Cowboy Junkies – Whites Off Earth Now !! (1990)

01 Shining Moon
02 State Trooper
03 Me and the Devil
04 Decoration Day
05 Baby Please Don't Go
06 I'll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive
07 Take Me
08 Forgive Me
09 Crossroads

Bass – Alan Anton
Drums – Peter Timmins
Guitar – Michael Timmins
Vocals – Margo Timmins

Featuring only one original song, the Cowboy Junkies' debut, Whites Off Earth Now!!, captures the band forming their own sound through covers, including songs by Robert Johnson and Bruce Springsteen. It's not as captivating as their later releases, but it's fascinating to hear their signature country-on-valium sound develop. Margo Timmins sings beautifully. ---Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic Review

This is the album that introduced the world to the Cowboy Junkies. And it could not have been a better debut. For those who are only familier with the Cowboy Junkies from the last couple or so albums they have released you might not realize that Whites Off Earth Now was by them. This is an out and out blues album. Performing songs by Robert Johnson,John Lee Hooker, Bukka White and Lightning Hopkins the Junkies showed that even a group from Canada knows how to get down with the blues. Then to top it all off they throw in their own version of the Bruce Springsteen song State Trooper.

It is one of the most haunting songs I have ever heard. Over the years the sound of the Cowboy Junkies has evolved through many different styles but their roots, as heard in this album, is planted right in the blues. --Janet Chandler, amazon.com

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