A class action formed around Toronto in 1985. A band's title wwhen just the random selection as it approached their foremost ever gig, however it has are to perfectly represent their healthy. (A bit of sources could credit Townes Van Zandt's song "Cowboy Junkies Lament" as a source of the band's title, however that song was written especially for Cowboy Junkies many years fallowing it coined a title.)

A Trinity Session is possibly their better known record, recorded sleep inside one day within one mike in the church in Toronto. This album besides involved the unique cover version of Lou Reed's "Sweet Jane". Reed reportedly liked a Junkies' version of the song better than his have, & began performing their version crane-like.

None of the band's subsequent albums develop been hits outside of Canadthe, although a b& keep around maintained a dedicated as a consequence and develop continued to keep close at hand chart hits in their native united states. As punishment their 1998 album Miles from Our Home, Cowboy Junkies were dropped from their major label contract. It use continued to release albums in their have independent label, Latent Records.

Personnel
Margo Timmins, vocals Michael Timmins, guitars Peter Timmins, drums Alan Anton, bass

Discography
Whites Off Earth Now!!, 1986 The Trinity Session, 1988 The Caution Horses, 1990 Black Eyed Man, 1992 Pale Sun Crescent Moon, 1993 200 More Miles: Live Performances 1985-1994, 1995 Studio: Selected Studio Recordings 1986-1995, 1996 Lay It Down, 1996 Miles from Our Home, 1998 Rarities, B Sides and Slow, Sad Waltzes, 1999 Waltz Across America, 2000 Open, 2001 BBC Radio One Sessions, 2002 Open Road CD/DVD, 2002 In the Time Before Llamas, 2003 One Soul Now, 2004 Early 21st Century Blues, 2005

RCA Records, the band's label from either 1988 to 1996, has also freed 2 right-of albums. These were compiled forswearing a band's approval or even authorization, & Internet fansites dedicated to the band unremarkably recommend that fans choose Waltz Through Usa instead:

Best of the Cowboy Junkies, 2001 Cowboy Junkies: The Platinum and Gold Collection, 2003

Singles

|rowspan="2"|Year |rowspan="2"| Title |colspan="4"| Chart positions |rowspan="2"| Album |-

|US Hot 100 |US Modern Rock |US Mainstream Rock |UK |- | 1988 | "Sweet Jane" | - | #5 | - | - | A Trinity Session |- | 1990 | "Sun Comes up, It's Tuesday Morning" | - | #11 | - | - | A Caution Horses |}