CD Live! Presents Cowboy Junkies
3 August 2009 by Lauren in News
For immediate release
Monday, August 3, 2009
Contact: Lauren Bracey, 412.471.3591, bracey@pgharts.org
8 pm, October 6, 2009, Byham Theater
Brought to you by 91.3 WYEP, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Three Rivers Arts Festival
PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 91.3 WYEP and Three Rivers
Arts Festival are pleased to announce CD Live! presents Cowboy Junkies
at 8 pm, Tuesday, October 6, 2009, at the Byham Theater in downtown
Pittsburgh. Tickets go on sale Friday, August 7.
Cowboy Junkies formed in 1985 when Michael Timmins (guitar), Peter
Timmins (drums) and bassist Alan Anton, one of Michael’s oldest
friends, began jamming in a garage. Joined shortly thereafter by
Michael and Pete’s sister, Margo Timmins, the band released its debut, Whites Off Earth Now!!,
in 1986 on their own Latent Recordings label. The band toured the
Southern and Southwestern US in support of the record, soaking up the
music of Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers along the
way, which, in turn, inspired their second album, The Trinity Session, self-released in 1988.
Recorded with a single microphone in Toronto’s Church of the Holy Trinity in one 14-hour session – at a cost of $250 – The Trinity Session
featured spare, lilting originals alongside Jennings, Williams and
Patsy Cline covers, as well as a haunting version of the Velvet
Underground classic “Sweet Jane.” With “Sweet Jane” getting
considerable airplay on college and commercial radio and reviewers
lauding the band’s fresh sound, word soon began to spread and before
long, the Junkies had signed to RCA Records, which reissued The Trinity
Session to a wider audience and platinum sales. The band’s subsequent
albums chronicle the band’s evolution, a process Michael describes as
gradual and organic.
Cowboy Junkies returned to
Toronto’s Church of the Holy Trinity for a day in November 2006, joined
by Ryan Adams, Natalie Merchant and Vic Chesnutt to revisit the
repertoire of The Trinity Session
in celebration of the original recording’s 20th anniversary. Captured
by filmmakers, Pierre and Francois Lamoureux, the resulting
documentary, Trinity Session Revisited, was released as a DVD/CD in January 2008.
Cowboy Junkies are joined by special guest Lee Harvey Osmond. Tickets
($35) go on sale Friday, August 7, 2009, at 9 a.m. at the Box Office at
Theater Square, by phone at 412.456.6666, and online at pgharts.org.
Calendar Listing
CD Live! presents Cowboy Junkies with special guest Lee Harvey Osmond.
8 pm, Tuesday, October 6, 2009, at the Byham Theater. Doors open at 7
pm. Tickets: $35; online at pgharts.org, by phone 412.456.6666 or the
Box Office at Theater Square. CD Live! is a project of Three Rivers
Arts Festival, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and 91.3 WYEP.
About CD Live!
CD Live! widens the creative expression of the Pittsburgh music scene
while advancing the artistry of musicians from around the world. This
collaborative project of Three Rivers Arts Festival, The Pittsburgh
Cultural Trust, and WYEP-FM was formed to build new music audiences and
to welcome these listeners to the Cultural District.
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