Cowboy Songs III

Cowboy Songs III - Rhymes of the Renegades
Studio album by Michael Martin Murphey
Released	October 12, 1993
Genre	Country, Cowboy Music
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Joey Miskulin Michael Martin Murphey
Michael Martin Murphey chronology
Cowboy Christmas: Cowboy Songs II (1991) Cowboy Songs III - Rhymes of the Renegades (1993) Sagebrush Symphony (1995)

Cowboy Songs III - Rhymes of the Renegades is Michael Martin Murphey's eighteenth album. This is Murphey's third album of cowboy songs, which focuses on real-life outlaws, from Jesse James to Billy The Kid to Belle Starr. Murphey performs these songs "with a scholar's eye and a fan's heart."^[1][2][3][4]

Track listing

1. "Big Iron" (with Marty Robbins)
2. "Rhymes of the Renegades"
3. "Riders in the Sky"
4. "El Paso"
5. "Sonora's Death Row"
6. "Ballad of Billy the Kid"
7. "Billy Gray" (with Debbie Nims)
8. "Roses and Thorns" (with Ryan Murphey)
9. "Strawberry Roan" (with Chris LeDoux)
10. "The Wild West Is Gonna Get Wilder"
11. "The Ballad of Jesse James"
12. "Frank James' Farewell" (with Hal Ketchum)
13. "Cole Younger" (with Hal Ketchum)
14. "Belle Star" (with Bill Miller)
15. "Queen of Heartaches"
16. "Sam Bass"
17. "Birmingham Jail"

Credits

• Michael Martin Murphey – vocals, producer, liner notes
• Marty Robbins – vocals
• Debbie Nims – vocals
• Hal Ketchum – vocals
• Chris LeDoux – vocals
• Bill Miller – vocals
• Sam D. Bass – author
• Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar
• Chris Leuzinger – 6-string bass, 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass
• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar, harmonica, jaw harp
• John McEuen – banjo
• David Coe – mandolin
• Sonny Garrish – dobro, steel guitar
• Alisa Jones Wall – hammer dulcimer
• Joey Miskulin – accordion, piano, producer
• Dennis Burnside – piano, synthesizer
• David Hoffner – synthesizer
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Sam Bush – fiddle, mandolin
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
• George Tidwell – trumpet
• Ryan Murphey – background vocals
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals
• Roy M. "Junior" Husky – acoustic and electric bass
• Craig Nelson – acoustic and electric bass
• Roy Huskey, Jr. – acoustic and electric bass
• Lonnie Wilson – drums, percussion
• Tommy Wells – drums, percussion
• Sam Bacco – Percussion
• Toby Seay – engineer
• Gary Paczosa – engineer
• Ed Simonton – engineer, assistant engineer
• John Kunz – assistant, assistant engineer
• Marshall Morgan – mixing
• Denny Purcell – mastering
• Patricia Miskulin – production coordination
• Laura LiPuma – art direction
• William Matthews – cover design
• Prof. Thomas Dimsdale – liner notes
• Garrett Rittenberry – design
• David Michael Kennedy – photography
• Willie Matthews – paintings

References

1. ^ McCall, Michael. Allmusic.
2. ^ Michael Martin Murphey Official website
3. ^ Music Match Guide
4. ^ Amazon.com