Cowboy Songs is the sixteenth album by American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey and his first album of cowboy songs. The album peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[2][3]

Cowboy Songs
Studio album by Michael Martin Murphey
Released	August 21, 1990
Recorded	Omni Sound Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country, western
Length	65:43
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Steve Gibson
Michael Martin Murphey chronology
Land of Enchantment (1989) Cowboy Songs (1990) Cowboy Christmas: Cowboy Songs II (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listings

1. "Cowboy Logic" (Don Cook, Chick Rains) – 3:35
2. "I Ride an Old Paint" / "Whoopee Ti-Yi-Yo, Git Along Little Doggies" (Traditional) – 3:01
3. "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (Nolan) – 2:20
4. "Tying Knots in the Devil's Tail" – 3:06
5. "The Old Chisholm Trail" – 4:46
6. "Home on the Range" – 3:31
7. "What Am I Doing Here" (Michael Martin Murphey, Cook, Raines) – 3:02
8. "Wild Ripplin' Waters" – 1:47
9. "The Yellow Rose of Texas" (Traditional) – 3:00
10. "Spanish is the Loving Tongue" (Clark, Simon) – 5:40
11. "Cowboy Pride" (Tyson) – 2:51
12. "Red River Valley" – 3:30
13. "Let the Cowboy Dance" (Murphey, Cook, Raines) – 3:01
14. "Jack of Diamonds" – 1:13
15. "Texas Rangers" – 3:21
16. "When the Work's All Done This Fall" (Traditional) – 3:18
17. "The Streets of Laredo" (Murphey, PD) – 4:06
18. "O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie" – 3:02
19. "Where Do Cowboys Go When They Die" / "Reincarnation" – 3:42
20. "Goodbye Old Paint" – 2:13
21. "Happy Trails" (Evans) – 2:16[2][3]

Credits

Music

• Michael Martin Murphey – vocals, guitar, producer, arranger
• Tammy Wynette – background vocals
• Steve Gibson – electric guitar, mandolin, background vocals, producer
• Biff Watson – guitar
• Mark Casstevens – guitar, harmonica
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
• John McEuen – banjo, mandolin, fiddle
• Dennis Burnside – keyboards
• David Hoffner – keyboards, hammer dulcimer
• Mark O'Connor – fiddle
• Terry McMillan – harmonica
• Michael Rhodes – bass
• Craig Nelson – electric bass
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Jerry Kroon – drums
• Don Edwards – background vocals
• Jack Hannah – background vocals
• Curtis Stone – background vocals
• Cactus Moser – background vocals
• Jack Daniels – background vocals
• Suzy Bogguss – background vocals
• Paulette Carlson – background vocals
• Red Steagall – background vocals
• Lon Hannah – background vocals
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals
• Curtis Young – background vocals

Production

• Steve Gibson – producer
• Rich Schirmer – recording, mixing,
• Carry Summers – assistant
• Steve Bishir – assistant
• Denny Purcell – mastering
• William Matthews – art direction, watercolor painting
• Steve Whatley – design[2][3]

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

• Michael Martin Murphey's Official Website