Waltz Across America
Encyclopedia
Waltz Across America is a 2000 album by the Canadian
rock
band Cowboy Junkies
.
A live album, it was released on the band's independent label, Latent Records
. Unlike most of the band's albums, it was not released in the United Kingdom
. Another live album, In the Time Before Llamas
, was released there in 2003.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band 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 ....
.
A live album, it was released on the band's independent label, Latent Records
Latent Records
Latent Recordings is a Canadian independent record label owned and operated by Cowboy Junkies. The label's current incarnation is a downloading website where tracks from the old catalog, and new releases can be purchased and downloaded for play on computers and portable devices.-History:The label...
. Unlike most of the band's albums, it was not released in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. Another live album, In the Time Before Llamas
In the Time Before Llamas
In the Time Before Llamas is an album by the Canadian rock band Cowboy Junkies, released in 2003. It is a live album, compiling tracks from two concerts in the United Kingdom...
, was released there in 2003.
Track listing
All songs by Michael Timmins unless otherwise noted.- "Good Friday"
- "Southern Rain"
- "Bea's Song (River Song Trilogy, Part II)"
- "Townes' Blues"
- "Five Room Love Story"
- "I Saw Your Shoes"
- "Misguided Angel" (Michael Timmins, Margo TimminsMargo TimminsMargo 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...
) - "Sweet JaneSweet Jane"Sweet Jane" is a song by The Velvet Underground, originally appearing on their 1970 album Loaded. The song was written by band's leader Lou Reed, who continued to incorporate the piece into live performances years later as a solo artist....
" (Lou ReedLou ReedLewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...
) - "Hunted"
- "Blue Guitar" (Michael Timmins, Townes Van ZandtTownes Van ZandtJohn Townes Van Zandt , best known as Townes Van Zandt, was an American Texas Country-folk music singer-songwriter, performer, and poet...
) - "Hollow as a Bone (Revisited)"
- "Dark Hole Again"
Personnel
- Margo Timmins – lead vocals
- Michael Timmins – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Alan Anton – bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Peter Timmins – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....