Happy # 88 to Ian Tyson

 
We say happy birthday to Ian Tyson of Ian & Sylvia, the wonderful Canadian folk duo. 

Ian Tyson wrote, and along with his wife Sylvia, recorded some great songs.  One of his songs was “Someday soon’ recorded by Judy Collins.

This is from Ian’s official website:   

“Ian Tyson’s story is familiar to most.  He learned guitar in hospital, recovering from a bad fall in a rodeo, he upped stakes from Vancouver Island and hitchhiked to Toronto, where he met a young singer from small-town Ontario called Sylvia Fricker. 
As Ian & Sylvia, they were the Canadian stars of the early ’60s folk boom that gave the world Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Joan Baez, the Clancy Brothers and the Kingston Trio. 
After numerous Canadian Country Music Awards, membership in the Juno Awards Hall of Fame — one of five such honours with various industry organizations — he has three honorary Doctorates, and is proudly a member of the Order of Canada.  “Four Strong Winds,” in 2006, was chosen Canada’s #1 song of the 20th century by CBC listeners…..”

Click here for “Four strong winds“!