Yellowhead to Yellowstone and Other Love Stories

Ian Tyson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 24, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Stony Plain Music
• ASIN: B001JKSG9W
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,950 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Moving CD, January 25, 2009

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Brad Averill (Eugene, Oregon United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yellowhead to Yellowstone and Other Love Stories (Audio CD)

Yellowhead to Yellowstone and Other Love Stories is a five star CD. I saw Ian in Eugene when he was losing his voice a couple years ago and was told before getting this CD that his voice was very much changed. I figured that Ian could scratch his songs out like chalk on a chalkboard, and I would still have to have this CD. After all, it is Ian Tyson and he is one of the greatest songwriters of the last 50 years. I think it could be strongly argued that he is THE greatest country songwriter of the last half century. I won't kid you; I felt trepidation as I started listening to Yellowhead to Yellowstone. But after I started to hear what he was singing, I was stunned. Yellowhead to Yellowstone, the opening cut on the CD, is as good as anything he has written in his 45 year career. It is a song about the wolves of Yellowstone. It is also a song about Ian Tyson, and all of us as we grow old. The old wolf tells of losing his alpha position: "I led until one would let me lead no longer/I turned my tail and wished that I was younger." How matter of fact and how true. The CD is filled with more emotion than I have heard Ian put on any other in his career. As he gets older, this man gets better. I won't try to recount every cut and what makes each one special. That is your journey to enjoy. But make sure you take the journey. Get this CD.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ian Tyson's New Voice, January 5, 2009

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Daniel "Dan" (Racine, WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yellowhead to Yellowstone and Other Love Stories (Audio CD)

I have all of Ian's cd's. Wish he had a dvd! This is a must have cd for Ian Tyson fans. He paints a picture of where he is in life. Guitar work is great, his new voice is weathered as he is. At first one is stunned by the loss of his old, melodic voice, but his essence comes through and you can't help but love the guy. He is a man's man. His song writing is exceptional and revealing. He is a treasure. don't hesitate to get this one.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing words, March 26, 2009

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Judith A. Easley (Jacksonville, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yellowhead to Yellowstone and Other Love Stories (Audio CD)

I had not heard that his voice had changed, and so I was stunned when I heard the first song. For years it's been such a pleasure to me to get a new Ian Tyson CD and sit back and let the smoothness flow, and to realize that wasn't going to happen again...I'm nearly as old as Ian, and as you get older things disappear from your life - people, abilities, appearances. The sweet voice singing about cowboys was just one more thing to disappear from mine, and I sat there crying for awhile. For him, for me, for lost opportunity and chances. And then I listened to the words, and these songs are totally amazing. I can't tell you which is my favorite, I love the whole thing. Just like I've loved every Ian Tyson CD ever made.