Cowboy Songs III
| Cowboy Songs III | ||||
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| Studio album by Michael Martin Murphey | ||||
| Released | October 12, 1993 | |||
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Nightingale Recording Studio The Reflections, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Country, cowboy music | |||
| Length | 73:30 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | |||
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| Michael Martin Murphey chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Cowboy Songs III – Rhymes of the Renegades is the eighteenth album by American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey and his third album of cowboy songs. The album is devoted to cowboy folklore and true tales of the West and focuses on real-life outlaws, from Jesse James to Billy The Kid to Belle Starr. Murphey performs these songs "with a scholar's eye and a fan's heart."[2][3]
Track listing
- "Big Iron" (with Marty Robbins) (Robbins) – 4:09
- "Rhymes of the Renegades" (Murphey) – 4:35
- "Riders in the Sky" (Jones) – 3:28
- "El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:52
- "Sonora's Death Row" (Farrell) – 4:30
- "Ballad of Billy the Kid" – 4:03
- "Billy Gray" (with Debbie Nims) (Blake) – 4:10
- "Roses and Thorns" (with Ryan Murphey) (Murphey) – 4:18
- "Strawberry Roan" (with Chris LeDoux) (Fletcher) – 3:44
- "The Wild West Is Gonna Get Wilder" (Murphey) – 4:28
- "The Ballad of Jesse James" – 4:18
- "Frank James' Farewell" (with Hal Ketchum) (Burr, Ketchum) – 3:41
- "Cole Younger" (with Hal Ketchum) (Traditional) – 3:57
- "Belle Star" (with Bill Miller) (Murphey) – 6:02
- "Queen of Heartaches" (Murphey, Rains) – 4:23
- "Sam Bass" (Traditional) – 4:51
- "Birmingham Jail" – 4:52[2][3]
Credits
Music
- Michael Martin Murphey – vocals, producer, liner notes
- Marty Robbins – vocals
- Debbie Nims – vocals
- Hal Ketchum – vocals
- Chris LeDoux – vocals
- Bill Miller – vocals
- Sam D. Bass – author
- Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar
- Chris Leuzinger – 6-string bass, 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar, harmonica, jaw harp
- John McEuen – banjo
- David Coe – mandolin
- Sonny Garrish – dobro, steel guitar
- Alisa Jones Wall – hammer dulcimer
- Joey Miskulin – accordion, piano, producer
- Dennis Burnside – piano, synthesizer
- David Hoffner – synthesizer
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle
- Sam Bush – fiddle, mandolin
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
- George Tidwell – trumpet
- Ryan Murphey – background vocals
- Dennis Wilson – background vocals
- Roy M. "Junior" Husky – acoustic and electric bass
- Craig Nelson – acoustic and electric bass
- Roy Huskey, Jr. – acoustic and electric bass
- Lonnie Wilson – drums, percussion
- Tommy Wells – drums, percussion
- Sam Bacco – Percussion
Production
- Toby Seay – engineer
- Gary Paczosa – engineer
- Ed Simonton – engineer, assistant engineer
- John Kunz – assistant, assistant engineer
- Marshall Morgan – mixing
- Denny Purcell – mastering
- Patricia Miskulin – production coordination
- Laura LiPuma – art direction
- William Matthews – cover design
- Prof. Thomas Dimsdale – liner notes
- Garrett Rittenberry – design
- David Michael Kennedy – photography
- Willie Matthews – paintings[2][3]
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- 1 2 3 McCall, Michael. "Cowboy Songs III". Allmusic. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
- 1 2 3 "Cowboy Songs III". Discogs. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
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