Navajo Rug Song Ian Tyson

Ian tyson born september 25 1933 is a cowboy folk singer from alberta canada who was born in victoria british columbia.

Navajo rug song ian tyson.

I have loved ian s music since the 1960s when he was working with sylvia fricker as ian sylvia. Navajo rug was also recorded at east longview hall a year ago for tyson s latest album live at longview. I have every album and song they ever recorded to my knowledge and i am always thrilled to see the reaction on people s faces when. Country music from the 1989 lp cowboyography.

He and his then wife sylvia fricker constituted one of the most popular folk duos of the 1960s ian sylvia. This is a play on words from the 1986 song navajo rug which he wrote with tom russell. Well it s two eggs up on whiskey toast home fries on the side wash it down with road house coffee burns up your insides just a canyon co. Ian tyson well it s 3 eggs up a whiskey toast and home fries on the side you wash it down with a truck stop coffee that burns up your inside it was a something colorado diner a little waitress i did love well we sat in the back beneath a old stuffed bear and a worn our navajo rug well old jack the boss its close at 6 and its katie bar the door as she pulled down that navajo rug.

5 0 out of 5 stars navajo rug ian tyson. Reviewed in the united states on september 7 2012. A e well it s two eggs up on whiskey toast home fries on the side d e wash it down with road house coffee burns up your insides a e just a canyon colorado diner and a waitress i did love d e i sat in the back neath an old stuffed bear and a worn out navajo rug. The song includes a reference to roadhouse coffee and can be heard on tyson s best selling cowboyography album.

Tyson gradually shifted to the cowboy way while still with sylvia accentuating the western life through song. Ian tyson is a canadian singer songwriter best known for his song four strong winds.