Ian Tyson passed away this morning (Thursday, December 29, 2022). A great Canadian legend. Thank you, Mr. Tyson. This song helped me at a very dark time in my life. It was that ray of hope. God bless you. May you rest in eternal peace.
Ian Tyson! One of the most underrated singer composers of my generation. He started out in the sixties singing with his ex Sylvia, and Then he wrote another hit (Someday Soon) that most of the country music artists covered.
Wow I learned something today. Did not know he wrote “Some day soon”. Heck I used to play both songs on my guitar but never thought about the songwriter 👍🏼❤️
In 1965 I went to Prince Rupert BC for work and was staying in a dingy room above the beer parlour. I was learning to play the guitar then and it seemed that this was every second song on the juke box, so it became the first song I learned. Ian and Sylvia really helped get me through that Long and lonely winter.
@@bluerock4456 I'd be interested in knowing where you learned about that. I can find absolutely nothing online or in any of Sylvia's interviews. The divorce was amicable apparently.
I remember the first time I came across this on You Tube. I was wasting time at work listening to stuff. I didn't know Ian actually wrote it and I was expecting him to fail to meet the required (Neil Young) standard. I remember sitting there listening and taking it all in and just thinking OMG, this guy has absolutely nailed it. This is to my way of thinking, the most perfect version of the song that I've heard. It always makes me tear-up. Ian and Sylvia, thank you so much.
Whoaaa..... This one brings tears to my eyes. Sylvia touching Ian's shoulder at the end .... Ian had moved out west for 7 or 8 years at this point and had a new gf for sometime and a new baby.... but the old sparks were there on this night. The line up singing at the last just glowed .. Thx Ian .
Updated Dec. 29, 2022 4:27 p.m. EST Published Dec. 29, 2022 3:22 p.m. EST TORONTO - Ian Tyson, the Canadian folk legend turned cowboy storyteller who penned "Four Strong Winds" as one half of Ian & Sylvia, has died at age 89. The Victoria native died Thursday at his ranch near Longview, Alta., following a series of ongoing health complications, according to his manager Paul Mascioli.
I was there. One way a memory wouldn't find the ticket that I couldn't worry about how I wish I had forgotten about .It was an amazing show really will take this to my grave eh.
I can hardly hear this song, it hurts so much. I got a job as a phone guy for AGT in 1980 and worked in Longview many times. I actually have been out to Ian's ranch twice on calls. The first time we were upgrading his phone line from party to private and yes it was the 80's. He was kind of surly and quiet. The next time one wire on the box outside his home after years of exposure in the Alberta climate, rusted and broke. Holy crow you would have thought his phone hadn't worked in a month. We came out the same day it was reported and he was furious. Back then he had this big wall phone and had the handle chromed and his name in the chrome. To this day I have never seen anyone else do something so vain. I had to move from Alberta in 2011 after living there since 1980. As the phone guy I saw every wild and beautiful place there is in Alberta and at times I miss it so much. My new American wife fell in love with the Rockies around Banff and Canmore and we often fly back for a long weekend and I go drive to all the places around there I used to work as the phone guy. How lucky I was to have such a wonderful place to live and work.
You are right - I found the DVD of the concert. Thanks! 08 River Road-- Sylvia with Emmylou Harris 09 Summer Wages--Ian & Sylvia with Emmylou Harris 10 Ian & Sylvia reminisce 11 Nova Scotia Farewell (with Murray McLauchlan) 12 Darcy Farrow (with Linda Ronstadt) prerecorded 13 Ian & Sylvia reminisce 14 Early Morning Rain (with Gordon LIghtfoot) 15 Knotty Pine--Gordon Lightfoot 16 Four Strong Winds--Ian & Sylvia with McLauchlan, Collins, Lightfoot and Harris
I thought this was Neil’s song after listening to it on Comes A Time for so long. Then bought the songbook for the album and was surprised that it was a cover! Beautiful song
You can tell the way he sings the song. That he feels like she really did him wrong back when they split ..It's almost like she's not even there. And he singing this song like to prove that she should have never let him go..
