which cowboy junkies cd?

Absolutely Larryi! "Neath the Covers" was a freebe with my purchase of "One Soul Now" and is one of my favorites.

I too saw the group in concert in Philadelphia Area as opener to John Prine. It was just as "Black Eyed Man" had taken off for them so its been some years back. They were quite boring in concert. Just sat there atop stools and droaned on. Quite uninteresting for 1 1/2 hours. But I absolutely enjoy all of their recordings. Interesting to hear that they have not improved upon their stage act.

(John Prine was terrific at that concert!)

I agree with Pops. If you get hooked on Cowboy Junkies music, you want to have them all. Mile From Home just mesmerized me for a long time, Lay it Down is my second fav. There is a release called "Studio" (I think) that is no longer listed in the Junkies Discography. Has a song towards the end called "Driving Wheel" (if my memory serves me right) that is very hypnotic.

Now I have to go home tonight and refresh my memory with a listen.

Nice to see other Junkies fans out there. They used to come through Cincinnati every Valentines Day and play small theaters and clubs. It was a tradition to have flowers sent to the theater for Margo since they were on the road. Often the girl from "Over the Rhine" a Cinti. band (can't think of her name off hand) was touring with the Junkies and singing backup for Margo. Really nice harmonies. And yeh, they are pretty laid back on stage and in person. Don't know if they did this everywhere, but Margo and a couple of the guys in the band would always stay after the show to talk, sign CD's, and hang out.

Jim S.

I saw the Junkies live in DC at Wolftrap the "National Park for the Performance Arts" a few years ago. It's true, they're not a dynamic live show, but I would still recommend seeing their show to anyone who is a fan. They have a DVD out that's quite good which includes a freebee live cd. It's worth having too.

The platinum & gold CD is a 12 song compulation (best of) that is as good of starting point as any.
"Early 21st Century Blues" I enjoy as well.