Lone Cowboy

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Lone Cowboy
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Live album by
ReleasedJanuary 12, 2010 (2010-01-12)
RecordedOctober 2008
Western Jubilee
Warehouse Theater,
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Genre Country, cowboy music
Length50:57
Label Western Jubilee Recording Co.
Producer Scott O'Malley
Michael Martin Murphey chronology
Buckaroo Blue Grass
(2009)
Lone Cowboy
(2010)
Buckaroo Blue Grass II
(2010)
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Lone Cowboy: Live & Solo is the twenty-ninth album by American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey, his first solo album, and his third live album. The album was recorded live in October 2008 at the Western Jubilee Warehouse Theater in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and was released January 12, 2010. [2]

Michael Martin Murphey American singer-songwriter

Michael Martin Murphey is an American singer-songwriter best known for writing and performing Western music, country music and popular music. A multiple Grammy nominee, Murphey has six gold albums, including Cowboy Songs, the first album of cowboy music to achieve gold status since Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs by Marty Robbins in 1959. He has recorded the hit singles "Wildfire", "Carolina in the Pines", "What's Forever For", "A Long Line of Love", "What She Wants", "Don't Count the Rainy Days", and "Maybe This Time". Murphey is also the author of New Mexico's state ballad, "The Land of Enchantment". Murphey has become a prominent musical voice for the Western horseman, rancher, and cowboy.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Home rule municipality in Colorado, United States

Colorado Springs is a home rule municipality that is the largest city by area in Colorado as well as the county seat and the most populous municipality of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in the east central portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located 60 miles (97 km) south of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Lone Cowboy" / "Carolina in the Pines" (Murphey) – 6:04
  2. "Partner to the Wind" / "Cool Water" (Murphey, Nolan) – 5:42
  3. "Little Joe the Wrangler" / "Oh Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie" – 6:17
  4. "Long and Lonesome Road to Dalhart" (Murphey) – 4:49
  5. "Wildfire" (Cansler, Murphey) – 3:36
  6. "When the Work's All Done This Fall" – 4:01
  7. "What Am I Doing Here?" (Cook, Murphey, Rains) – 2:56
  8. "Vanishing Breed" (Hoffner, Murphey) – 3:50
  9. "Cherokee Fiddle" (Murphey) – 4:31
  10. "Close to the Land" (Murphey, Quist) – 5:39
  11. "Summer Ranges" (Murphey) – 3:32 [2]

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. 1 2 3 Jurek, Thom. "Lone Cowboy: Live & Solo". Allmusic. Retrieved May 23, 2012.