Ian Tyson
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Ian Tyson (born September 25, 1933) is a cowboy folk singer from Alberta, Canada, who was born in Victoria, British Columbia.
While part of the groups Ian and Sylvia and Great Speckled Bird, Tyson accentuated the cowboy way and the western life through song. Residing in southern Alberta, Tyson tours all over the west.
In 2005, CBC Radio One listeners chose his song "Four Strong Winds" as the greatest Canadian song of all time on the series 50 Tracks: The Canadian Version. There was strong momentum for him to be nominated the Greatest Canadian, but he fell short. He has been a strong influence on many Canadian artists, including Neil Young, who recorded "Four Strong Winds" for Comes a Time (1978). Johnny Cash would also record that same song for American V: A Hundred Highways (2006), and Judy Collins recorded a popular version of "Someday Soon".
[edit] Well-known Songs
- "Alberta's Child"
- "Eighteen Inches of Rain"
- "Navajo Rug"
- "Four Strong Winds"
- "Someday Soon"
- "Some Kind of Fool"
- "Magpie"
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Categories: 1933 births | Living people | Canadian country singers | Canadian folk singers | Canadian male singers | Canadian songwriters | Athabasca University people | Members of the Alberta Order of Excellence | Members of the Order of Canada | People from Victoria, British Columbia | Alberta musicians | Canadian singer stubs | Canadian musician stubs
