Michael Martin Murphey

Michael Martin Murphey was born on 14 Mar 1945 in Dallas, Texas, United States. His birth name was Michael Martin Murphey.

Michael Martin Murphey has six gold albums, is an American singer-songwriter. He is best known for writing and performing Western music as well as country and pop. Murphey has become a prominent musical voice for the Western horseman, rancher, and cowboy. Murphey played a major role in the resurrection of the cowboy song genre, recording and producing some of the most successful cowboy music of the past forty years.

Michael Martin Murphey released the following albums including Land of Enchantment (1989), Best of Country (1990), Cowboy Songs (1990), River of Time (1990), Cowboy Christmas (1991), Cowboy Songs 3 (1993), Best of (1995), Sagebrush Symphony (1995), Horse Legends (1997), Cowboy Songs Four (1998), Cowboy Songs 4 (1998), Wildfire 1972-1984 (1998), Playing Favorites (2001), Ultimate Collection (2001), Live at Billy Bob's Texas (2004), Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir (2004), Heartland Cowboy: Cowboy Songs, Vol. 5 (2006), Cowboy Christmas Gift Set (2006), Geronimo's Cadillac (2006), Flowing Free Forever (2006), Blue Sky Night Thunder (2008), The Best of Michael Martin Murphey (2008), Buckaroo Blue Grass (2009), Cowboy Classics: Old West Cowboy Collection (2009), Lone Cowboy: Live & Solo (2010) and Buckaroo Blue Grass II - Riding Song (2010).

Land of Enchantment

Jun 1989

  1. Never Givin' Up On Love (Album Version)
  2. Got To Pay The Fiddler (Album Version)
  3. Route 66 (Album Version)
  4. Land Of Enchantment (Album Version)
  5. Jukebox (Album Version)
  6. Woodsmoke In The Wind (Album Version)
  7. The Heart Knows The Truth (Album Version)
  8. Land Of The Navajo (Album Version)
  9. Desperation Road (Album Version)
  10. Family Tree

Best of Country

Jul 1990

  1. What's Forever For
  2. Still Taking Chances
  3. Carolina in the Pines
  4. What She Wants
  5. The Two-Step Is Easy
  6. Hearts in the the Right Place
  7. Love Affairs
  8. Ring of Truth
  9. Lost River
  10. Crystal

Cowboy Songs

Aug 1990

  1. Cowboy Logic
  2. I Ride An Old Paint/Whoopee Ti-Yi-Yo, Git Along Little Doggies
  3. Tumbling Tumbleweeds
  4. Tying Knots In The Devil's Tail
  5. The Old Chisholm Trail
  6. Home On The Range
  7. What Am I Doing Here
  8. Wild Ripplin' Waters
  9. The Yellow Rose Of Texas
  10. Spanish Is The Lovin' Tongue
  11. Cowboy Pride
  12. Red River Valley
  13. Let The Cowboy Dance
  14. Jack Of Diamonds
  15. Texas Rangers
  16. When The Work's All Done This Fall
  17. The Streets Of Laredo
  18. O Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie
  19. Where Do Cowboys Go When They Die/Reincarnation
  20. Goodbye Old Paint
  21. Happy Trails

River of Time

Oct 1990

  1. From The Word Go (LP Version)
  2. Talkin' To The Wrong Man (LP Version)
  3. River Of Time (LP Version)
  4. Vanishing Breed (LP Version)
  5. Pilgrims On The Way (Matthew's Song) (LP Version)
  6. The Running Blood (LP Version)
  7. Children of the Wild World (LP Version)
  8. I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl (LP Version)
  9. What Am I Doin' Hangin' Round? (LP Version)
  10. Still Got The Fire

