This seems the perfect song for autumn. The days are getting shorter, and a chill is in the air. The leaves have turned to the underlying color that emerges when they doff their green work attire.
The harvest is in - time to look back over the season; to count our blessings, and balance our losses. As nature retreats beneath the surface to prepare its reemergence in spring, so we take time to reflect, and consider what best to plant when the lengthening days begin our next season of renewal.
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Ian Tyson, the man who wrote Four Strong Winds, Sang it together with his wife, and ultimately former wife, Silvia. Their musical partnership endured longer than their marriage. Performing that together after their divorce seems to be an ultimate act of courage.
Ian was as good as his word. He settle in Alberta, living out his days on a horse ranch he was able to buy with the royalties he received from Neil Young's version of his song. Here Ian and Neil share memories of one another:
