Cowboy Songs III

Cowboy Songs III
Studio album by
Michael Martin Murphey
ReleasedOctober 12, 1993
RecordedNightingale Recording Studio
The Reflections,
Nashville, Tennessee
GenreCountry, cowboy music
Length73:30
LabelWarner Bros. Records
Producer
  • Joey Miskulin
  • Michael Martin Murphey
Michael Martin Murphey chronology
Cowboy Christmas: Cowboy Songs II
(1991) 		Cowboy Songs III
(1993) 		Sagebrush Symphony
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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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

  1. "Big Iron" (with Marty Robbins) (Robbins) – 4:09
  2. "Rhymes of the Renegades" (Murphey) – 4:35
  3. "Riders in the Sky" (Jones) – 3:28
  4. "El Paso" (Robbins) – 4:52
  5. "Sonora's Death Row" (Farrell) – 4:30
  6. "Ballad of Billy the Kid" – 4:03
  7. "Billy Gray" (with Debbie Nims) (Blake) – 4:10
  8. "Roses and Thorns" (with Ryan Murphey) (Murphey) – 4:18
  9. "Strawberry Roan" (with Chris LeDoux) (Fletcher) – 3:44
  10. "The Wild West Is Gonna Get Wilder" (Murphey) – 4:28
  11. "The Ballad of Jesse James" – 4:18
  12. "Frank James' Farewell" (with Hal Ketchum) (Burr, Ketchum) – 3:41
  13. "Cole Younger" (with Hal Ketchum) (Traditional) – 3:57
  14. "Belle Star" (with Bill Miller) (Murphey) – 6:02
  15. "Queen of Heartaches" (Murphey, Rains) – 4:23
  16. "Sam Bass" (Traditional) – 4:51
  17. "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

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ a b c McCall, Michael. "Cowboy Songs III". Allmusic. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Cowboy Songs III". Discogs. Retrieved May 24, 2012.