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Blue Sky – Night Thunder

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Released
  
1975

Artist
  
Michael Martin Murphey

Producer
  
Bob Johnston

Length
  
34:52

Release date
  
1975

Label
  
Epic Records

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Blue Sky – Night Thunder (1975)
  
Swans Against the Sun (1976)

Genres
  
Country music, Western music

Similar
  
Michael Martin Murphey albums, Country music albums

Blue Sky – Night Thunder is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey and is considered one of the seminal albums of his career. Released in 1975, it produced two major hit singles—the platinum-certified "Wildfire" and "Carolina in the Pines"—and established him as a major force in popular music. Members of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band provided backing on some of the tracks.

Contents

The album was Murphey's most successful and reached #18 on the Billboard album chart, eventually selling 800,000 US copies. It remains his most commercially successful album to date.

Track listing

  1. "Wildfire" (Murphey, Larry Cansler) – 4:47
  2. "Carolina in the Pines" (Murphey) – 3:54
  3. "Goodbye Old Desert Rat" (Murphey) – 3:53
  4. "Wild Bird" (Murphey) – 2:24
  5. "Blue Sky Riding Song" (Murphey) – 3:32
  6. "Medicine Man" (Murphey, Murphey) – 3:49
  7. "Secret Mountain Hideout" (Murphey, Jac Murphey) – 3:56
  8. "Without My Lady There" (Murphey) – 2:33
  9. "Night Thunder" (Murphey) – 2:46
  10. "Rings of Life" (Murphey, Gary P. Nunn) – 3:18

Personnel

Music

  • Michael Martin Murphey – vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano
  • John McEuen – banjo
  • Jerry Mills – mandolin
  • Sam Broussard – guitar
  • Richard Dean – guitar, background vocals
  • Jac Murphy – keyboards
  • Tom Scott – saxophone
  • Michael McKinney – bass, background vocals
  • Harry Wilkinson – drums
  • Tracy Nelson – background vocals
  • Jeff Hanna – background vocals
  • Jimmy Ibbotson – background vocals

    • Production

  • Bob Johnston – producer
  • Jeff Guercio – engineer

    • Songs

    1Wildfire4:48
    2Carolina In The Pines3:58
    3Desert Rat3:55

    References

    Blue Sky – Night Thunder Wikipedia
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