Cowboy Christmas

Sep 1991

  1. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day/Old Time Christmas
  2. Jolly Old St. Nicholas/The Christmas Letter
  3. The Creak of the Leather
  4. Christmas on the Line
  5. Sleigh Ride/Jingle Bells
  6. The Christmas Trail
  7. Merry Texas Christmas to you All
  8. Ridin' Home on Christmas Eve
  9. Corn, Water, and Wood
  10. The Cowboy Christmas Ball
  11. Polka Medley: Good King Wenceslas/Under the Double Eagle/Redwing/Golden Slippers
  12. Christmas Cowboy Style
  13. The Santa Claus Schottische/Up on the House Top/The Sweetheart Schottische/Oh Susannah/Up on the House Top
  14. Two-Step 'Round the Christmas Tree
  15. Two Step Medley: Cotton-eyed Joe/Deck the Halls/Buffalo Gals//Soldier's Joy/The Girl I left Behind Me/ Deck the Halls
  16. Log Cabin Home in the Sky
  17. Waltz Medly: O Christmas Tree/Put your little foot/the Westfalia waltz/Over the waves/O Christmas Tree
  18. Pearls in the snow
  19. Good night ladies/Auld Lang Syne/The Christmas Dance

Cowboy Songs 3

Oct 1993

  1. Big Iron - Michael Martin Murphey w/ Marty Robbins
  2. Rhymes Of The Renegades
  3. Riders In The Sky
  4. El Paso
  5. Sonora's Death Row
  6. Ballad Of Billy The Kid
  7. Billy Gray - Michael Martin Murphey w/ Debbie Nims
  8. Roses And Thorns - Michael Martin Murphey w/ Ryan Murphey
  9. Strawberry Roan - Michael Martin Murphey w/ Chris LeDoux
  10. The Wild West Is Gonna Get Wilder
  11. The Ballad Of Jesse James
  12. Frank James' Farewell - Michael Martin Murphey w/ Hal Ketchum
  13. Cole Younger
  14. Belle Star - Michael Martin Murphey w/ Bill Miller
  15. Queen Of Heartaches
  16. Sam Bass
  17. Birmingham Jail

Best of

Jun 1995

  1. Carolina In The Pines
  2. Geronimo's Cadillac
  3. Cherokee Fiddle
  4. Still Taking Chances
  5. What's Forever For
  6. Wildfire
  7. What She Wants
  8. Love Affairs
  9. Disenchanted
  10. Don't Count The Rainy Days
  11. Will It Be Love By Morning
  12. Radio Land

Sagebrush Symphony

Sep 1995

  1. Sounds Of The Range (Live) (Album Version)
  2. Cowboy Overture/Backward, Turn Backward (Live) (Album Version)
  3. Cowboy Logic (Live) (Album Version)
  4. The Old Chisholm Trail (Live) (Album Version)
  5. Down in The Valley (Live) (Album Version)
  6. Red River Valley (Live) (Album Version)
  7. Tumbling Tumbleweed (Live) (Album Version)
  8. Cool Water (Live) (Album Version)
  9. Timber Trail (Live) (Album Version)
  10. Back In The Saddle Again (Live) (Album Version)
  11. I'm A Happy Cowboy (Live) (Album Version)
  12. Texas To A "T" (Live) (Album Version)
  13. Storm On The Praire (Live) (Album Version)
  14. Riders In The Sky (Live) (Album Version)
  15. Wildfire (Live) (Album Version)
  16. Wind Message (Live) (Album Version)
  17. Geronimo's Cadillac (Live) (Album Version)
  18. Adobe Walls (Live) (Album Version)
  19. The Yellow Rose Of Texas (Live) (Album Version)
  20. San Antonio Rose (Live) (Album Version)
  21. Happy Trails (Live)

Horse Legends

Jul 1997

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

Cowboy Songs Four

Jul 1998

  1. Song From Lonesome Dove
  2. Trail Song Medley: Colorado Trail/Twilight On The Trail/Along The Navajo Trail...
  3. Born To Be A Cowboy
  4. Farther Down The Line
  5. Born To Buck Bad Luck
  6. Easy On The Pain
  7. Utah Carroll
  8. Free Wheeler
  9. Rangeland Rebel
  10. Run Toward The Light
  11. The Bunkhouse Orchestra
  12. Little Joe The Wrangler
  13. Summer Ranges
  14. Old Horse
  15. Night Hawk

