The song Someday Soon, written by Ian Tyson, recounts the story of a young woman waiting for her lover to arrive. This was at least partly due to distribution problems suffered by their record label. Although their work was critically acclaimed, this never turned into the blockbuster hit that they were seeking. In 1969 they formed an electric folk-rock band, Great Speckled Bird.
Like many artists in the mid to late 60s, Ian & Sylvia turned to folk-rock music. For example, You Were On My Mind and Someday Soon became major hits for We Five and Judy Collins, respectively.
However, many of their best songs became hits when they were covered by other groups. The song Four Strong Winds was a gigantic hit in Canada, and in fact a poll taken in 2005 by the CBC ranked this song the best Canadian song of all time.
Ian & Sylvia produced some lovely and memorable folk songs. Grossman signed on as Ian & Sylvia’s agent and got them a recording contract with Vanguard Records. We have previously encountered Grossman, who at this time was managing Peter, Paul and Mary and shortly would also manage Bob Dylan. In New York Ian & Sylvia were discovered by mega-agent Albert Grossman. Below is a picture of a young Ian Tyson and Sylvia Fricker. Eventually they began performing as a duet, and in 1962 they moved to New York’s folk music scene. While performing at coffeehouses in Toronto, he met the young folksinger Sylvia Fricker. However, in the mid-50s he sustained a serious injury, and taught himself how to play the guitar while convalescing. Ian Tyson came out of British Columbia with the ambition to be a rodeo rider.
Here we briefly review their career and individual fortunes. We discussed the career of Ian and Sylvia Tyson in our blog post on Four Strong Winds. We will review the original version by Ian & Sylvia, and a cover of that song by Judy Collins. Hello there! In this week’s blog we consider Someday Soon, one of my favorite folk songs from the 60s.
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