The Horse Legends

The Horse Legends
Studio album by Michael Martin Murphey
Released	July 8, 1997
Recorded	Loft, Doghouse, Audio Media Recorders, Omni Recording Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country, cowboy music
Length	43:17
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Michael Martin Murphey Jim Ed Norman Joey Miskulin Steve Gibson
Michael Martin Murphey chronology
Sagebrush Symphony (1995) The Horse Legends (1997) Cowboy Songs Four (1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[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

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

References

1. Allmusic review
2. McDonald, Steven. "Horse Legends". Allmusic. Retrieved May 26, 2012.

External links

• Michael Martin Murphey's Official Website