboy Junkies was
formed in the summer of 1985 by singer Margo Timmins, guitarist Michael
Timmins, bassist Alan Anton real name Alan Alizojvodic and drummer Peter
Timmins.
Not too long after they began performing live in local clubs and in October
1986 the quartet released its debut album, "Whites Off Earth Now!!",
on their own independent label, Latent Records; it was recorded live at
Studio 547 on a digital two-track using only one microphone.
One year later, the Junkies were reunited once again around a single microphone
in the Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto to cut their second album,
"The Trinity Session"; the set, recorded in just one night,
was initially issued on Latent, but six months after the group put out
the album, RCA Records signed the band and repackaged it for release on
the label. The record broke into The Billboard Top 200 Albums chart reaching
the #26 spot and spawned "Misguided Angel", their first top
10 hit in Canada; the second single cut, their cover of "Sweet Jane",
peaked at #5 on the U.S. Modern Rock chart; the track was also featured
on the 1994 hit movie "Natural Born Killers".
February 1990 saw the release of the band's third effort, "The Caution
Horses" but the record didn't achieve the same traction despite the
main single, "Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning", rose to #11
spot on The Modern Rock chart; the album eventually reached the #47 on
The Billboard 200 list.
The follow-up album, "Black Eyed Man", released in February
1992, hit #76 in the U.S. and continued to show the band's growth as one
of Canada's top alt-Rock act; the set included the single "Murder,
Tonight, In The Trailer Park" which gave them the #25 spot on The
Modern Rock chart.
1993's "Pale Sun Crescent Moon", was hailed by critics as one
of the group's best records since "The Trinity Session", but
the album sold poorly outside of their native Canada; however it generated
a Modern Rock top 30 hit with "Anniversary Song".
Following the release of the live-set, "200 More Miles, Live Performances
1985-1994", in February 1996, Cowboy Junkies delivered their sixth
album and first for Geffen, "Lay It Down", the record peaked
at #55 in the United States highlighted by the single "A Common Disaster"
which rose to the #20 position on The Modern Rock chart.
"Miles From Our Home", was the second and final full-length
disc issued on Geffen, unfortunately the record company went through a
merger and the album barely entered the top 100 on The Billboard 200 upon
its June 1998 release.
Cowboy Junkies then decided to resurrect their indie label Latent and
released "Rarities, B-Sides And Slow, Sad Waltzes" in late 1999.
They followed it up with "Waltz Across America", a live-set
compilation of 12 of the 60 songs played on the band's end-of-the-millennium
tour of the U.S. and Canada.
In May 2001, the Junkies released "Open", their first studio
album of new material in three years, the CD peaked at #107 on The Billboard
Top 200 chart.
Another three full years passed before the group returned with a new album,
"One Soul Now", released in June 2004, reached the #127 on The
Billboard 200 list and included an atypically upbeat single titled "No
Long Journey Home".
On August 2, 2005, Cowboy Junkies released "Early 21st Century Blues",
an album which features traditional tunes, covers of songs by other artists,
including Bruce Springsteen,
Bob Dylan, U2 and others as well as two new
compositions.
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