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Cowboy songs existed before country music and became popular with a wider public in the thirties and forties because of their use in western movies. Marty Robbins and others continued to record them, but they gradually faded into obscurity. With this album, Michael revived the old songs and renewed public interest in them.The set opens with the brilliant Cowboy logic, a song about the way cowboys think and ends with Happy trails, a Roy Rogers classic. In between, there are many cowboy classics, including Tumbling tumbleweeds, The old Chisholm trail, Home on the range, Yellow rose of Texas, Redmore… river valley, Streets of Laredo, Bury me not on the lone prairie and Goodbye old paint.Michael contributes three of his own songs, What I am I doing here, Let the cowboy dance and Where do cowboys go when they die – all of a high quality. He also covers Cowboy pride, a song written by Ian Tyson, a Canadian singer who has also demonstrated his love of cowboy music by recording several albums of western songs.If you already enjoy cowboy songs, you will love this. If you are new to the music, this is the best place to start. The two follow-up albums – Cowboy songs II (A Cowboy Christmas) and Cowboy songs III (another collection similar to this) maintain the standard, while another of Michael’s albums, Horse legends, may also interest you, though most of the songs are unconnected with cowboys. Cowboy music fans wishing to explore further should investigate Ian Tyson’s music.

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Title:

Michael Martin Murphey - Cowboy Songs (1990) Retail CD

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