Ian & Sylvia
Ian & Sylvia were a Canadian folk and country music duo which consisted of Ian and Sylvia Tyson, née Fricker. They began performing together in 1959, married in 1964, and divorced and stopped performing together in 1975.
History
Early lives
Ian Tyson, CM, AOE was born in Victoria, British Columbia, in 1933. In his teens, he decided upon a career as a rodeo rider. Recovering from injuries sustained from a fall during the mid-1950s, he started learning guitar. In the late 1950s, he relocated to Toronto, aspiring to a career as a commercial artist. He also started playing clubs and coffeehouses in Toronto. By 1959 he was performing music as a full-time occupation.
Sylvia Tyson, née Fricker, CM, was born in Chatham, Ontario, in 1940. While still in her teens, she started frequenting the folk clubs of Toronto.
Career
Folk duo
Ian & Sylvia started performing together in Toronto in 1959. By 1962, they were living in New York City where they caught the attention of manager Albert Grossman, who managed Peter, Paul and Mary and would soon become Bob Dylan's manager. Grossman secured them a contract with Vanguard Records and they released their first album late in the year.
Ian & Sylvia
ALBUMS
- The Best of Ian and Sylvia released: 2007
- Long Long Time released: 1994
- Early Morning Rain released: 1965
- Northern Journey released: 1964
- Four Strong Winds released: 1963
- Folk Duets released:
- Greatest Hits! released:
- Best of the Vanguard Years released:
- The Complete Vanguard Studio Recordings released:
Four Strong Winds
Released 1963- Jesus Met the Woman at the Well
- Tomorrow Is a Long Time
- Katy Dear
- Poor Lazarus
- Four Strong Winds
- Ella Speed
- Long Lonesome Road
- V'La L'Bon Vent
- Royal Canal
- Lady of Carlisle
- Spanish Is a Loving Tongue
- The Greenwood Sidie (The Cruel Mother)
- Every Night When the Sun Goes Down
- Every Time I Feel the Spirit
Folk Duets
- Early Morning Rain
- For Lovin' Me
- You Were On My Mind
- Some Day Soon
- Four Strong Winds
- Pack Up Your Sorrows
- The Falcon
- Bold Marauder
- Hard Loving Loser
- Colours
- It Ain't Me Babe
- Catch The Wind
- Playboys and Playgirls
- That's When I'll Come Back To You
- Chevrolet
- San Antonio Rose
- Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
- Well, Well, Well
- Salty Dog Blues
- The Greenland Whale Fisheries
Greatest Hits!
- Early Morning Rain
- Tomorrow Is a Long Time
- Little Beggarman
- The Mighty Quinn
- Nancy Whisky
- Catfish Blues
- Come in Stranger
- The French Girl
- The Renegade
- Mary Anne
- You Were on My Mind
- Four Strong Winds
- Short Grass
- Southern Comfort
- Some Day Soon
- Ella Speed
- Circle Game
- 90 Degrees x 90 Degrees
- Cutty Wren
- Un Canadien Errant
- Lonely Girls
- Spanish Is a Loving Tongue
- This Wheel's on Fire
Best of the Vanguard Years
- Early Morning Rain
- The Circle Game
- For Lovin' Me
- You Were on My Mind
- Four Strong Winds
- Some Day Soon
- Ninety Degrees by Ninety Degrees
- The Mighty Quinn
- Cutty Wren
- Short Grass
- Un Canadien Errant
- When I Was a Cowboy
- Changes
- Gifts Are for Giving
- Satisfied Mind
- Keep on the Sunny Side
- Play One More
- Rocks and Gravel
- Come in Stranger
- Nancy Whiskey
- This Wheel's on Fire
- The Renegade
- Mary Anne
- Oh Katy Dear
- The Greenwood Sidie (The Cruel Mother)
The Complete Vanguard Studio Recordings
- Rocks and Gravel
- Old Blue
- C.C. Rider
- Un Canadien errant
- Handsome Molly
- Mary Anne
- Pride of Petrovar
- Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad
- Rambler Gambler
- Down by the Willow Garden
- Got No More Home Than a Dog
- When First Unto This Country
- Live A-Humble
- Jesus Met the Woman at the Well
- Tomorrow Is a Long Time
- Katy Dear
- Poor Lazarus
- Four Strong Winds
- Ella Speed
- Long Lonesome Road
- V'la l'bon vent
- Royal Canal
- Lady of Carlisle
- Spanish Is a Loving Tongue
- The Greenwood Sidie (The Cruel Mother)
- Every Night When the Sun Goes Down
Come In Stranger
She said come in stranger
It's good to have you home
I hurried thru 'cause I knew it was you
An I saw your dog waggin' his tail
Honey why didn't you let me know by mail
You been gone so long
She said come in stranger
I know you're weary from all the miles
Just sit right there in your easy chair
Tell me all about the places you've been
How long it'll be before you leave again
I hope it's a long long while
She said come in stranger
Everything 'round home is fine
I've watched and 'ana waited for you to get back
And I missed you all the time
(Instrumental)
She said come in stranger
How I miss you when you're gone
I walk the floor an I watch the door
And then I lie awake 'an wonder where you can be
Give anything to have ya here with me
It's so lonesome all alone
She said come in stranger
Ah! won't you listen to my plea
Stay long enough so the one I love
Won't be a stranger to me
Ya! she said come in stranger
Ah won't you listen to my plea
Stay long enough so the one I love