Cowboy Songs: Michael Martin Murphey: Amazon.ca: Music

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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
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A "cosmic cowboy" in the country-rocking '70s, Michael Martin Murphey revived his career as a cowboy traditionalist with this 1990 release. Mixing campfire chestnuts such as "Home on the Range, "I Ride an Old Paint," and "Happy Trails" with contemporary hokum such as "Cowboy Logic," the album returned the western to the music formerly known as country and western, and its success inspired a series of sequels on the Warner Western label. Though nothing here is as cloying as 1975's "Wildfire" ballad, Murphey's biggest hit, this smooth stylist emphasizes the romance rather than the grittier realities of the cowboy's life. --Don McLeese

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4.0 out of 5 stars Nostalgia plus, April 23 2004

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J. Kelly "Jim Kelly" (Salem, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cowboy Songs (Audio CD)

When I first discovered this collection in about 1991, as a result of an Austin City Limits show where Murphey did his Wild West show, I thought I'd rediscovered my childhood. With the exception of several "modern" cowboy songs such as Ian Tyson's "Cowboy Pride", Murph's "Let the Cowboy Dance", and his hit recording of "Cowboy Logic", these are mostly traditional cowboy songs with roots to the 19th century. Featured are great productions of "The Old Chisholm Trail", "The Streets of Laredo", "Texas Rangers", "Goodbye Old Paint", "Red River Valley", and about 11 other tunes that almost all of us from my generation learned and sang in elementary school.

Anyone looking only for traditional cowboy songs may be better served by picking Don Edwards' "Saddle Songs" collection or Murphey's own "Cowboy Classics: Playing Favorites 2", also currently available. However, this CD belongs in everyone's collection as the basis for building a "western" music cumulation around. The Sons of the San Joaquin, Don Edwards, Red Steagall, Tammy Wynette and Suzy Boguss share vocals on this CD and are joined by Joey Miskulin's extremely tasteful contributions on the accordian, or "stomach Steinway".

All in all, a marvelous recording. Buy it!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Classic Country Music, Mar 1 2004

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"spookyspooker" (Jefferson, OR United States) - See all my reviews

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This is a GREAT Album. The songs are classic's to the western world. If you have a love for country music with a twist in it, this is the one for you. Cowboy Logic song is GRAND!!! No other song like it I can say. And the other songs are jsut as great. Once you get these songs in your head, you will be humming the tunes all day long. Murphey is a great artist, but I think this album is the best out of all the other ones he has. If you going to buy a cd from Murphey, Let it be this one cause it's worth every penny. Cowboy Up everyone!!!
Spooker

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5.0 out of 5 stars Overlooked in other reviews, Sep 21 2003

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Stanley B. Adams (Bartlett, Tn United States) - See all my reviews
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One thing that I noticed was overlooked in the posted reviews was the seamless performance of the band. If you have a chance to hear this CD, but especially if you have the chance to see the PBS video you will see what I am saying. The fiddle performance is absolutley awesome. Some of the best bowing that can be found today in terms of smoothness. And the chord shifts are really, really, good. And the seldome used accordion (in todays bands) is a hit addition as many of the simplier groups used such an instrument through the 30's to the 60's. Tops! All are on the same scale as the Grammy winning performers of Asleep at the Wheel. Enjoy the music!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Authentic Cowboy Songs
Michael Martin Murphey has a good voice, and this is a fair sampling of largely authentic cowboy songs. Several songs use profanity. Read more

Published on Aug 14 2003 by Mark DeBolt

5.0 out of 5 stars The revival of cowboy music began here
Cowboy songs existed before country music and became popular with a wider public in the thirties and forties because of their use in western movies. Read more

Published on May 25 2003 by Peter Durward Harris