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Last week, (Tim) Williams was in a Calgary studio control room recording material for yet another Ruby Moon project. This one matched Phillips with Billy Cowsill and Edmonton’s Stewart MacDougall as they covered a dozen Hank Williams songs.
“We also cut an equal number of originals for what is going to be a two-CD set,” an enthusiastic MacDougall said following his sessions.
“The band, which included Tim Leacock from the Co-Dependents, Ian Tyson’s old drummer Thom Moon and steel player Charlie Veilleux, really clicked.”
The pianist/singer was thrilled that Cowsill, his longtime friend and sometime writing partner, was able to participate in the sessions.
Cowsill’s numerous health problems had basically kept him out of circulation for the better part of a year. It remains to be seen if the man who provided the vocal swagger and sweet harmonies in groups like The Blue Shadows and The Co-Dependents will ever be able to make more than the occasional guest appearance in a nightclub or concert setting.
While the release of a second live Co-Dependents disc has been rumored, a spirited and vintage live set featuring Cowsill will definitely be issued in time for Christmas by Calgary’s Indelible Records. The eight-song EP was recorded at the Palliser Hotel during the 1985 Calgary Stampede when a very young Colin James was working with Cowsill. It will be available at Megatunes by mid-December.
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