Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws

"Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws" is the ninth full length album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn.The album was released in 1979 by True North Records. The album has eight songs written around the acoustic guitar and "particularly showcased Cockburn's sparkling guitar work". From Rounder Records: "Rounding out the 1970s and completing a trilogy of acoustic jazz-folk albums that included In the Falling Dark and Further Adventures Of, Bruce Cockburn's Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws stands as both an era-ending album and a cumulative release that neatly built on the strengths of its predecessors. It also serves as a high-water mark for Cockburn in several respects. Featuring some of his finest guitar work ever, the album was voted an "essential" recording by Acoustic Guitar magazine, putting Cockburn in the prestigious company of such revered pickers as Django Reinhardt, Andrés Segovia, Bill Frisell and Mississippi John Hurt. It also provided Cockburn with a commercial breakthrough on the strength of his buoyant "Wondering Where the Lions Are,"which became a Top 40 hit in both Canada and the United States. The album cover is a painting by Canadian aboriginal artist Norval Morrisseau (1932–2007). In 2002 a remastered edition was released by Rounder Records with two extra tracks, "Dawn Music" and "Bye Bye Idi".