Description
Cowboy Junkies assemble a collection of covers two years after their last studio album, Ghosts.
Cowboy Junkies are a band that understand the value of a good cover…their version of Lou Reed’s Sweet Jane famously kicked off their career some 35 years ago. And though these tracks were recorded from 1999 to 2021, they sound surprisingly like they belong together.
Vocalist Margo Timmins sounds ominous, mysterious and just a little frightening as she digs into Five Years, originally heard on Ziggy Stardust back in ’72 and feeling even more dark and foreboding 50 years later. Drummer Peter Timmins lays down that drum pattern that will be familiar to any Bowie fan and as the track builds up, Margo’s intensity rises until she’s belting out the final verse. I’m not gonna say it’s better than Bowie’s (that would be sacrilege) but its darn good, with guitarist Michael Timmins whipping up a storm behind his sister.
The remainder of the album features some of the usual suspects…songs by Neil Young, Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones, Gordon Lightfoot & Cure et al…but not always the tunes you might expect. Songs Of The Recollection is an absolute pleasure from beginning to end.
