Cowboys International

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Cowboys International was an all star group collected by vocalist and songwriter Ken Lockie that put out one album in 1979 and a handful of 45s before fading into obscurity.

With punk icons Terry Chimes from The Clash and Keith Levene from Public Image Limited contributing, The Original Sin actually garnered a rave review from Rolling Stone's David Fricke and was included as number 11 on Melody Maker's Best Albums of 1979 list alongside such classics as Michael Jackson's Off the Wall, the Clash's London Calling, Talking Heads' Fear of Music and Elvis Costello's Armed Forces. "Here Comes A Saturday", the album's official single became a minor hit in the United States and "Thrash" and "Pointy Shoes" were staples of the New York City club scene. Still, the loose collective of a band didn't stick together and The Original Sin went out of print for over two decades. The last line-up of Cowboys International was composed by Lockie, Paul Simon (previously in Ian North's band Neo) in drums and Stevie Shears (former guitarist of Ultravox). After the end of the band Lockie pursued a solo career with the help of Simon and Shears.

In 2003, Ken Lockie reissued his masterpiece of days gone by along with non-album material and alternate mixes as Cowboys International Revisited and began work on more original material to be released on "The Backwards Life of Romeo".