Cowboy Junkies - Blue Moon Revisited

An Elvis tribute, for Brian, LTD's QM

[@Draac]

Such a pretty version of Blue Moon, I love it ! She has such a haunting beautiful voice ! She just melts me.........

[@Hodgarth]

So good it hurts! A brilliant interpretation of a classic song.

[@evonmendelsohn2513]

I remember this quite well. It's wonderful that the quality & the heart that went into this makes it immortal.

[@robertb786]

Margo's mesmerizing voice...steel guitar, harmonica and an accordion that all together can soothe your soul....doesn't get any better than this.

[@pmc7956]

Just heard this version for the first time & was completely knocked-out!Slow & under-played, but so overwhelming ........ I just want to hear it again!,

[@hopena]

My favourite version... so beautiful.

[@CHRISWARDFSB]

These guys are so under-rated and to take a classic song and make if even better is testament to their class. Love them.

[@matthewtstan]

whenever i think of blue moon, i think of cowboy junkies. best version i ever listened

[@MrGuamFlyer]

She is Beautiful and Sings from the Heart.

[@gurlsingerfan]

To see her and the Junkies live is one of my great experiences...the Clifton Center, Louisville KY, she is stunning even in her middle years, and so sincerely sweet, all the baby boomer guys go "wow!" and all the boomer ladies go, "awwwww"

[@cqsallie]

Blue Moon is one of the most beautiful songs ever - and one of the easiest to play on the guitar. This woman sings it better than I've ever heard it sung. It's not hard to sing, but it's hard to sing it better. Bravo!

[@woppite2932]

Saw her and them playing in Glasgaw a few years back ,I can still hardly think about just how much they made my skin dance ,was so happy to be there.I know your meant to be stupidly happy for your favorite singer / band , but there is no comparison for them

[@cqsallie]

Euan Evans Exactly! I've never been what you'd call "stupidly happy" for anybody, but I might have to make an exception here. Amazing people producing amazing sounds. So easy to become a fan - actually impossible to resist becoming a fan. Where have I been?

[@MorrisLess]

It's simple, but the essence of good music is not the degree of difficulty but rather the impact it has on the listener. These guys pay attention to tone, and good tone is not as simple as they make it look. You can tell they love every note.

[@peppermill7163]

Margo Timmins

[@gollum3232]

Just want to jump into those eyebrows and take a nap.

[@AFMR0420]

I haven’t visited in decades. My mom loves them. She was humming a cowboy junkies tune, so I came here. A blessed solstice, a merry Christmas and a happy New Years to all.

[@zwitter689]

Watching and listening makes my heart ache - she is too beautiful in both optics and acoustics!

[@JDGragg]

Just how angelic is Margo Timmins!¿

[@LearnerChess]

She makes "the queen of the angels sigh."

[@carlosmpereira56]

Cowboy Junkies are one of the best bands in this kind of music. I discovered them there by 1989 with ' sweet jane ' , Margo Timmins is definitly a great singer and song writer...

[@terryrodbourn2793]

I saw then then play in Buffalo in 90, it was like magic! Many people don't realize that their breakout album The Trinity Sessions was live around One Microphone! That is one great band!

[@fredrohan8089]

And one great Producer and Engineer Peter J Moore.

[@Marakesh7]

Haunting and beautiful.

[@bloodySunday77]

I met her after a Cowboy Junkies concert in Edinburgh in 2004. She is an incredibly charming and sweet lady that is actively interested in talking to you - nothing related to the fan-star thing at all. Plus, she actually does have that angelic, soothing voice in her everyday speech as well. And that deep & very special resonance gives you a strong impression that it's not just her trademark (and of the band's as well), but also defines her as a person.

[@sowintoyou]

bloodySunday77 I met her after a concert as well. She's so adorably sweet. She signed my concert ticket.

[@lanabanana68]

that's really nice to hear :)

[@bravo2038]

bloodySunday77 her and sara mclocklan,gods gift to all of us.

[@julietavalon]

she is so beautiful it hurts

[@helenaharcourt8329]

the most beautiful! So haunting xx

[@budbud123100]

This is one off the greatest, please sit on your own and just listen

[@keithshaw7249]

We've seen them dozens of times & usually spend time with Margo after. Look how young she was here; what wonderful talented family they are

[@adenmartinez434]

This is SO DAMN GOOD. I don't even like country but uh....

[@Pawlzee]

of the many covers of this song,margo delivers a great performance.nothing like morning coffee a good joint and margo ,makes for a great day

[@deltavee2]

Great treatment of the song. Hard now to believe she sang her first stage appearances with the band with her back to the audience, she was so shy. Look at her now. Just gorgeous, using a beautiful languid delivery with a voice to die for. Well done, girl! Makes me proud to be Canadian, that does!

[@jameshardin4895]

she has the voice... she makes life better, just hearing her...

[@MrKevonski]

The most complete track of this song ever recorded, bags of character and superb vocals. 100% perfect.