"not a country music fan " : > } ... That's funny, don't let the cowboy hat and the pedal steel guitar in the band fool you, this duo was a mainstay of the late 50's early '60s FOLK MUSIC era. Many genres are so closely related, i.e., Ray Charles doing a country album or "classical composers" using folk songs of their country as the basis for themes within their symphonies. Good well written music transcends categorization and can been performed any old way.
Ian Tyson is the real deal. A rodeo cowboy seriously injured, he learned to play the guitar. As a songwriter he managed to be acclaimed by his peers as one of the greatest in country music. His performance is amazing, his vocals and guitar on stage, so polished, so Canadian, so country. I love my country (Canada) and I’m so proud of the Tysons and their musical legacy.
Ian and Sylvia wrote this on same day Bob Dylan wrote,Blowin in the wind.They were both in New York at the time,and were friendly.Two absolute classics written on same day.
7th generation Texan, met my Canadian wife in Costa Rica , then married her in Alberta where i first heard Ian Tyson. Spent a year in Alberta and yes, the winds sure do get cold up there.
What a great song that too many people have never heard. I first discovered it when Neil Young covered it in 79, but didn't really look into Ian and Sylvia until decades later. Then realized what I had been missing.
@@maurasniffen4877 He's a conceited arsehole. F him. He turned into everything he said he was against. Canada can have him. Joe Rogan is the best thing to happen to radio in 'Decades".
Summer of 61, tired of Arizona, loaded a two horse to my 51 GMC and with two pals took off following the rodeos, made it up there at the end of Summer and was turning to cold so we went on back home. Had a great time following the small rodeos, won some, met some girls, got in some fights, did some stupid stuff, (a lot) but got a life time of memories. This song brought back a lot of them memories.
What a wondeful, story of your life!! I am a Female Canadian Medical Officer , been so long away also from Home, this Song means so much & the words you sent !! Bless You.. Time means nothing, whether we are young , or as time catches up ,,only the experiences , we all share.. Thank-you for yours !! You belong in Our Books!!
Ian performed this at the funeral(s) for the four RCMP officers slain near Mayerthorpe ... words are inadequate to describe what that song accomplished in this setting ... Blessings Ian !!!
This song brings tears to the eyes of this proud/stubborn Albertan man who won’t give up on his morals & values. Well done Ian, Sylvia, Gordon, Anne & Judy. Thank you for such a lovely song.
I'm not sure exactly why I'm still trying to figure it out. But every time I listen to their version of this song the original it brings tears to my eyes. It's like something in this song speaking to my soul.
Drove home from a substitute teaching assignment in Kipling, Saskatchewan in the Spring of 2018. The sun was shining bright. I was passing bison on the left and other farm animals on the right near Candiac, Saskatchewan. This BEAUTIFUL song came on the radio at this exact moment! The scene was set and the conditions were absolutely PERFECT. I couldn't believe how incredible and appropriate the timing was to hear this most excellent song at this exact time! I thought oh my goodness, I could die and go to Prairie Heaven about now! I never had such a perfect rural country prairie experience such as this before or since this time. It was absolutely surreal. I had the most natural Canadian prairie high I have ever experienced!
Boy, this has to be the most truly Canadian song of all time. It's never failed to bring a tear to my eye and a huge lump to my throat. Thank you Ian. And you too Sylvia.
We sang this song in my family when I was young, just sitting around singing for the joy of it. It fits right in with all the classics of folk and traditional music from the last several hundred years. It's a true classic, and will never grow old. As an American, I never doubted that the song spoke to me just as a fellow traveler along life's long, sometimes cold highway. Great songs cross all boundaries, break down walls, build bridges of understanding among peoples. Songs are the way of peace.
