Ian Tyson has died at age 89

Submitted by Bombadil_and_Hobbes t3_zyi6cq in Music

Canadian music icon Ian Tyson has died at 89.

As Corb Lund put in the article from CBC:

> He's kind of our Willie Nelson or Johnny Cash or Leonard Cohen. He's a guy who's most embodied the region in art, musically at least,

His music was a fixture in many households, mine included. I've always loved his music even as my tastes went in quite another direction.

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Cronin1011 t1_j263dkx wrote

RIP. Navajo rug, MC horses, and Four Strong Winds might be a few of the best country western songs ever written.

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Bombadil_and_Hobbes OP t1_j268ots wrote

MC Horses is a favourite I don’t see mentioned much. I can’t deny Summer Wages as my favourite but that is one that’s spent a lot of time on repeat.

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Direct_Direction_594 t1_j266551 wrote

Leonard Cohen is Canadian. Is the CBC person in the wrong field of expertise?

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Bombadil_and_Hobbes OP t1_j2689vt wrote

Hah, nice catch. The quote is from Corb Lund, a modern day Canadian country star. It’s a completely valid eyebrow raise even if it wasn’t the journalist making the comparison.

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catherder9000 t1_j26910s wrote

It was a direct quote from Corb Lund, another Canadian country singer/songwriter from Alberta. Pretty sure the Cohen part was meant as, "He's our (Canadian country music's) Leonard Cohen."

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