Black Eyed Man is a 1992 album by Cowboy Junkies

Cowboy Junkies

Cowboy Junkies are a Canadian alternative country/blues/folk rock band. The group was formed in Toronto in 1985 by Margo Timmins , Michael Timmins , Peter Timmins and Alan Anton ....

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The album continues the band's evolution from a spare country blues style (exemplified by 1988's The Trinity Session

The Trinity Session

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) to a more mainstream country rock

Country rock

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 style. However, the album was better received by critics than 1990's The Caution Horses

The Caution Horses

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American

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 songwriter Townes Van Zandt

Townes Van Zandt

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 wrote "Cowboy Junkies Lament" especially for the band. Michael Timmins returned the favor, penning "Townes' Blues" as a tribute to Van Zandt. The band also cover Van Zandt's "To Live is to Fly" at the end of the album.

John Prine

John Prine

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 appears as a guest vocalist on "If You Were the Woman and I Was the Man."

Track listing

All songs by Michael Timmins, except "Cowboy Junkies Lament" and "To Live is to Fly" by Townes Van Zandt.

1. "Southern Rain" – 4:49
2. "Oregon Hill" – 4:53
3. "This Street, That Man, This Life" – 3:13
4. "A Horse in the Country" – 3:48
5. "If You Were the Woman and I Was the Man" – 3:11
6. "Murder, Tonight, in the Trailer Park" – 4:31
7. "Black Eyed Man" – 3:14
8. "Winter's Song" – 2:57
9. "The Last Spike" – 4:22
10. "Cowboy Junkies Lament" – 3:06
11. "Townes' Blues" – 3:10
12. "To Live is to Fly" – 4:52

    Some import versions of the album also include the following tracks at the end of the disc:

13. "Lost My Driving Wheel" – 6:26, written by David Wiffen
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14. "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" – 3:07, written by Bob Dylan
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Personnel

Cowboy Junkies

• Margo Timmins
  Margo Timmins
  Margo Timmins is the lead vocalist of the Canadian band Cowboy Junkies. She is the sister of Michael Timmins, the band's lead guitarist and Peter Timmins, the band's drummer...
  
   – lead vocals
• Michael Timmins – guitar
• Alan Anton – bass
  Bass guitar
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• Peter Timmins – drums
  Drum kit
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