Released May 14, 2002 Artist Michael Martin Murphey | Length 51:14 Release date 14 May 2002 Label WestFest | |
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Recorded Soundstage Studios,Omni Sound Studio,Nashville, Tennessee Cowboy Classics Playing Favorites II(2002) Similar Campfire on the Road, Playing Favorites, Cowboy Songs Four, Buckaroo Blue Grass, Tall Grass & Cool Water | ||
Cowboy Classics: Playing Favorites II is the twenty-fourth album by American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey. This is Murphey's followup to his successful 2001 compilation Playing Favorites and contains rerecorded versions of many of his cowboy songs. Murphey's attraction to the cowboy's way of life is an attempt to preserve his own cultural heritage, breathing new life into classics like "I Ride an Old Paint", "Red River Valley", and "Yellow Rose of Texas". Among the highlights of the album is a stately six-minute version of "Streets of Laredo", arranged for fiddle and piano. In the liner notes, Murphey includes a short note concerning each of the song's origins.
Contents
Track listing
- "I Ride An Old Paint" (Traditional) – 3:36
- "Whoopie Ti-Ti-Yo" – 2:26
- "The Old Chisholm Trail" – 4:39
- "Strawberry Roan" – 4:15
- "Red River Valley" – 5:41
- "Little Joe the Wrangler" (Thorp) – 4:10
- "The Colorado Trail" – 3:42
- "Tying Knots In the Devils Tail" – 3:09
- "When the Work's All Done This Fall" – 4:15
- "The Yellow Rose of Texas" (Traditional) – 2:50
- "Utah Carroll" – 3:45
- "The Bard of Armagh" / "Streets of Laredo" (Traditional) – 6:58
- "I Ride An Old Paint" (reprise) (Traditional) – 1:48
Credits
Music
Production
Songs
1I Ride an Old Paint3:39
2Whoopie Ti-Ti-Yo2:29
3The Old Chisholm Trail4:41