Sylvia Tyson
YOU WERE ON MY MIND
Stony Plain 1140
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The voice is stronger and much more self-assured than I remember, but the strong, poignant song writing and wonderful way of having the rhythm of the song fit the lyric content is still there. This is a powerful disc by a woman who is confidant, without being pushy; strong, without being strident; and clear, without being preachy. It is an album that I have waited a long time to hear. It shows the depths and range of this woman who, for all I knew, retired when the marriage with Ian Tyson dissolved. There is a wide range of material presented here, all springing from her roots in the folk/country vein. Yet the material ranges from straight folk music, YOU WERE ON MY MIND, to the country honky tonk of SLEEP ON MY SHOULDER, to the get up and dance Cajun tinged LE MOULIN A PEPERE. There is a strong story line in each of the songs, all but one of which were either written or co-written by her. The band is tight and follows all the mood changes as one with her. A real treat.
Songs and the writers
1. PEPERE'S MILL - Sylvia Tyson and Lucille Starr
2. SLOW MOVING HEART - Sylvia Tyson
3. RHYTHM OF THE ROAD - Music - Sylvia Tyson, Nancy Simmonds, Shirley Eikhard. Lyrics - Sylvia Tyson
4. WALKING ON THE MOON - Tom Russell and Katy Moffatt
5. THROWN TO THE WOLVES - Tom Russell and Sylvia Tyson
6. THE NIGHT THE CHINESE RESTAURANT BURNED DOWN - Sylvia Tyson
7. YOU WERE ON MY MIND - Sylvia Tyson
8. SLEEP ON MY SHOULDER - Sylvia Tyson
9. TRUCKER'S CAFE - Sylvia Tyson
10. RIVER ROAD - Sylvia Tyson
11. LAST CALL - Sylvia Tyson
12. LE MOULIN A PEPERE - Sylvia Tyson and Lucille Starr
13. REPRISE - no credit
14. THE BLIND FIDDLER'S WALTZ - Sylvia Tyson
Musicians
Sylvia Tyson - Vocals, background vocals, autoharp, tambourine.
Lucille Star - Vocal Duets, Pepere's Mill and La Moulin a Pepere
Colleen Peterson - Background vocals
Tom Russell - Vocal Duets, Thrown to the Wolves, bass vocal (track 10)
Albert Lee - Mandolin, lead guitar and acoustic guitar (Tracks 2,3,4,5,6,7,8), first lead guitar (Track 9)
Andrew Hardin - Acoustic rhythm guitar, high string guitar, electric 12-string guitar, second lead guitar (Track 9)
Fats Kaplin Pedal steel guitar (Tracks 2,4), accordion, fiddle, dobro.
Mike Holder - Pedal steel guitar (Tracks 5,7,19)
John Sheard - Piano, strings
Dennis Pendrith - Bass guitar
Bucky Berger - Drums, percussion, tambourine (Track 7), foultoire & triangle (Tracks 1,12)