Ian Tyson – Cowboyography

Cowboyography is generally regarded as Ian Tyson's best solo album. It includes two songs, "Navajo Rug" and "Summer Wages," that were included among the top 100 Western songs of all time by the Western Writers of America. Unbelievably, AllMusic gives it only 3 stars out of 5, though it did place 96th in Bob Mersereau's 2007 book, The Top 100 Canadian Albums.

I tracked down this album after Lenny Everson included "The Coyote & the Cowboy" on a tape he made of Tamarack's On the Grand album and Jim Hartling reminisced about listening to it while riding in a truck out at the gold mine.

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Track Listing

1. "Springtime" (Ian Tyson) – 2:30
2. "Navajo Rug" (Ian Tyson, Tom Russell) – 2:58
3. "Summer Wages" (Ian Tyson) – 4:14
4. "Fifty Years Ago" (Ian Tyson) – 3:55
5. "Rockies Turn Rose" (Ian Tyson) – 3:10
6. "Claude Dallas" (Ian Tyson, Tom Russell) – 5:02
7. "Own Heart's Delight" (Ian Tyson) – 3:44
8. "The Gift" (Ian Tyson) – 4:15
9. "Cowboy Pride" (Ian Tyson) – 3:35
10. "Old Cheyenne" (Ian Tyson) – 5:30
11. "The Coyote & The Cowboy" (Ian Tyson) – 3:40

Personnel

• Ian Tyson – vocals, guitar
• Louis Sedmok – guitar
• Nathan Tinkham – guitar
• George Koller – bass
• Stan Stewart – steel guitar
• Adrian Chornowool – piano
• Thom Moon – drums
• Myron Szott – fiddle
• Roy Warhurst – fiddle
• Cindy Church – background vocals
• Randy Fournier – background vocals

• Ian & Sylvia – Four Strong Winds (song)
• Ian & Sylvia – You Were On My Mind (song)