Ian Tyson - Cowboyography (11 tracks) +Album Reviews

The greatest artist ever....period!!

Matt Wudtke | Sheridan, WY USA | 10/04/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Ian Tyson's music IS the west. You can tell in every song that he lives the life he sings about. Having worked on ranches throughout the west for a good portion of my life, I find Ians' music to be absolute magic.....every verse paints a vivid picture in my mind that brings back memories of times that you can only know of if you've been there. To truly appreciate his music, I believe living the western ranch life is essential---it would always be fabulous music, but if you haven't seen the herds of cattle, gotten caught in a sudden thunderstorm high in the Bighorns, or ridden the trails into the rimrock with only your horse as company, it just couldn't be the same. I've worn out at least two of every record he has ever made, and I'm now switching to c.d's. I've also seen him in concert twice, and let me tell you, it just doesn't get any better. If you think the albums are good...seeing him in person is awesome! He's got a sound that you just don't ever get tired of. It's kind of like hearing the wind blowing through the pines and the sagebrush up outside of Longview....you could sit and listen forever. This album, COWBOYOGRAPHY, is in my opinion the greatest collection of songs ever assembled...in any genre. And the song entitled SUMMER WAGES....well it's absolutely the best song ever written---pure, plain, and simple. Keep 'em coming, Ian."

Probably my all-time favorite

Sarah C. Judson | Livermore, CO United States | 06/19/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I encountered this album by chance, many years ago, when a roommate was playing it in the living room. I'd walked in the back door, heading for my room, when I heard, "...and I have watched that mornin' star..." I spun around and said, "WHO'S THAT???"
I'd heard of Ian & Sylvia, but I hadn't known about his subsequent solo career. When I got a tape of Cowboyography, I was playing it in my truck and it got stuck in the tape player. I played it over & over for years and never tired of it.
He's an enlightened, literate cowboy, and a musical genius."

Deserves a skyful of stars, not just 5!

Julie K. Smithson | London, Ohio | 09/13/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I bought the cassette tape way back in the 1980s when it was a newborn. Through twenty years and countless playings, not once has it failed to delight, quieten the soul and uplift the spirit, and make me thank God that Ian Tyson was born and that he shares his gifted voice and songs with us. Never was a cowboy born who wouldn't have loved the heartstring pulling and honest songs that Ian says he "tries to write" in Springtime. Rockies Turn Rose and Own Heart's Delight rival any songs, anywhere, for top hand status."

THE BEST COWBOY MUSIC

Montanarambler | Avon, NY United States | 03/29/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I've been listening to cowboy music for over 50 years. This music from Ian Tyson is the best ever. It's authentic, up-to-date and beautiful.If you ever lived on the Northern Plains, and moved away,this CD will make you SO homesick.If you never lived there or are just a wannabe cowboy this is the music you want to hear. It's the real thing.My CD changer holds 5 and this magnificent CD has never been taken out since I got it."

Timeless

EDL | London, UK | 04/24/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album, which came out a few years ago,is a critical and abiding piece of the remarkable Ian Tyson story and a testament to a unique talent who has produced some of the best music ever to come out of North America in the past 40 years. As many listeners know, Ian Tyson was part of the seminal Candian folk duo, Ian & Sylvia, who produced more than 10 albums of their startingly unqiue folk harmony sound for Vanguard in the 60's and 70's. When the couple parted ways and the folk era waned, Ian took some time off in Alberta and re-emerged with this album which launched a stunning new phase in his development as a cowboy and Western singer, producing numerous award winning albums since and many steadfast fans. The comments on this album are straight on the mark : this is honest, pure Western music unpolluted with the commercialism of Nashville and an eye for nature and musical imagery in the lyrics which hit the soul and stick there - "...And the sighing of the pines/ Up here near the timberline/Makes me wish I'd done things different/ but wishin' don't make it so " - how true can you get ? And there's a lot more rolling poetry like that, in songs about lost loves in the backrooms of roadstop cafes, the pain of working for summer wages, and wry comparisons between the life of the cowboy and the coyote. Ian & Sylvia's music lives on, timeless and unique ; Ian Tyson is an established genius in his own right as well. What a record. What a life, together and apart."

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	Ian Tyson Cowboyography Genres: Country, Folk, Pop Track Listings (11) - Disc #1 Springtime Navajo Rug - Ian Tyson, Russell, Tom Summer Wages Fifty Years Ago Rockies Turn Rose Claude Dallas - Ian Tyson, Russell, Tom Own Heart's Delight The Gift Cowboy Pride Old Cheyenne The Coyote & The Cowboy
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