Cowboy Songs 4

Jul 1998

  1. Song from Lonesome Dove
  2. Trail Song Medley: Colorado Trail/Twilight on the Trail/Along the ...
  3. Born to Be a Cowboy
  4. Farther Down the Line
  5. Born to Buck Bad Luck
  6. Easy on the Pain
  7. Utah Carroll
  8. Freewheeler
  9. Rangeland Rebel
  10. Run Toward the Light
  11. The Bunkhouse Orchestra
  12. Little Joe, the Wrangler
  13. Summer Ranges
  14. Old Horse
  15. Night Hawk

Wildfire 1972-1984

Oct 1998

  1. Geronimo's Cadillac
  2. Natchez Trace
  3. What Am I Doin' Hangin' Around?
  4. Boy From The Country
  5. Cosmic Cowboy
  6. Alleys Of Austin
  7. Wildfire
  8. Carolina In The Pines
  9. Rhythm Of The Road
  10. Dancing In The Meadow
  11. Renegade
  12. Cherokee Fiddle
  13. Nothing Is Your Own
  14. Texas Morning
  15. Backslider's Wine (LIVE)
  16. Take It As It Comes
  17. What's Forever For?
  18. Still Takin' Chances
  19. Don't Count The Rainy Days
  20. What She Wants

Playing Favorites

Aug 2001

  1. Carolina In The Pines
  2. Adobe Walls
  3. Cherokee Fiddle
  4. Long Line Of Love
  5. All The Dancing Horses
  6. Fiddlin' Man
  7. Cowboy Logic
  8. I'm Gonna Miss You Girl
  9. From The Word Go
  10. Geronimo's Cadillac
  11. What's Forever For
  12. Wildfire

Ultimate Collection

Oct 2001

  1. I Feel Good (I Feel Bad)
  2. Natchez Trail
  3. Calico Silver
  4. Harbor For My Soul
  5. What Am I Doing Hangin' Around?
  6. Drunken Lady Of The Morning
  7. Cosmic Cowboy Pt.1
  8. Swans Against The Sun
  9. Still Taking Chances
  10. A Long Line Of Love
  11. From The Word Go
  12. I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl
  13. Geronimo's Cadillac
  14. Boy From The Country
  15. Backsliders Wine
  16. Wildfire
  17. Carolina In The Pines
  18. Cherokee Fiddle
  19. Renegade
  20. What's Forever For?
  21. Will It Be Love By Morning?

Live at Billy Bob's Texas

Mar 2004

  1. Southwestern Pilgrimage
  2. Alleys of Austin
  3. Carolina In The Pine
  4. Cherokee Fiddle
  5. Long Line Of Love
  6. What's Forever For
  7. Geronimo's Cadillac
  8. Runnin' Shadow
  9. Cowboy Logic
  10. Born To Be A Cowboy
  11. Big Iron
  12. Wildfire
  13. Brothers Under The Sun
  14. Blue Sky Riding Song

Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir

Sep 2004

  1. Cosmic Cowboy
  2. South Canadian River Song
  3. Blessings in Disguise
  4. Temperature Train
  5. Prometheus Busted
  6. Honolulu
  7. Rolling Hills
  8. What Am I Doin' Hangin' Round? [Live]
  9. Seasons Change [Live]
  10. Alleys Of Austin
  11. Drunken Lady Of The Morning
  12. Michael Angelo's Blues (Live)
  13. Natchez Trace (Live)
  14. Wildfire

Heartland Cowboy: Cowboy Songs, Vol. 5

Oct 2006

  1. Free Rein
  2. Close To The Land
  3. The Wheel Comes Around
  4. Dry Lightning
  5. Out Of Line
  6. Long And Lonesome Road to Dalhart
  7. Storm Over The Rangeland
  8. Ride Out The Storm
  9. Bluebonnets
  10. My Country Under God
  11. America's Heartland Reprise / Simple Gifts

Cowboy Christmas Gift Set

Oct 2006

  1. Home Sweet Home
  2. O Little Town of Bethlehem
  3. The First Noël
  4. In the Bleak Midwinter
  5. 'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime (Huron Carole)
  6. Away in a Manger
  7. Joy to the World
  8. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
  9. We Three Kings
  10. Go Tell It on the Mountain
  11. Silent Night
  12. What Child Is This
  13. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

