Artist: Ian Tyson
Genre(s):
Folk
Discography:
Songs from the Gravel Road
Year: 2005
Tracks: 12
Half of the early-'60s tribe group Ian & Sylvia, Ian Tyson retreated from acting and transcription later the duo disbanded in the mid-'70s to become a rancher in the foothills of Southern Alberta, Canada. He quietly returned to music-making in the eighties, releasing a serial of albums that focused on elaborate songs around the concerns of the working cowboy.
Tyson was born in Victoria, British Columbia. As a child he was byzantine in rodeo, non music -- he didn't ascertain to toy the guitar until he was convalescent from rodeo-related injuries. In the late '50s, he began acting as a folk vocalist. In 1961, he met singer/songwriter Sylvia Fricker and the deuce musicians began acting together; they also married trey long time by and by. Ian & Sylvia and their band, Great Speckled Bird, became popular on the tribe scene and released their self-titled debut album in 1962. In 1963, they released Four-spot Strong Winds; the title raceway, written by Tyson, became a folk criterion. Ian & Sylvia successfully recorded together through the mid-'70s. The duet likewise began hosting a telly indicate, Nashville North, which became the Ian Tyson Show when the twosome split up in the middle of the decennium.
Afterwards Ian & Sylvia's break up, Tyson recorded Ol'Eon. He temporarily retired from recording in 1979 to work his ranch, merely returned with Old Corrals and Sagebrush in 1983. In 1984, he toured with Ricky Skaggs and also released an eponymous album. Tyson released a one-third album, Cowboyography, two eld afterwards, and in 1991, he released another pop Canadian record album, And Stood There Amazed, which contained the hits "Spring in Alberta" and "Black Nights." Subsequent releases include 1994's XVIII Inches of Rain, 1996's All the Good 'Uns and 1999's Lost Herd. Tyson released Live at Longview in 2002, followed by Songs from the Gravel Road in 2005.
