Waltz Across America is a 2000 album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies.

Waltz Across America
Live album by
ReleasedOctober 2000
GenreAlternative country
Length1:04:55
LabelLatent
ProducerMichael Timmins
Cowboy Junkies chronology
Rarities, B-Sides and Slow, Sad Waltzes
(1999)
Waltz Across America
(2000)
Open
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

A live album, it was released on the band's independent label, Latent Recordings. 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.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Michael Timmins, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Good Friday"Michael Timmins, Margo Timmins, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart5:20
2."Southern Rain" 5:30
3."Bea's Song (River Song Trilogy, Part II)" 4:05
4."Townes' Blues" 3:40
5."Five Room Love Story" 5:25
6."I Saw Your Shoes" 4:15
7."Misguided Angel"Michael Timmins, Margo Timmins4:55
8."Sweet Jane"Lou Reed5:45
9."Hunted" 5:30
10."Blue Guitar"Michael Timmins, Townes Van Zandt11:00
11."Hollow as a Bone (Revisited)" (encore) 3:45
12."Dark Hole Again" (encore) 5:45
Total length:1:04:55

Personnel

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Cowboy Junkies

  • Margo Timmins – vocals
  • Michael Timmins – guitar
  • Alan Anton – bass
  • Peter Timmins – drums

Additional musicians[3]

  • Jeff Bird – mandolin, electric mandolin, harmonica, 8 string bass, melodica, percussion
  • Linford Detweiler – piano, Hammond B3 organ
  • Karin Bergquist – backup vocals, acoustic guitar

References

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  1. ^ "Waltz Across America - Cowboy Junkies". AllMusic review. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 368. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Waltz Across America". Latent Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
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