My father and older brothers used to play this together on their guitars and sing. My mother would join in singing it as well. It was sung so often, it was like one of our family's songs. I was just little, and the sound of my whole family singing together made a big impression on me. It is so moving and nostalgic, and very Canadian. ❤
I remember Neil Young singing This song in 1978 and I fell in love with it. I had no idea until now that Ian and Sylvia were the first. This is new to me and it is phenomenal! Music is such a magical medium to make our lifes complete. Thank you for posting this!
I started playing the guitar in the early sixties when the folk music explosion occurred. Ian and Sylvia were my favorite group. Great music. I wish that they had stayed together longer.
Amazing how some tunes stay with you. I played this in High School on my guitar in 1966. I first heard the album that year as recorded by Canadian folk duo Ian and Sylvia, from their 1963 album Four Strong Winds. My guitar went with me through six years of Navy service in the south and western Pacific on the USS Hornet, including recovery of Apollo 11 and 12. I still play, and heard the version by Neil Young today while driving, and had to find the original. So I sat down with my guitar friend tonight to play it again. Great memories.
I’m not a Canadian and I’ve never been to Alberta, but I’ve loved Ian and Sylvia since I was a kid. Mom gave me this album for Christmas, and I about played it to death.
Remember seeing him many weekends at Ranchman's Bar in Calgary . Only later in life did I realize how lucky I was. RIP Ian Tyson
Ian Tyson passed away this morning (Thursday, December 29, 2022). A great Canadian legend. Thank you, Mr. Tyson. This song helped me at a very dark time in my life. It was that ray of hope. God bless you. May you rest in eternal peace.
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Not sure about the eternal peace, but I hope Ian’s voice and music are not forgotten.
Only he knows, right? So why bother guessing about eternal peace @@johntechwriter
just reading this now i seen him live in edmonton about 1982 83
One of the best songs ever written and performed. Takes me to another place and time.
I never get tired of this, just amazing. RIP Ian and Gordon!! You both made us Canadians proud!
Ian Tyson! One of the most underrated singer composers of my generation. He started out in the sixties singing with his ex Sylvia, and Then he wrote another hit (Someday Soon) that most of the country music artists covered.
truly incomparable !!!
Wow I learned something today. Did not know he wrote “Some day soon”. Heck I used to play both songs on my guitar but never thought about the songwriter 👍🏼❤️
I thought George HamiltonIV wrote
Someday Soon"; perhaps I'm wrong; perhaps you're thinking of "Summer Wages."
@@lincolnmaceachern2410 No, check it out on Google.
...THX SO MUCH!...still here ...at 70 yrs..@Real Canadian Seniors
Definitely one of the best folk singer-songwriters ever. RIP Ian Tyson!
Wonderful talents both always loved that beautiful song sorry to hear of mr Tyson's passing may God be good to him
In 1965 I went to Prince Rupert BC for work and was staying in a dingy room above the beer parlour. I was learning to play the guitar then and it seemed that this was every second song on the juke box, so it became the first song I learned. Ian and Sylvia really helped get me through that Long and lonely winter.
I was born in Nov 1965. Now I am listening to this song.
Absolutely love that song!!! Still listening to it all these years later.
The way she looks at him.... so much tenderness and kindness, even though he didn't really do right by her. They were magic together every time.
she was NOT a good match for Ian .... he had so much more talent than her,
@@gordonbehr1589 - She had the right voice to sing with Ian. They were successful as a duo.
@@gordonbehr1589 I agree on the musicianship level, but I loved their voices together. Admittedly, he had the fire in the belly.
that didn't give him the right to smack her around, though.
@@bluerock4456 I'd be interested in knowing where you learned about that. I can find absolutely nothing online or in any of Sylvia's interviews. The divorce was amicable apparently.
Truly love this song. Got the chance to travel through Alberta this summer on my way home to Alaska. Beautiful country for sure.
Loved him
All time classic Canadian goodbye song. Dedicated to a special friend whom passed through Canada headed for Australia.