[@JimPhilips]

I ran this morning in the light of the blue moon. Which brings me to this: If I get to choose what I hear when I'm dying, let it be the heavenly voice of Margo Timmons, singing this song.

[@cinemar]

If you heard her voice on the radio you still wouldn't be prepared for how beautiful she is.

[@anytownUSA]

a lot versions on-line - This is the Ultimately The BEST!!! version

[@jimmillman5134]

Probably the most beautiful thing I've ever heard.

[@ramonfragafarah5237]

Elvis is the greatest of all time this is fact. But this version equals that of the king.

[@lsederberg]

There is simply NO ONE like Margo Timms .

[@MrtyMrtn]

If there's such a thing, as a perfect song, this is it.....

[@tongolele12]

The original is a Rogers and Hart composition , Elvis covered it as it 200 + artists. It's and old standard classic, so who made it famous depends on your age- hahaha

[@janekopp6954]

The voice of an angel! Such a strong voice, unusual tone LOVE THIS

[@bromixsr]

Near perfect version of a timeless song.

[@danielpauldebs6526]

The Marcels murdered this song but this is magical version.

[@MrKevonski]

Perfect musicians, great choice for a lead singer, she's jazz sexy!

[@kaelaa6996]

i could cry

[@bravo2038]

Kaela i did cry,like a baby

[@mrszw]

hypnotisingly beautiful!!! and she looks stunning

[@marcobruigom7886]

best blue moon version ever

[@davidkieltyka9]

This performance is from 12 May 1990 in Manchester, England. Saw the Junkies play in a mid-size theater in the summer of 1992. Wonderful performance and sound. The highlight for me was their cover of folksong writer David Wiffen’s “Driving Wheel.” (They released a studio version later that year as a B-side and on a multi-artist compilation album.)

[@johnplowman]

got to be the best version out there. Shame it took me so long to find it! Will be playing this every day of my holiday!

[@MrOpodeldok]

What a voice, just listen and if makes the earth stand still!

[@ruddyroo1]

This is what music is all about.

[@jimherron1]

Scary how her voice grabs my heart and owns me.

[@apazcarlos]

2:28 that smile ... I`m in tears ... the power of music is so powerful.

[@ato137528]

I melted. Wow. Just wow. Holy shit, I miss the 80's and 90's.

[@tomg212]

I discovered Cowboy Junkies many years ago when they covered NY's Powderfinger. I just found this gem this morning on youTube. It's one of my favorite songs. What a great versions! Wow ....

[@moisesfloresflores876]

DELICIOSA INTERPRETACIÓN!!! PARA UNA DELICIOSA CANCIÓN!!!

[@fsck100]

I am so completely smitten.

[@cherylbreuer8388]

Anything she sings is absolutely beautiful! She has a voice of anl angel.

[@taragreenetarotastro]

I never heard this before, very nice. posting many versions of Blue Moon tonight on the Aquarius Blue Moon

[@bravo2038]

Tara Greene. that squeezbox really sets it off,but that voice,that voice melts me,she,s an angel

[@yume6356]

She's so beautiful and her voice is making her gorgeous

[@bodensick]

Ah, from the Marcels to Elvis to the Junkies. Great song well done by all.

[@lumaz71]

best version. ever.

[@philipmacdonald9449]

AGREED 100%

[@willthorson4543]

Nein

[@moraseena]

lumaz71 so true!!

[@adenmartinez434]

I have to agree. Alex bird is fantastic too.

[@ZenFox0]

Will Thorson Ja

[@sabrinadavoud8506]

I want my baby back... But sadly, he died to. Beautiful song!💔

[@tomgreg2008]

Love

[@m200klb]

Margo Timmins - the true definition of "voice of an angel"

[@MrKevonski]

Class this!

[@thestick52]

This is so delicate...❤️ Love & light from sunny Florianópolis, Brazil

[@kkkzorro]

best performance, ever...she has the voice and the feeling for it...

[@82lube]

Lou Reed brought me here. When I hear Lou I think of "Sweet Jane", Sweet Jane leads me to the Cowboy Junkies & The Junkies , well, "Blue Moon"

[@SabrineFarci]

Blue moon you saw me standing alone... Without a dream in my heart 💔

[@msattler111]

What IS hard is to pull off a simple song and make it seem like it is a first run hit. And make it your own. She certainly does that,. I shall always remember this version, not any other.

[@tsiokolvsky]

Definition: Tachycardia, heart related phenomena systematically triggered when I see Margot Timming singing.

[@joywilder9092]

Too bad the visuals are ruined on this beautiful version of Blue Moon, attributing the song to Elvis. I was listening to Blue Moon by various jazz vocalists way back in the 1940s. It was my grandmother's favorite song. She'd be 120 if she were alive today.

