sheep_herder ★ Posted January 1 Share #1 Posted January 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted January 1 Share #2 Posted January 1 It has to happen but he was an iconic performer and writer. Four Strong Winds is unofficially Alberta's anthem. Rest In Peace, cowboy. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted January 1 Share #3 Posted January 1 Saw this a couple of days ago and meant to post it. An icon for sure. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted January 1 Author Share #4 Posted January 1 22 minutes ago, Wilbur said: It has to happen but he was an iconic performer and writer. Four Strong Winds is unofficially Alberta's anthem. Rest In Peace, cowboy. Ed closed out Classic Country with this one this morning. It is playing now. Good Stuff! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead ★ Posted January 1 Share #5 Posted January 1 A great wordsmith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 1 Share #6 Posted January 1 Like Rattlecan I saw the news release within hrs. for the public, but didn't post. He had a farm-ranch not very far from Calgary and lived there until he died. We heard him live-sing in Calgary to an outdoor crowd of several thousand, during Canada's 150th anniversary yr. a few years ago. Honest, it was painful to hear his voice fall apart at his age. This is the best "latest" recording with his former wife Sylvia Tyson. They sang folk songs also in coffee houses in Toronto. By that time, they are divorced in this number. To me it adds a little more poignancy to the song. When the song was released, I loved it. And now that I'm living in Alberta...there is a wistfulness for me. And to me, quite Canadian in spirit as well, as universal. It is 1 of the rare country 'n western songs that I like. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted January 1 Share #7 Posted January 1 23 minutes ago, shootingstar said: Like Rattlecan I saw the news release within hrs. for the public, but didn't post. He had a farm-ranch not very far from Calgary and lived there until he died. We heard him live-sing in Calgary to an outdoor crowd of several thousand, during Canada's 150th anniversary yr. a few years ago. Honest, it was painful to hear his voice fall apart at his age. This is the best "latest" recording with his former wife Sylvia Tyson. They sang folk songs also in coffee houses in Toronto. By that time, they are divorced in this number. To me it adds a little more poignancy to the song. When the song was released, I loved it. And now that I'm living in Alberta...there is a wistfulness for me. And to me, quite Canadian in spirit as well, as universal. It is 1 of the rare country 'n western songs that I like. The song was written about his former girlfriend in Vernon, not Sylvia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 1 Share #8 Posted January 1 9 minutes ago, Wilbur said: The song was written about his former girlfriend in Vernon, not Sylvia. It's knowing the backstory that Sylvia and Ian were married for a number of years and performed together. That's all the public needs to know to appreciate this reunion concert, which seems to have drawn a ton of fans. Obviously the other chick was local, near your 2nd place there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted January 1 Share #9 Posted January 1 10 minutes ago, shootingstar said: It's knowing the backstory that Sylvia and Ian were married for a number of years and performed together. That's all the public needs to know to appreciate this reunion concert, which seems to have drawn a ton of fans. Obviously the other chick was local, near your 2nd place there. We all take away what we want from a song but he was in Greenwich village when he wrote the song, was not with his short tenured wife, Sylvia, and he considered it pop-folk, not country. Their marriage isn't really a back story but it also wasn't that long. But like I say, enjoy it as you relate to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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