Jump to content

Cowboy Songs Four

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 20:19, 15 September 2019 (→top: Task 14: cs1 template fixes: misused |publisher= (1×/0×);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Cowboy Songs Four
Studio album by
Michael Martin Murphey
ReleasedJuly 14, 1998
Recorded
  • Omnisound, Nashville
  • Taos Recording Studio, Taos
GenreCountry, cowboy music
Length66:16
LabelValley Entertainment
ProducerRyan Murphey
Michael Martin Murphey chronology
The Horse Legends
(1997) 		Cowboy Songs Four
(1998) 		Acoustic Christmas Carols
(1999)

Cowboy Songs Four is the twenty-first album by American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey, his fourth album of cowboy songs, and his first album produced by his son, Ryan Murphey. The album features a guest performance by Lyle Lovett on "Farther Down the Line".[1]

Track listing

  1. "Song from Lonesome Dove" (Murphey) – 4:58
  2. Trail Song Medley: "Colorado Trail" / "Twilight on the Trail" / "Navaj Trail" / "Riding Down the Canyon" / "Blue Shadows on the Trail"[Note 1] – 5:47
  3. "Born to Be a Cowboy" (Hampton) – 5:36
  4. "Farther Down the Line" (Lovett, Goldsen) – 3:36
  5. "Born to Buck Bad Luck" (Murphey) – 3:46
  6. "Easy on the Pain" (Murphey, Westergen) – 3:51
  7. "Utah Carroll" (Traditional) – 3:29
  8. "Freewheeler" (Winchester) – 3:13
  9. "Rangeland Rebel" (Murphey) – 4:46
  10. "Run Toward the Light" (Murphey, Murphey) –4:10
  11. "The Bunkhouse Orchestra" (Murphey) – 2:05
  12. "Little Joe, the Wrangler" (Thorp, Traditional) – 4:07
  13. "Summer Ranges" (Murphey) – 3:37
  14. "Old Horse" (Murphey) – 5:11
  15. "Night Hawk" (Murphey) – 8:04[1]

Credits

Music

  • Michael Martin Murphey – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, background vocals, arranger
  • Ryan Murphey – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, chart, background vocals, arranger, producer
  • Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar
  • Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
  • Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle
  • Hank Singer – fiddle
  • David Coe – fiddle
  • Dennis Burnside – piano
  • Joey Miskulin – accordion
  • David Hungate – electric bass
  • Craig Nelson – acoustic bass
  • Bob Mater – drums
  • Todd D. Smith – shouts
  • Lyle Lovett – vocals

Production

  • Gary Paczosa – engineer
  • Craig A. Wolf – engineer
  • Steve Tveit – studio manager
  • Vernell Hackett – photography[1]

References

Notes
  1. ^ "Colorado Trail" is public domain; "Twilight on the Trail" was written by Sidney D. Mitchell and Lewis Alter; "Navaj Trail" was written by Larry Markes, Dick Charles, and Eddie DeLang; "Riding Down the Canyon" was written by Smiley Burnett and Gene Autry; "Blue Shadows on the Trail" was written by Johnny Lang and Elliott Daniel.
Citations
  1. ^ a b c "Cowboy Songs Four". Allmusic. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cowboy_Songs_Four&oldid=915883621"