[@deanchampion6777]

It is hard to imagine anyone so smoking hot and sultry as Margo Timmins. When I was in grad school on the east coast, I'd play their albums as I drove across the country to the west coast. I worked Hurrican Hugo repair in 1989 and would put the album on every day, on the way to work at 5am "Mining for Gold" was the first song... I felt like a miner trading health for work. Got to see them play in Boston a few years back... a little shorter hair, but still pretty, also funny, and voice and the music was just as good. But man... if she had smiled at me in the late 1980s or early 1990s, I'd have thrown myself under a bus if she asked me to... just to please her. What a woman!!! Oh... and the rest of the band is good, too.

[@markapczynski4955]

There's a band..?

[@omarremoquillo]

Ahh from the trinity session album ,it was my first cd from this awesome group,of course seeing them live ,on cant help bee blown away by MS Margos sultry voice live.

[@victorcaldwell4585]

the most amazing voice I have heard in all of my 59 years of living... what else needs to be said....non e vero???

[@irishace11]

Margot's brother Mike is, in my mind, the most subtle, under-playing guitarist alive. He is one of the best alive, but he rarely , if ever shows it.

[@rio197]

this is very hypnotic. good vid.

[@Alfa75V6]

God she is sooooooooooo lush

[@mediamonster4936]

I'm a big fan of the Junkies! One of my favorites songs.

[@timoteoo7]

Her voice is so beautiful

[@brianblack2221]

Discovered this a few weeks ago on tv on covers of elvis songs he recorded. Blew me away. Can't stop playing it. Checking out cowboy junkies as well-amazing.

[@gregoryreese8491]

A chance hearing of "Misguided Angel" is what led to my wishing to learn more of just who were the "Cowboy Junkies" (and to purchase a copy of "The Trinity Session"). The startlingly different but absolutely beautiful way they manage to cover THIS song however, is what instantly converted me into a 100%, dyed-in-the-wool Cowboy Junkie junkie.

[@Damien0269]

Wow. This is an awesome playlist!!

[@AnnaLVajda]

I saw The Cowboy Junkies perform at the Toronto EX in 1999 the were amazing actually made me cry.

[@OrBenAyoun]

Absolutely amazing.

[@12boocat55]

what a name for a band...cool and weird at the same time; dated and contemporary....hope they continue to evolve.

[@sirswearsalot1813]

12boocat Cowboy Junkies.

[@RobertoLicardie]

I dont know why i love the harmonica @ 2:20 Its amazing! Well this whole song is amazing. :)

[@jmraiadop]

Simply amazing!

[@djsurf]

accordion -

[@danielpauldebs6526]

The magic of the harmonica is that it answers her melody, instead of blowing all over it like so many harmonica players do. The first lesson I had in harmonica was "don't blow when I'm singing". Players take note.

[@rockitMiC]

Accordion!!!!

[@mroch487]

There is an harmonica and you see the player at the end. Good call Roberto, it does add to this song perfectly.

[@krummlouis]

Ouch is how they make me feel. I agree with Sallie P that this is the best sung version of this ubiquitous song. Great to get re-aquainted with Cowboy J's.

[@cjknotty]

Beautiful. I love their version of Lou Reed's Sweet Jane too.

[@lisalee8331]

It is ironic because on Saturday night I was listening to "Lou Reed's" "Rock N Roll Animal" and some of the "Velvet Underground" music. I wake up on Sunday and found out later that day Lou passed. I was so sad and I couldn't get a damn thing done today watching it splashed over the news made me feel even worse.

[@MrKevonski]

A hypnotic woman singer!

[@silviahernandezarcos8309]

i love this song with this singer its amazing i love it

[@lyonslaforet]

If you need just one Cowboy Junkies album, get the Trinity Session (1988), it's their quintessential album.

[@jakobyfuller487]

1:49 just lovely!

[@Hodgarth]

A truly classic performance that deserves much greater recognition than it has received to date. Elvis's interpretation was brilliant! The interpretation by the Cowboy Junkies was even better!!

[@ninaflannery]

Does anyone else think the eyebrows are deliberately mannish? And what does it mean?

[@RipperPVR]

Never gets old . . . the whole album.

[@ctucker3767]

Classic CJ.

[@TheressaV]

damn. really loving the instrumentals on this cover song

[@davidpullen7596]

I KNEW I shouldn't have given up on my accordian!! This is a reason why!!

[@JOLEBLON62]

The first time I heard Cowboy Junkies sing this rendition was in the '93 movie Untamed Heart Have loved it ever since. such a beautiful voice & awesome instrumentations.

[@michaelhelberg6306]

You're on it Kid...

[@thewhack64]

the version that saved my life.

[@hoserfella]

+thewhack64 how?

[@MrMkayultra]

thewhack64 me 2

[@FYMASMD]

Toobad. Less people means the world is better. This sucks.

[@ckwrich1]

Margo, please come home xxxxxx

[@etsi24dec]

Its nice song. I used to listen this song over 20 years ago...

[@bravo2038]

for Jean,from ted,im sorry baby...