Geronimo's Cadillac

Dec 2006

  1. Rainbow Man
  2. Waking Up
  3. Crack Up in Las Cruces
  4. Michael Angelo's Blues (Song for Hogman)
  5. Lights of the City
  6. You Can Only Say So Much [Live][*]
  7. Blood Brothers [Live][*]
  8. Kansas City Catfish Man [Live][*]
  9. Sikston County Wildman [Live][*]
  10. Fort Worth, I Love You [Live][*]
  11. Geronimo's Cadillac
  12. Natchez Trace
  13. Calico Silver
  14. Boy From The Country
  15. What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?
  16. Backsliders Wine

Flowing Free Forever

Dec 2006

  1. Flowing Free Forever
  2. A North Wind and a New Moon
  3. Cherokee Fiddle
  4. See How All the Horses Come Dancing
  5. Yellow House
  6. Changing Woman
  7. High Country Caravan (Aka Song for Steven Stills)
  8. Running Wide Open
  9. Our Lady of Santa Fe
  10. The Wandering Minstrel

Blue Sky Night Thunder

Mar 2008

  1. Wildfire
  2. Carolina in the Pines
  3. Desert Rat
  4. Wild Bird
  5. Blue Sky Riding Song
  6. Medicine Man
  7. Secret Mountain Hideout
  8. Without My Lady There
  9. Night Thunder
  10. Rings of Life

The Best of Michael Martin Murphey

Jul 2008

  1. Carolina In The Pines
  2. Geronimo's Cadillac
  3. Cherokee Fiddle
  4. Still Taking Chaces
  5. What's Forever For
  6. Wildfire
  7. What She Wants
  8. Love Affairs
  9. Disenchanted
  10. Don't Count The Rainy Days
  11. Will It Be Love By Morning
  12. Radio Land

Buckaroo Blue Grass

Feb 2009

  1. Lone Cowboy (Album Version)
  2. What Am I Doing Hanging Around (Album Version)
  3. Lost River (Album Version)
  4. Carolina In The Pines (Album Version)
  5. Cherokee Fiddle (Album Version)
  6. Dancing in the Meadow (Album Version)
  7. Healing Spring (Album Version)
  8. Fiddlin' Man (Album Version)
  9. Boy From The Country (Album Version)
  10. Wild Bird (Album Version)
  11. Close To The Land

Cowboy Classics: Old West Cowboy Collection

Jun 2009

  1. I Ride An Old Paint
  2. Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo
  3. The Old Chisolm Trail
  4. Strawberry Roan
  5. Red River Valley
  6. Little Joe The Wrangler
  7. The Colorado Trail
  8. Tying Knots In The Devil's Tail
  9. When The Work's All Done This Fall
  10. The Yellow Rose of Texas
  11. Utah Carroll
  12. The Streets Of Laredo
  13. The Bunkhouse Orchestra
  14. Old Horse
  15. Night Hawk

Lone Cowboy: Live & Solo

Jan 2010

  1. Lone Cowboy / Carolina In The Pines
  2. Partner To The Wind / Cool Water
  3. Little Joe The Wrangler / Oh Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie
  4. Long And Lonesome Road To Dalhart
  5. Wildfire
  6. When The Work's All Done This Fall
  7. What Am I Doing Here
  8. Vanishing Breed
  9. Cherokee Fiddle
  10. Close To The Land
  11. Summer Ranges

Buckaroo Blue Grass II - Riding Song

Feb 2010

  1. Blue Sky Riding Song
  2. Running Gun
  3. Backslider's Wine
  4. Rollin' Nowhere
  5. Southwestern Pilgrimage
  6. Medicine Man
  7. Cosmic Cowboy
  8. Desert Rat
  9. Running Gun
  10. Wildfire
  11. Renegade
  12. Swans Against The Sun

Songs

  1. Never Givin' Up on Love
  2. The Heart Knows the Truth

Michael Martin Murphey