Cowboy Junkies - Crossroads (1986) [Blues / Country / Jazz]
One of my favorite indie bands to come out of Canada, these guys managed to create a pretty neat sound combining early alternative rock, country, blues and at times jazz into a neat concoction that swaggers like classic Danzig but ultimately does its own thing. Their debut, released in '86 to a quiet sort of acclaim among a small audience, has a series of great covers on it. The grand finale, a fantastic Lynchian rejiggering of Robert Johnson's song 'Crossroads', is a real jam and worth the price of admission for Margo Timmins's smoky delivery and some juicy bass / guitar interplay.
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