Cowboy Junkies: Margo Timmins (vocals); Michael Timmins (guitar); Jeff Bird (mandolin, electric mandolin, harmonica, accordion); Jaro Czerwinec (accordion); Alan Anton (bass instrument); Peter Timmins (drums).
With 2006's live album LONG JOURNEY HOME arriving two full decades after their indie debut WHITES OFF EARTH NOW, Canadian alt-country superstars the Cowboy Junkies proved to be still going strong. Although the narcotic blend of country twang and slowcore moodiness that's implicit in their name has never left the band's music, the Cowboy Junkies have developed many different shades of gray in their chiaroscuro sound. Hearing early songs like the plaintive ballad "Misguided Angel" and the bluesy swagger of "Cause Cheap Is How I Feel" on this live recording from 2004, it's evident that the band, and in particular singer Margo Timmins' rich and multi-faceted vocals, have only gotten better with age. A nearly 12-minute meander through their signature deconstruction of the Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane" caps the set, which is released with a bonus live DVD.
DVD Features:
Track List
1. Sweet Jane
2. Cause Cheap Is How I Feel
3. 200 More Miles
4. Why Is This One
5. Pale Sun
6. He Will Call You Baby
7. Sun Comes Up It's Tuesday Morning
8. 32:20
9. Black Eyed Man
10. 1000 Year Prayer
11. A Horse In The Country
12. Notes Falling Slow
13. The Slide
14. I Don't Get It
15. Good Friday
16. Helpless
17. Isn't It A Pity
18. Misguided Angel
Interviews

Dirty Linen (p.82) - "The band achieves a beautiful stillness during the more acoustic songs..."