Editing Colin Linden (section)

===1990s===
[[File:Bark07.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Linden (left) as part of [[Blackie and the Rodeo Kings]]]]
In 1991, [[Bruce Cockburn]] recruited Linden as a sideman, and for three-and-a-half years, Linden played guitar for Cockburn. Subsequently, Linden became his co-producer.<ref name="cockburn" /> Linden's blues album of 1993, entitled ''South at Eight, North at Nine'', distributed by [[Sony Music Entertainment]] in Canada,<ref name="allmusic" /> won a [[Juno Award]] in the blues and gospel category.<ref name="barikada" /> Guests on the album included Bruce Cockburn and Rick Danko, Garth Hudson and Levon Helm of the Band.<ref name="allmusic" />

As Linden got more interested in gospel records, he began taking vocal lessons from [[Bourbon Tabernacle Choir]] singer Dave Wall, such as breathing and warm-up exercises.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} In 1996, Linden won a Juno in the blues and gospel category for his producing [[Lennie Gallant]]'s ''The Open Window''. Linden co-wrote [[Colin James]]'s hit song "Real Stuff".<ref name="home" />

That same year, he joined with [[Tom Wilson (musician)|Tom Wilson]] of [[Junkhouse]] and [[Stephen Fearing]] to form [[Blackie and the Rodeo Kings]]. This band was a tribute to Canadian singer-songwriter [[Willie P. Bennett]]. After the album ''High or Hurtin''', on [[True North Records]], their second album, ''Kings of Love'', won a Juno.<ref name="hometwo" />

In February 1998 Linden shared the Maple Blues Producer of the Year award with Colin James. ''A Tribute to Howlin' Wolf'' was released by Telarc Records in 1998.<ref name="hometwo" /> In 1999, ''A Tribute to Howlin' Wolf'' was nominated for a [[Grammy Award]] in the category Best Traditional Blues Album.<ref name="flower" /> In 1999, Linden received the Toronto Arts Award.<ref name="hometwo" />