Ian Tyson

That's from his 1990 classic country album called Cowboy Songs.

And Ian Tyson delivered a tribute to Charles M. Russell, the great American painter and chronicler of the American West.

A piece called The Gift comes from his 1986 album called Cowboyography.

And Don Edwards preceded that with The Master's Call, a song written by Marty Robbins, who we'll hear later.

Uh, there's, there's been a, a, any number of them.

Uh, one of my mentors was Ian Tyson.

He was a good friend of mine.

And, uh, Tom Russell is another one.

He was famous for co-founding the avant-garde rock group The Velvet Underground, and he also had a very influential solo career.

Ian Tyson was born in 1933, Canadian folk and country music singer-songwriter who achieved fame as part of the duo Ian and Sylvia back in the 1960s.

Eric Darling was born in 1933.

He was an American folk music artist who replaced Pete Seeger in the group The Weavers and then ended up forming the group The Rooftop Singers.

Oh, gosh.

I think I gave you an Ian Tyson song on our first, uh-

Yes.

I do remember that