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1997 studio album by Michael Martin Murphey
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[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
Title Writer(s) 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
Michael Martin Murphey – vocals, producer
Johnny Cash – vocals
Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
Brent Mason – electric guitar
Steve Gibson – electric guitar, producer
Chris Leuzinger – 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Mark Casstevens – 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar
Sonny Garrish – steel guitar, dobro
Mark Howard – banjo, acoustic guitar
Hank Singer – fiddle, mandolin
Matt Rollings – piano
David Hoffner – piano, synthesizer
Joey Miskulin – accordion, producer
Michael Rhodes – electric bass
Craig Nelson – acoustic bass, electric bass
Mike Brignardello – bass
Eddie Bayers – drums
Tommy Wells – drums
Jerry Kroon – drums
Kenny Malone – percussion
John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
Lisa Silver – background vocals
Harry Stinson – background vocals
Gary Janney – background vocals
Dan Keen – background vocals
Curtis Young – background vocals
Dennis Wilson – background vocals
Production
Jim Ed Norman – producer
Bob Tassi – engineer
Rich Schirmer – engineer
Marshall Morgan – engineer, mixing
Toby Seay – engineer, mixing assistant
Scott "T-Bone" Stillman – assistant engineer
Tim Roberts – assistant engineer
Fred Mercer – assistant engineer
Bob Wright – assistant engineer
Jim Eaton – assistant engineer
Denny Purcell – mastering
Don Cobb – editing
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