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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.)

History

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Cowboy Junkies formed in Toronto in 1985. The band's name was simply a random choice as they approached their first ever gig, but it has come to perfectly represent their sound. (Some sources may credit Townes Van Zandt's song "Cowboy Junkies Lament" as the source of the band's name, but that song was written especially for Cowboy Junkies several years after they coined the name.)

The Trinity Session is perhaps their best known record, recorded live in a single day on a single microphone in a church in Toronto. This album also included cover version of The Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane" based on the 1969 Live album version rather than the studio version from Loaded.

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 were dropped from their major label contract. They have continued to release albums on their own independent label, Latent Records.

Personnel

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* Margo Timmins, vocals
* Michael Timmins, guitars
* Peter Timmins, drums
* Alan Anton, bass

Discography

* Whites Off Earth Now!!, 1986
* The Trinity Session, 1988
* Pump Up the Volume Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1990 (Song "Me and the Devil Blues")
* The Caution Horses, 1990
* Black Eyed Man, 1992
* Pale Sun Crescent Moon, 1993
* 200 More Miles: Live Performances 1985-1994, 1995
* Studio: Selected Studio Recordings 1986-1995, 1996
* Lay It Down, 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!!, 2006 (Mobile Fidelity SACD reissue)

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

Singles

{| class="wikitable"
|rowspan="2"|Year
|rowspan="2"| Title
|colspan="4"| Chart positions
|rowspan="2"| Album
|-

|US Hot 100
|US Modern Rock
|US Mainstream Rock
|UK
|-
| 1988
| "Sweet Jane"
| -
| #5
| -
| -
| The Trinity Session
|-
| 1990
| "Sun Comes up, It's Tuesday Morning"
| -
| #11
| -
| -
| The Caution Horses
|-
| 1992
| "Murder, Tonight, In The Trailer..."
| -
| #25
| -
| -
| Black Eyed Man
|-
| 1993
| "Anniversary Song"
| -
| #28
| -
| -
| Pale Sun Crescent Moon
|-
| 1994
| "Sweet Jane"
| -
| #9
| -
| -
| Re-release of single
|-
| 1996
| "A Common Disaster"
| -
| #20
| -
| -
| Lay It Down
|}

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