Ian Tyson passes

[XXX-er]

an iconic artist you never heard of from a country you never heard of,

he was kinda like a Canadian Bob Dylan eh

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...t-89-1.6699778

[BCMtnHound]

Records of Ian & Sylvia, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and Gordon Lightfoot are essential parts of any Canadian music collection.
Mr Tyson will be sorely missed. Damn good run at 89yrs young.

[XXX-er]

While Ian Tyson always seemed like a Canadian folky/ CW artist according to the obits he was covered by the big names, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, and Judy Collins; Neil Young included a rendition of “Four Strong Winds” on his 1978 album Comes a Time, and performed it with the Band

Apparently his folks moved to the colonies in the 30's where he started the cowboy thing by playing polo and going to private school

89 is a pretty good run

[XXX-er]

a whole bunch of artists who left us in 22

https://www.cbc.ca/music/in-memoriam...2022-1.6678987

[TBS]

RIP Mr Tyson
Didn’t realize until now that he wrote Someday Soon, covered by Judy Collins. Another classic

[Harry]

I was an Ian Tyson groupie back in the 90s. Attended every concert he gave in Montana for most of that decade.


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[Meadow Skipper]

I’ve been meaning to post in this thread. Tyson was a solid songwriter, the real thing.

[XXX-er]

This Tom Power is playing an old interview of Ian Tyson and later Sylvia on his CBC show Q, by the time of this his voice was sounding pretty old, he said his favorite song was " Summer Wages " good song about BC

[ex-powderbroker]

really good stuff, didn’t know about him till it was announced on the cbc and i’ve since gone through the catalog twice.

rip