I remember the first time I came across this on You Tube. I was wasting time at work listening to stuff. I didn't know Ian actually wrote it and I was expecting him to fail to meet the required (Neil Young) standard. I remember sitting there listening and taking it all in and just thinking OMG, this guy has absolutely nailed it. This is to my way of thinking, the most perfect version of the song that I've heard. It always makes me tear-up. Ian and Sylvia, thank you so much.
So sorry to hear of this man's passing; so many songs of my younger days came from him.
This is the best version of their version of their original version of their version of this song. I believe
He left us today RIP Ian Tyson
This is perhaps my favorite version, even live. Neils original recording too is excellent. Thankyou for sharing this video.
old times good times yes good times all gone for many of us
Smiles, hello Diane
Whoaaa..... This one brings tears to my eyes. Sylvia touching Ian's shoulder at the end .... Ian had moved out west for 7 or 8 years at this point and had a new gf for sometime and a new baby.... but the old sparks were there on this night. The line up singing at the last just glowed .. Thx Ian .
I sing this at least Once a Week When I walk my dog. Met them at Federici's in 1967 LOVE YOU
one of the best! rip Ian
The best ever !!!!
The heart of Canadian music right there.
steve goddard Q
Updated Dec. 29, 2022 4:27 p.m. EST
Published Dec. 29, 2022 3:22 p.m. EST
TORONTO - Ian Tyson, the Canadian folk legend turned cowboy storyteller who penned "Four Strong Winds" as one half of Ian & Sylvia, has died at age 89.
The Victoria native died Thursday at his ranch near Longview, Alta., following a series of ongoing health complications, according to his manager Paul Mascioli.
I was there. One way a memory wouldn't find the ticket that I couldn't worry about how I wish I had forgotten about
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was an amazing show really will take this to my grave eh.
Saw SYlvia on the Tommy Hunter show what a great lady.
I live in southern alberta and the weather can be very nice in the fall
Some songs and singers never lose that
❤ He wrote songs about her almost to the end. Hope I see ya when I get there. ❤
Love this song. RIP Ian Tyson
Ian Tyson passed today. Gone but not forgotten.
It's such a classic - help put Canadian music on the map
There was a time I couldn't listen to this song--after we moved from there
+JT422B I understand that completely. Can't wait to move back to Alberta.
I can hardly hear this song, it hurts so much. I got a job as a phone guy for AGT in 1980 and worked in Longview many times. I actually have been out to Ian's ranch twice on calls. The first time we were upgrading his phone line from party to private and yes it was the 80's. He was kind of surly and quiet. The next time one wire on the box outside his home after years of exposure in the Alberta climate, rusted and broke. Holy crow you would have thought his phone hadn't worked in a month. We came out the same day it was reported and he was furious. Back then he had this big wall phone and had the handle chromed and his name in the chrome. To this day I have never seen anyone else do something so vain. I had to move from Alberta in 2011 after living there since 1980. As the phone guy I saw every wild and beautiful place there is in Alberta and at times I miss it so much. My new American wife fell in love with the Rockies around Banff and Canmore and we often fly back for a long weekend and I go drive to all the places around there I used to work as the phone guy. How lucky I was to have such a wonderful place to live and work.
Gets me every time.
You are right - I found the DVD of the concert. Thanks!
08 River Road-- Sylvia with Emmylou Harris
09 Summer Wages--Ian & Sylvia with Emmylou Harris
10 Ian & Sylvia reminisce
11 Nova Scotia Farewell (with Murray McLauchlan)
12 Darcy Farrow (with Linda Ronstadt) prerecorded
13 Ian & Sylvia reminisce
14 Early Morning Rain (with Gordon LIghtfoot)
15 Knotty Pine--Gordon Lightfoot
16 Four Strong Winds--Ian & Sylvia with McLauchlan,
Collins, Lightfoot and Harris
I thought this was Neil’s song after listening to it on Comes A Time for so long. Then bought the songbook for the album and was surprised that it was a cover! Beautiful song
lovvvvvvve it for ever....amaizingly kind heartful song....:)
No rhyme or reason but whenever I hear this song I can picture and feel the foothills of the Rockies in southern Alberta.
