Ian Tyson at the Tidemark

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Friday, June 27th, 2014
7:30 PM

Songs and Stories by the Legendary Ian Tyson

Join us for an evening with a Canadian icon as he shares the best of six decades of singing stories that speak to love sustained, relationships broken, heroes and heroines and the real truth about men and horses.

Ian Tyson, 80 years young, leads two busy, vigorous lives - there�s the ranch south of Calgary, in the foothills of the Rockies, with fences to mend, quarter horses to train, cattle to move and land to conserve. And, there are concert stages � from Elko, Nevada to Billings, Montana, from San Francisco to Toronto to New York to Winnipeg and Edmonton and Los Angles and all points between and now, for one night only, Campbell River on Friday, June 27.

In the last ten years, he's released four albums, filmed a music documentary for Bravo (which eared two international film and television awards) and issued a two DVD concert video. He also penned an autobiography. the Long Trail My Life in the West, which has sold close to 30,000 so far and continues to be honoured for his achievements. After numerous Canadian Country Music Awards, membership in the Juno Awards Hall of Hame, he has three honorary Doctorates and is proudly a member of the Order of Canada. "Four Strong Wings" in 2006 was chosen Canada's #1 song of the 20th century by CBC listeners.

"He is the last of the great folkies that's never given up the ghost, the old cowboy's take on cowboy culture has a keen contemporary eye, leaving no dust on him... If he wasn�t Canadian, we could claim him as a national treasure. This is real stuff from the true vine." � Chris Spector Midwest Record - Chicago, IL.

"Tyson is as much an elder statesman of folk music north of the Montana line as Bob Dylan is south of it. In his homeland, Ian's considered an unshakeable icon, and, as he's become accustomed to this new mode of expression, the stories in his songs have become more poignant, crossing the border between Dylan and Cohen". Mark S. Tucket. Folk and Acoustic Music Exchange.

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