Then there's Ian Tyson.

Major folk star, with Sylvia, in the '60s.

The folk boom, their partnership, and their marriage fell apart in the '70s.

So he went to punching cattle and singing for the local cowboys in the local bars. (Well, actually, he was punching cattle on his own ranch, because a bunch of people recorded his songs, and some of them were hits.)

So he records some albums of his own cowboy songs in the '80s and is a star all over again (in the West, anyway.)

Saw him live in the Iron Horse in Northhampton, MA, in '95, I think it was. Full house. He said he hadn't been to Massachusetts in 30 years, since he had a star tour before....

Peter.