The Horse Legends

The Horse Legends
Studio album by Michael Martin Murphey
Released July 8, 1997
Recorded Loft, Doghouse,
Audio Media Recorders,
Omni Recording Studios,
Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Country, cowboy music
Length 43:17
Label Warner Bros. Records
Producer
Michael Martin Murphey chronology

Sagebrush Symphony
(1995)
The Horse Legends
(1997)
Cowboy Songs Four
(1998)
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Allmusic [1]

The Horse Legends is the twentieth album by American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey. This is Murphey's tribute to the horse and contains a duet with Johnny Cash on "Tennessee Stud", cover versions of Dan Fogelberg's "Run for the Roses" and Gordon Lightfoot's "The Pony Man", and re-recordings of Murphey's "Wildfire" and "The Running Blood".[2] The Horse Legends was the last album Murphey recorded for Warner Bros. Records.

Track listing

  1. "Tennessee Stud" (with Johnny Cash) (Driftwood) – 4:11
  2. "Running Shadow" (Murphey) – 4:36
  3. "Ponies" (Bullock) – 3:54
  4. "Wildfire" (Murphey, Cansler) – 5:09
  5. "The Running Blood" (Murphey, Hoffner) – 4:15
  6. "See How All the Horses Come Dancing" (Murphey) – 5:10
  7. "Palomino Days" (Murphey) – 3:47
  8. "Run for the Roses" (Fogelberg) – 4:24
  9. "The Pony Man" (Lightfoot) – 3:46
  10. "Quarter Horse Rider (America's Horse)" (Murphey) – 4:05

Credits

Music

Production

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. McDonald, Steven. "Horse Legends". Allmusic. Retrieved May 26, 2012.

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