Video hit Cowboy Junkies
Cowboy Junkies - Angel Mine
Cowboy Junkies are a Canadian alternative country/blues/folk rock band. The group was formed in Toronto in 1985 by Margo Timmins (vocalist), Michael Timmins (songwriter, guitarist), Peter Timmins (drummer) and Alan Anton (bassist).
The Junkies first performed publicly at the Beverley Tavern and other clubs in Toronto's Queen Street West, including The Rivoli.
Their 1986 debut album, produced by Canadian producer Peter Moore, was the blues-inspired Whites Off Earth Now!!, recorded using an ambisonic microphone in the family garage.
The group's fame spread with their second album, The Trinity Session, recorded in 1987 at Toronto's Church of the Holy Trinity. Their sound, again using the ambisonic microphone, and their mix of blues, country, folk, rock and jazz earned them both critical attention and a cult following. The Los Angeles Times named the recording as one of the ten best albums of 1988.
The band was nominated for Group of the Year at the Juno Awards in 1990 and 1991.
In the early 1990s Margo Timmins was named "one of the fifty most beautiful people in the world" by People Magazine.
The group has continued to tour North America, Europe, Japan and Australia with extensive North American and European tours following album releases in 2002 and 2004.
In 2008, they released Trinity Revisited in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the original recording of The Trinity Session.
The Cowboy Junkies have toured North America, Europe, Japan and Australia and in 2001 alone they performed at 108 different venues in 15 countries. Extensive North American and European tours followed album releases in 2002 and 2004.
The Cowboy Junkies have included many guest musicians on their recordings and concert tours including Kim Deschamps (steel guitarist, Blue Rodeo), Jaro Czerwinec (accordionist), Jeff Bird (violin, harmonica, organ, 8-string bass, percussion and mandolin), Karin Bergquist (singer and acoustic guitar), Ken Myhr (singer and acoustic guitar), David Houghton (percussion), John Prine (singer), Linford Detweiler (organist), Dave Allen (fiddle), and Richard Bell (piano and organ).
Margo Timmins married Toronto music industry lawyer Graham Henderson. Henderson served as vice-president of business affairs and e-commerce at Universal Music Canada until 2000 when he was named president of the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA).
The lyrics:
He searched for those wings that he knew
that this angel should have at her back
And although he can't find them
he really don't mind
because he knows they'll grow back
And he reached for that halo that he knows
that she had when she first caught his eye
Although his hand came back empty
he's really not worried
'cause he knows it still shines
I can't promise that I'll grow those wings
or keep this tarnished halo shined
but I'll never betray your trust
angel mine
I search all the time on the ground
for our shadows cast side by side
Just to remind me that I haven't gone crazy
that you exist and are mine
And I know that your skin is as warm and as real
as that smile in your eyes
But I have to keep touching and smelling
and tasting for fear it's all lies
I can't promise that I'll grow those wings
or keep this tarnished halo shined
but I'll never betray your trust
angel mine
Last night I awoke from the deepest of sleeps
with your voice in my head
And I could tell by your breathing
that you were still sleeping
I repeated those words that you had said
I can't promise that I'll grow those wings
or keep this tarnished halo shined
but I'll never betray your trust
angel mine