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Favorite Cowboy Junkies?

Been on a Cowboy Junkies kick lately.  Bought several of their cds at a local shop.  Favorite is 'Pale Sun Crescent Moon'.  Great songs and playing, gorgeous recording!
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cincinnatipete
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Cover of Neil Young's Powderfinger from the Caution Horses.

Pretty much that whole album, though many folks like the Trinity Sessions better. 
lmnop
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Been a Cowboy Junkies fan since the beginning. There is a certain sameness to their music but every time they re-enter my listening orbit I enjoy the heck out of them. Most of the bases have already been covered but here’s a couple more obscurities;


Margo’s Corner; Ty Tyrfu Sessions Vol. 1 (2009) digital only release. Margo solo. Nice cover of Springsteen’s “If I Should Fall Behind”.


Nomad Series; Volume 4; The Wilderness. Last track, “F’ I Hate The Cold”.


jdoris
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+1 on "F I Hate the Cold"
The Nomad Series never took in my rotation, but that one's a fun romp.
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dodgealum
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Favorite album is "Lay It Down". Some great tunes on that one. Favorite song is "Cause Cheap Is How I Feel" off "Caution Horses". Saw them live early on--really great show.
jdoris
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I give All That Reckoning a listen.

Very well put together, and I think better than some of their other recent efforts, but still on the spacier side of their range, which, as I've said is not my favorite part of what they do.

I guess the folkier stuff is "bouncy" in a way that is uplifting, even when the lyrics are sad -- as they usually are!

If you do like the spacier stuff, definitely check out, if you've not already, Mazzy Star's So Tonight That I May See, a "hypnofolk" classic of around CJ's vintage.
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