The Cowboy Junkies — long one of the best bands in all of popular music — are riding back into the Bay Area to perform multiple concerts.
The sensational country-folk-rock act, consisting of vocalist Margo Timmins, guitarist-songwriter Michael Timmins, drummer Peter Timmins and bassist Alan Anton, are still touring in support of “Such Ferocious Beauty.” (Read our most recent interview with Michael Timmins here.)
That 2023 outing was a fantastic album — which, really, shouldn’t surprise anybody given that that’s really the only type of albums the Cowboy Junkies put out. The list of the band’s previous winners includes such ferocious beauties as 1996’s “Lay It Down,” 2001’s “Open” and 2018’s “All That Reckoning.”
Of course, the group remains best known for its transcendent sophomore effort, 1988’s “The Trinity Session,” which was highlighted by the moving original composition “Misguided Angel” and the all-time great cover of the Velvet Underground classic “Sweet Jane.”
Nearly 40 years into their career, the Cowboy Junkies are still delivering incredible live performances — as Bay Area fans witnessed when the band performed two sold-out shows at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley in 2023. (Read our review of one of those shows here.)
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This time around, fans can catch the Cowboy Junkies on June 6 at the Guild Theatre in Menlo Park; June 8 at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz; June 9 and 12 at Bimbo’s 365 Club in San Francisco; and June 13 at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley. Visit cowboyjunkies.com for details on all dates.