RIP Ian, your the best
So sad he died today.
Smiles, hello Susan
RIP Ian :(
RIP Ian
RIP Ian!❤️🙏🏼✊🏽
ITS VERY GOOD MUSIC AND SONG!🙂
RIP - Ian Tyson
I love song very much
this is where all that beauty went!
Rip Ian
Nice song!
Canada has turned out some good ones, Ian and Sylvia, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Neil I dould do without.
SANDE SOLE Neil Young you could do without? Take another listen, Harvest Moon, Heart of Gold ...
They look great here.
Great band!
RIP Ian Tyson.
A unique voice
thanks for straightening me out.....was she anybody's sister?
That's good sh!t right there!
You can tell the way he sings the song. That he feels like she really did him wrong back when they split ..It's almost like she's not even there. And he singing this song like to prove that she should have never let him go..
Ian Tyson was a great singer but was real arrogant sob thats why she split up and why his band left him seen him sing in Cobourg in his later years
RIP Ian. An absolutely iconic song.
👍👍
Oh my goodness. I did not know that Ian had passed. Yes, RIP.
And thanks for all the wonderful music.
@@mikec886😊
Beautiful man!
Not a country music fan, but I am CANADIAN, and this man is a Country music Icon. Sad to hear of his passing. R.I.P.
"not a country music fan " : > } ... That's funny, don't let the cowboy hat and the pedal steel guitar in the band fool you, this duo was a mainstay of the late 50's early '60s FOLK MUSIC era. Many genres are so closely related, i.e., Ray Charles doing a country album or "classical composers" using folk songs of their country as the basis for themes within their symphonies. Good well written music transcends categorization and can been performed any old way.
Folk. As for 'country', that is a big category.
I am fond of Kathleen Edwards in the New Country genre. John Prine in a country-folk style.
Wonderful song whatever way you hear it
Ian Tyson was “the working cowboy’s favorite singer” from Alberta down to Mexico.
@The Great Gazoo Good observation.
Ian Tyson is the real deal. A rodeo cowboy seriously injured, he learned to play the guitar. As a songwriter he managed to be acclaimed by his peers as one of the greatest in country music. His performance is amazing, his vocals and guitar on stage, so polished, so Canadian, so country. I love my country (Canada) and I’m so proud of the Tysons and their musical legacy.
Beautiful! In the heart
@@SusanGrisham-q7xinin
One of the most beautiful, heart wrenching songs ever written.
Not for Alberta .
I know they are singing about Canada but it could be Southern California in the 75.
A great song... beautiful! Saw them in Miami 1968.
Ian Tyson, dead today at 89. Thank you Ian, for your music and your songs.
Ian and Sylvia wrote this on same day Bob Dylan wrote,Blowin in the wind.They were both in New York at the time,and were friendly.Two absolute classics written on same day.
It must have been something in the air.
Must’ve been windy that day, eh?
@@paulwalker249 I bet they had a blast.
@@dionlindsay2 Well, since Suze Rotolo says it was Tyson who turned Dylan and her onto marijuana, you could be right about that.
@@ellenkomp3637 Hehe. I didn't know that.
Amazing footage , Alberta & Canada lost a legend , RIP Ian
Rest in Peace Ian. Thank you for all the great music.
He really was an Conant fella broKitchenmusic was his specialty ey.
An iconic Canadian song from two legendary singer.
A Texan, but Canadian proud. Thank You Ian. Songs don't get much better than this. RIP Cowboy.
7th generation Texan, met my Canadian wife in Costa Rica , then married her in Alberta where i first heard Ian Tyson. Spent a year in Alberta and yes, the winds sure do get cold up there.
I’m Canadian and more specifically I’m Albertan . If there was a state that an Albertan can identify with its Texas.
"I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way." Beautiful, but sad line. You know he's never coming back.
What a great song that too many people have never heard. I first discovered it when Neil Young covered it in 79, but didn't really look into Ian and Sylvia until decades later. Then realized what I had been missing.
