Horse Legends

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Horse Legends
Horse Legends cover
Studio album by
Michael Martin Murphey
Released July 8, 1997
Genre Country, Cowboy Music
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Michael Martin Murphey
Jim Ed Norman
Joey Miskulin
Steve Gibson

Michael Martin Murphey chronology
Sagebrush Symphony
(1995)
Horse Legends
(1997)
Cowboy Songs Four
(1998)

Horse Legends is Michael Martin Murphey's twentieth album. This is Murphey's tribute to the horse and contains a duet with Johnny Cash "Tennessee Stud," cover versions of Dan Fogelberg's "Run for the Roses" and Gordon Lightfoot's "The Pony Man," and beautiful rerecordings of Murphey's "Wildfire" and "The Running Blood."[1] [2] [3]

[edit] Track Listing

  1. Tennessee Stud (with Johnny Cash)
  2. Running Shadow
  3. Ponies
  4. Wildfire
  5. The Running Blood
  6. See How All the Horses Come Dancing
  7. Palomino Days
  8. Run for the Roses
  9. The Pony Man
  10. Quarter Horse Rider (America's Horse)

[edit] Credits

  • Michael Martin Murphey — vocals, producer
  • Johnny Cash — vocals
  • Biff Watson — acoustic guitar
  • Larry Byrom — acoustic guitar
  • Brent Mason — electric guitar
  • Steve Gibson — electric guitar, producer
  • Chris Leuzinger — 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Mark Casstevens — 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Sonny Garrish — steel guitar, dobro
  • Mark Howard — banjo, acoustic guitar
  • Hank Singer — fiddle, mandolin
  • Matt Rollings — piano
  • David Hoffner — piano, synthesizer
  • Joey Miskulin — accordion, producer
  • Michael Rhodes — electric bass
  • Craig Nelson — acoustic bass, electric bass
  • Mike Brignardello — bass
  • Eddie Bayers — drums
  • Tommy Wells — drums
  • Jerry Kroon — drums
  • Kenny Malone — percussion
  • John Wesley Ryles — background vocals
  • Lisa Silver — background vocals
  • Harry Stinson — background vocals
  • Gary Janney — background vocals
  • Dan Keen — background vocals
  • Curtis Young — background vocals
  • Dennis Wilson — background vocals
  • Jim Ed Norman — producer
  • Bob Tassi — engineer
  • Rich Schirmer — engineer
  • Marshall Morgan — engineer, mixing
  • Toby Seay — engineer, mixing assistant
  • Scott "T-Bone" Stillman — assistant engineer
  • Tim Roberts — assistant engineer
  • Fred Mercer — assistant engineer
  • Bob Wright — assistant engineer
  • Jim Eaton — assistant engineer
  • Denny Purcell — mastering
  • Don Cobb — editing

[edit] References

  1. ^ Michael Martin Murphey Official website
  2. ^ Music Match Guide
  3. ^ Amazon.com