| Open Road | ||||
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| Released | June 25, 2002 [1] | |||
| Recorded | 2001 | |||
| Genre | Alternative country | |||
| Length | 59:38 [2] | |||
| Label | Latent, Zoë | |||
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Open Road is a DVD release by the Canadian band Cowboy Junkies, with a bonus CD. It is a four-hour DVD/CD documentary of performances from 2001.
Cowboy Junkies Live from the Quebec City Summer Festival
All tracks are written by Michael Timmins, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lay It Down" | ||
| 2. | "Hard to Explain" | ||
| 3. | "Bread and Wine River Song Trilogy" | ||
| 4. | "River Waltz" | ||
| 5. | "Bea's Song" | ||
| 6. | "Dragging Hooks" | Michael Timmins, Alan Anton, Peter Timmins | |
| 7. | "Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis)" | Michael Timmins, Margo Timmins, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | |
| 8. | "Anniversary Song" | ||
| Total length: | 47:00 | ||
A Documentary in Music, Ones and Zeroes
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 9. | "A Documentary in Music, Ones and Zeroes" (A Behind the Scenes Look At the Open Road Tour with Video, Stills and Music) | 55:00 |
Margo and Michael Timmins Live from the Temple
All tracks are written by Michael Timmins, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10. | "Anniversary Song" | ||
| 11. | "Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning" | ||
| 12. | "Misguided Angel" | ||
| 13. | "I'm So Open" | Michael Timmins, Alan Anton, Peter Timmins | |
| 14. | "Small Swift Birds" | ||
| 15. | "Thousand Year Prayer" | ||
| 16. | "Hollow As a Bone" | ||
| Total length: | 30:00 | ||
An Open Conversation with Margo and Michael Timmins
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 17. | "An Open Conversation with Margo and Michael Timmins" (Margo and Michael Discuss the Writing and Recording of Open and Perform a Few Songs from the Album) | 35:00 |
All tracks are written by Michael Timmins, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Murder, Tonight, In the Trailer Park" | 6:27 | |
| 2. | "Lay It Down" | 10:48 | |
| 3. | "This Street, That Man, This Life" | 3:42 | |
| 4. | "Thousand Year Prayer" | 4:24 | |
| 5. | "Bread and Wine" | 5:22 | |
| 6. | "Witches" | Michael Timmins, Margo Timmins | 3:33 |
| 7. | "Something More Besides You" | 4:00 | |
| 8. | "Escape Is So Simple" | 4:09 | |
| 9. | "Dragging Hooks" | Michael Timmins, Alan Anton, Peter Timmins | 12:00 |
| 10. | "Anniversary Song" | 5:13 | |
| Total length: | 59:38 | ||
The Cowboy Junkies are an alternative country and folk rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1985 by Alan Anton (bassist), Michael Timmins, Peter Timmins (drummer) and Margo Timmins (vocalist). The three Timminses are siblings, and Anton worked with Michael Timmins during their first couple of bands. John Timmins was initially a member of the band but left the group before the recording of their first album. The band line-up has never changed since, although they use several guest musicians on many of their albums, including multi-instrumentalist Jeff Bird who has performed on every album except the first.
The Caution Horses is the third studio album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies, released in 1990.
Black Eyed Man is the fourth studio album by Cowboy Junkies, released in 1992. The album continues the band's evolution from a spare country blues style to a more mainstream country rock style.
Pale Sun, Crescent Moon is the fifth studio album by Cowboy Junkies, released in 1993. It was the band's last album of new material for RCA Records, although a live album and a greatest hits compilation were subsequently released on the label. Canadian guitarist Ken Myhr appears on every track on this album.
Lay It Down is the sixth studio album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies. Released on February 27, 1996, it was the group's first album for Geffen Records after the end of their contract with RCA Records. It was the band's first album that could be described as straight-ahead rock, rather than country rock, country or blues. It was also their first album consisting entirely of original material, with no covers. "A Common Disaster" and "Speaking Confidentially" were notable hits for the band on Canadian radio.
Miles from Our Home is the seventh studio album by Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies, which was released in 1998. It was their second and final album for Geffen Records. The title track was a significant hit in their native Canada. Following this album, the Junkies were dropped from the Geffen record label. The Junkies moved to an independent label, Latent Recordings, for their subsequent albums.
Rarities, B-Sides and Slow, Sad Waltzes is an album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies, released in 1999. It was the band's first independent release after the end of their contract with Geffen Records. The album is a compendium of tracks that the band had recorded but not previously released on an album. Two tracks has been released earlier as B-sides on Cowboy Junkies' singles, "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" on "Southern Rain" and "Leaving Normal" on "Anniversary Song". It was released on both True North Records and Latent Recordings in Canada, and on Valley Records in the United States.
Waltz Across America is a 2000 album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies.
Open is an album by the Canadian band Cowboy Junkies, released in 2001. It was the band's third independent release after the end of their contract with Geffen Records, and the first of those to feature new material. The album was released on Latent Recordings in Canada, and on Zoë Records internationally.
The Radio One Sessions is a 2002 album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies. The compilation album was released only in Canada and the United Kingdom, and compiles tracks that the band recorded for BBC Radio One in the UK. The Radio One Sessions was released on Strange Fruit Records in the UK, and Latent Recordings in Canada.
One Soul Now is a 2004 album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies. It is their first album of new material since Open in 2001. It was released on Latent Recordings in Canada, and Zoë Records internationally.
Early 21st Century Blues is an album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies, released in 2005. The album features two original songs and covers of material by Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, George Harrison and Richie Havens. The record has a very strong anti-war message, while also protesting public apathy towards the political process.
At the End of Paths Taken is the tenth studio album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies, released in 2007.
Long Journey Home is an album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies, recorded in Liverpool, England in 2004 and released in 2006. The release includes a concert DVD along with a CD. Only 11 tracks of the 18 that are on the DVD appear on the CD.
Renmin Park is an album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies, released in 2010. It is Volume One of the Nomad Series. The album's name translates in Chinese as "People's Park".
Demons is an album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies, released in 2011. It contains eleven Vic Chesnutt covers. It is Volume Two of the Nomad Series.
Sing in My Meadow is an album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies, released in 2011. It is Volume Three of the Nomad Series. The album was recorded at The Clubhouse in Toronto, Ontario. This volume of the Nomad Series brings the band's live shows into the studio, employing their touring musicians as the only recording musicians for the sessions.
The Wilderness is an album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies, released in 2012. It is Volume Four of the Nomad Series. This volume is the introspection of winter after Sing in My Meadow's joyful visitation of spring.
The Nomad Series is a box set by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies, collecting the four individual albums of the Nomad series, Renmin Park, Demons, Sing in My Meadow, and The Wilderness on the first four discs, and on the final disc six of the seven songs from the Demons digital bonus disc, plus four previously unreleased songs worked on during the creation of the series.
All That Reckoning is an album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies, released in 2018. The album features eleven new songs to focus on "empty hearts, empty nests, lost paths, lost lives, and all the reckoning that brings about the end of things, and the beginnings of something else. [The] songs are about reckoning on a personal level and reckoning on a social level," as stated by Michael Timmins.
