[.ca] Gift-Tribute to Ian Tyson

From Amazon.com:
Though tribute albums are typically labors of love, few show more affection toward their subject than this. Ian Tyson's career spans the folk revival of the 1960s (Ian and Sylvia), the seminal country-rock of the late 1960s and early '70s (Great Speckled Bird), and an extended solo career as one of North America's foremost purveyors of cowboy and Western music. The Canadian troubadour has plainly attracted a number of friends and admirers on both sides of the border, from bandmates to disciples, who celebrate his influence in the sort of comfortable, low-key manner that fits his music. His loveliest melody, "Someday Soon," is transformed into a bittersweet elegy by Circus in Flames, with veteran Tyson sideman Buddy Cage on guest steel guitar. Longtime friend Ramblin' Jack Elliott brings a touch of Woody Guthrie to the cowboy balladry of "Will James," and Jennifer Warnes evokes the cantina with "Blue Mountains of Mexico." Blue Rodeo's rendition of "Four Strong Winds" sounds like Byrdsian folk-rock, while the Byrds' own Chris Hillman performs "What Does She See" as a mandolin waltz. Tom Russell's "Old Cheyenne" has a passing-the-torch quality, because his musical focus has been so profoundly influenced by Tyson's. --Don McLeese

• Four Strong Winds - Blue Rodeo
• MC Horses - Corb Lund
• Blue Mountains of Mexico - Jennifer Warnes
• What Does She See - Chris Hillman
• Red Velvet - Gordon Lightfoot
• Gift - David Rea
• Range Delivery - Cindy Church
• Smuggler's Cove - McDades
• Some Kind of Fool - Amos Garrett
• Old Cheyenne - Tom Russell
• Someday Soon - Buddy Cage, The Circus in Flames
• Will James - Ramblin' Jack Elliott,
• You're Not Alone Anymore - Stewart MacDougall
• Summer Wages - The Good Brothers
• Moondancer - Jeff Bradshaw
• Interview with Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Buddy Cage \o*\c