Neil Young did a great cover but Ian’s version is priceless
@@maurasniffen4877 He's a conceited arsehole. F him. He turned into everything he said he was against. Canada can have him. Joe Rogan is the best thing to happen to radio in 'Decades".
Summer of 61, tired of Arizona, loaded a two horse to my 51 GMC and with two pals took off following the rodeos, made it up there at the end of Summer and was turning to cold so we went on back home. Had a great time following the small rodeos, won some, met some girls, got in some fights, did some stupid stuff, (a lot) but got a life time of memories. This song brought back a lot of them memories.
Bravo for your Comment !! Hope your Life is great now & The Memories Remain !!
What a wondeful, story of your life!! I am a Female Canadian Medical Officer , been so long away also from Home, this Song means so much & the words you sent !! Bless You.. Time means nothing, whether we are young , or as time catches up ,,only the experiences , we all share.. Thank-you for yours !! You belong in Our Books!!
Come on back any time fella ! Great story and I am sure memories eh.
Glad you got to make some good memories. You will never forget them!!
Wish I had the huevos to do such a thing.
Has to be one of the most beautiful songs ever sung
Yes
absolutely
Yes.
So true....
I agree absolutely
think he was why I got the "alberta" obsession in my brain many many years ago.. proud to live here now and have called it home for decades!!!
Smiles, hi Elizabeth
I was intrigued with Alberta as well, but sadly didn't get to go
I'm from Australia sitting in bar atm in Calgary right now 6 May 2024 a Canadian gentleman said to me Alberta is the backbone of Canada.
Is he right.
@@paulthomson4960 S. Arizona cowboy here, wish I was there in Calgary hoisting one with ya..
Ian performed this at the funeral(s) for the four RCMP officers slain near Mayerthorpe ... words are inadequate to describe what that song accomplished in this setting ... Blessings Ian !!!
I was there and will NEVER forget it. He said it was the best he had ever performed that song and I would agree. It was perfect.
This song brings tears to the eyes of this proud/stubborn Albertan man who won’t give up on his morals & values. Well done Ian, Sylvia, Gordon, Anne & Judy.
Thank you for such a lovely song.
I feel you man. From one albertan to another.
As an American, I have to say I love your beautiful country and all of your musical legends. Looking forward to visiting again sooner than later.
That's Emmy Lou Harris not Anne.
I'm not sure exactly why I'm still trying to figure it out. But every time I listen to their version of this song the original it brings tears to my eyes. It's like something in this song speaking to my soul.
Drove home from a substitute teaching assignment in Kipling, Saskatchewan in the Spring of 2018. The sun was shining bright. I was passing bison on the left and other farm animals on the right near Candiac, Saskatchewan. This BEAUTIFUL song came on the radio at this exact moment! The scene was set and the conditions were absolutely PERFECT. I couldn't believe how incredible and appropriate the timing was to hear this most excellent song at this exact time! I thought oh my goodness, I could die and go to Prairie Heaven about now! I never had such a perfect rural country prairie experience such as this before or since this time. It was absolutely surreal. I had the most natural Canadian prairie high I have ever experienced!
Glad you had such a surreal experience.
feel it ... truly utopia ... a bit better if you are a country boy like me ... treasured eternal moments !!!
He died today at 89. One fine singer and a great songwriter.
Boy, this has to be the most truly Canadian song of all time. It's never failed to bring a tear to my eye and a huge lump to my throat. Thank you Ian. And you too Sylvia.
nothing compares ................
Four Strong Winds was voted as Canada's No. 1 song on a CBC radio contest
Loved this song 45 years ago and love it as much today. Ian's voice is amazing!!
Lynne Irish His songwriting talent is amazing. His voice is incredible.
make it 50 now !!!
....and he is good looking too!
Yes, 50 years later I can appreciate his voice and talent so much more.
I need to dig out my Ian and Sylvia albums.
