I'm So Lonesome,
I Could Cry
Cowboy Junkies: I'm so Lonesome, I Could Cry
Quiz by Sharon Michiko Yoneda
"Hear the lonesome whipporill; his song's too blue to fly."
"Have you ever seen a robin weep, when the leaves have turned to brown?"
"The silence of a falling star lights up a purple haze as I wonder where you are."
artists: Cowboy Junkies
songwriter: Hank Williams
date released: 1988 by Cowboy Junkies
Cowboy Junkies are an alternative rock/country/blues band which hails from Toronto, Canada. The group was formed in 1985 by Michael, Margo, Peter Timmins (all siblings), and Alan Anton. The Timmins siblings are descendants of Noah Timmins, the mining prospector for whom the town, of Timmins, Ontario, was named. Another sister of this talented family was Cali Timmins, who began as an actress starring in the production, "Ryan's Hope".
After an inauspicious start, the band received critical attention with their second album, "The Trinity Session", which was recorded in 1987 in the Church of the Holy Trinity in downtown Toronto.