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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.)

Contents 1 History 2 Personnel 3 Discography 3.1 Albums 3.2 Compilations 3.3 Singles 4 Reviews/Articles 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

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 Holy Trinity church 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.

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 aired Trinity Revisited: featuring Cowboy Junkies, which was recorded as the band recorded the new album in the same church they used the first time.

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, The 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.

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

• Margo Timmins (vocals)
• Michael Timmins (guitar)
• Peter Timmins (drums)
• Alan Anton (bass)

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

• 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:

• Best of the Cowboy Junkies, 2001
• Cowboy Junkies: The Platinum and Gold Collection, 2003

• It Came from Canada, Vol. 4, 1988 ("Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis)")
• Pump Up the Volume, 1990 ("Me and the Devil Blues")
• The Cities' Sampler Vol. 2: Collectibles, 1990 ("Decoration Day")
• Born to Choose, 1993 ("Lost My Driving Wheel")
• Upfront! Canadians Live from Mountain Stage, 1994 ("Misguided Angel")
• Natural Born Killers, 1994 ("Sweet Jane")
• Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute to Neil Young, 1994 ("Tired Eyes")
• Oh What a Feeling: A Vital Collection of Canadian Music, 1996 ("Misguided Angel")
• The Truth About Cats & Dogs, 1996 ("Angel Mine")
• Cities' Sampler Vol. 10, 1998 ("Miles from Our Home")
• Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons, 1999 ("Ooh Las Vegas")
• Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot, 2003 ("The Way I Feel")
• This Bird Has Flown - A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles' Rubber Soul, 2005 ("Run for Your Life")

• 1988 "Sweet Jane"
• 1990 "Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning"
• 1992 "Murder, Tonight, In the Trailer..."
• 1993 "Anniversary Song"
• 1994 "Sweet Jane" (live)
• 1996 "A Common Disaster"

• Cowboy Junkies: Covered in Blues by Jason Gonulsen, Glide Magazine
• Cowboy Junkies: Soul Survivors by Jason Gonulsen, Glide Magazine
• Live at The Pageant in St. Louis, 07/03/04 by Jason Gonulsen, Glide Magazine
• Live in Elgin, Illinois, 10/11/03 by Jason Gonulsen, Glide Magazine

• Canadian rock
• Music of Canada

• Official web site
• Cowboy Junkies at The Canadian Encyclopedia
• Cowboy Junkies live concert recordings at Archive.org
• 4 The Llamas also features live concert recordings to download.
• Cowboy Junkies Site, Unoffical (Yet Complete)
• Cowboy Junkies official download site