❤️❤️❤️🎶🥲
One of the greatest songs ever. BRILLIANT!
Ian & Sylvia Tyson two Amazing Canadian duo singers.Totally Awesome,can't get any better then this.Great vocals..Love their music..
We sang this song in my family when I was young, just sitting around singing for the joy of it. It fits right in with all the classics of folk and traditional music from the last several hundred years. It's a true classic, and will never grow old. As an American, I never doubted that the song spoke to me just as a fellow traveler along life's long, sometimes cold highway. Great songs cross all boundaries, break down walls, build bridges of understanding among peoples. Songs are the way of peace.
Yes exactly it has that timeless soul touching feel
One of the best songs ever written. Period.
yes
Bill Brennan
Amen.
agreed totally
Bill Brennan Amen.
Absolute home run, and he reportedly whipped it out remarkably quickly.
My father and older brothers used to play this together on their guitars and sing. My mother would join in singing it as well. It was sung so often, it was like one of our family's songs. I was just little, and the sound of my whole family singing together made a big impression on me. It is so moving and nostalgic, and very Canadian. ❤
Rest in Peace Ian Tyson 🤠🐴🌄🇨🇦
It is said that very little man does endures throughout time. This song is one of those things. RIP Ian Tyson .
endless classic - song for a lifetime
I remember Neil Young singing This song in 1978 and I fell in love with it. I had no idea until now that Ian and Sylvia were the first. This is new to me and it is phenomenal!
Music is such a magical medium to make our lifes complete. Thank you for posting this!
Yep...they wrote it..
Yes he put it on his LP, Comes a Time. Its been on my set list ever since.
Neil said he spent all his 16 year old's money in a jukebox listening to this.
Also I read that he made enough on royalties from Neil Young alone to buy a ranch. It's great.
music is a long journey with lots of discoveries along the way
I was first introduced to their music in 1973 living in Virginia. Fell in love with their music. Especially un canadien errant. (Spelling off maybe)
Your spelling is not off at all. The words continue...Un Canadien errant, banni de ses foyers, Parcourait en pluerant, Des pays etranger....
I started playing the guitar in the early sixties when the folk music explosion occurred. Ian and Sylvia were my favorite group. Great music. I wish that they had stayed together longer.
Neil Youngs favorite song
Amazing how some tunes stay with you. I played this in High School on my guitar in 1966. I first heard the album that year as recorded by Canadian folk duo Ian and Sylvia, from their 1963 album Four Strong Winds. My guitar went with me through six years of Navy service in the south and western Pacific on the USS Hornet, including recovery of Apollo 11 and 12. I still play, and heard the version by Neil Young today while driving, and had to find the original. So I sat down with my guitar friend tonight to play it again. Great memories.
I guess just listen and be thankful we got to enjoy them❤
My dad was a trucker and him and mom had 8 children. He was an exemplary father and worker. Awww daddy your baby misses you!❤🙏
Bless your wonderful family
Ian had a beautiful voice and Sylvia Tyson matched it with her incredible harmonies. Wonderful pair.
I am a huge Neil Young And fan. He said he loved this song so I had to go to the source
I’m not a Canadian and I’ve never been to Alberta, but I’ve loved Ian and Sylvia since I was a kid. Mom gave me this album for Christmas, and I about played it to death.
Just couldn't imagine living anywhere else. Come on up sometime ...the door is always open ;-]
Great loss of Mr. Ian Tyson, i will never forget his heavenly voice. Rest in peace. From Dieppe, New Bru
This is a three handkerchief song for me. Thanks for making me cry tonight.
Glad to finally hear the original. RUclips is the best thing ever!
Always a fan....R.I.P. Ian. Such a beautiful, beautiful song!
Even Neil Young says it's 1 of the best lyrics ever written.
nothing better
C'est par Neil que j'ai découvert cette superbe chanson. Elle pourrait être choisie comme hymne de l'Alberta et même du Canada.
RIP Ian and Thank You for the music, Great Albertan 🎉