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Michael Martin Murphey

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American singer-songwriter

United StatesMusiciansBorn 1945 · age 81
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Michael Martin Murphey is an American singer-songwriter. He was one of the founding artists of progressive country. 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.

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Michael Martin Murphey at the Sportsman's Texaco in Lake City, Colorado, July 2, 2009Michael Martin Murphey at the Sportsman's Texaco in Lake City, Colorado, July 2, 2009Jonathan Edwards, Michael Martin Murphey, and Gary Roller at the Flying Monkey, Plymouth, NH, October 13, 2012Jonathan Edwards, Michael Martin Murphey, and Gary Roller at the Flying Monkey, Plymouth, NH, October 13, 2012

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Michael Martin Murphey is an American singer-songwriter. He was one of the founding artists of progressive country. 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". He has become a prominent musical voice for the Western horseman, rancher, and cowboy.

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United States
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Born 1945 · age 81
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