For the sixth year in a row The Killers are releasing a Christmas song in support of the (RED) Campaign which is an organization trying to help fight the spread of HIV and AIDS in Africa. This year is a cover of Michael Martin Murphey's track "The Cowboy's Christmas Ball" which will be released today to coincide with World Aids Day with all proceeds going to the charity. Again, it's not the greatest song that the band had written but the cause is admirable none the less. There's also a video in the [...]
Avant de devenir l'un des cowboys chantants les plus fameux depuis Marty Robbins, Michael Murphey (rebaptisé plus tard Michael Martin Murphey) s'était fait un nom sur la scène progressive country. Geronimo's Cadillac, son premier album, intervient en 1972 après plusieurs années d'écriture pour les autres : Bobbie Gentry, Flatt & Scruggs, Kenny Rogers ou les Monkees à qui il confiera What Am I
John Angelle at Threadgill's restaurant, under the big Freddie King painting that once hung in the Armadillo World HQ It's been a busy week for us, and we must apologize for not tending the blog recently. We've done a few interviews in advance of South by Southwest, those are coming soon and we have some other cool stuff on the horizon - promise. Today we want to give you something for the weekend ... a little remembrance of the Texas "cosmic cowboy" movement of the 1970s. The other day we mentioned Shiva's [...]
Second helping of Murphey's bluegrass reinterpretations Michael Martin Murphey's 1975 single "Wildfire" was only the most public aspect of a long and rich career. He appeared on the country charts throughout the 1980s and subsequently developed a deep affinity for cowboy songs. Over the years he's revisited key parts of his catalog, and in 2009 produced a volume of tunes reinterpreted in a bluegrass style. A year later he's back with a second volume that sounds even more confident. His latest concentrates on songs from the early-to-mid 70s albums Geronimo's Cadillac [...]
In 1990, Michael Martin Murphey took a trip down a musical back road with the release of Cowboy Songs , an album that paid homage to the music of the Old West. At the time, Murphey was riding high on the country singles chart with songs like "From The Word Go" and "Never Givin' Up On Love." Though it was different from what the singer had previously recorded, it helped usher in another successful phase of his career. In the 70s, the singer was a mainstay on the Pop charts with songs like [...]
Earlier this week we roamed over to Luckenbach to soak up a little of that Texas mystique, and I thought while we're in the neighborhood we oughta just keep goin' about the good old days. Well, as I said, back in the 1970s Texas became the epicenter of something called the outlaw country music movement. It kinda started around 1972, right about the time Willie Nelson's Nashville home burned down and he moved back to Austin. Later that year Nelson held his first Fourth of July festival at Dripping Springs - featuring Waylon Jennings, Tompall Glaser, Kris Kristofferson and Leon [...]
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band & Michael Martin Murphey - Lost River ( buy ) (1989) Hi, I'm back from the Briançon area in the Southern Alps where I spent 2 weeks of well-deserved vacations. The town is located at the foot of the mountains, surronded by numerous valleys. The more I come to this place, the more I find it beautiful. Me and my wife took a lot of river pictures while hiking, so this 100th post will be full of images and songs of mountain rivers. Now september comes [...]
There's a place in Austin, it's called Barton Springs. Even on these blistering hot days (temps in the 100s) the damn water is ice cold. You leap into this pool at your own risk because you're going from air that's around 105 degrees into water that's about 68 degrees. It may not seem so bad to you folks up in the snow belt but try it some time. I know for sure that my heart can't take it - not like it could when I was younger. Instead, my heart is definitely open to this Lone Star flavored [...]
Pretty solid release lineup this week. Let me be your friendly guide about what's good and what to skip. Good: Ben Folds , Dan Auerbach (from The Black Keys), Lily Allen , Madlib , Malajube , Napalm Death Skip: Um... yeah, I got nothing. Like I said, solid week. There are a lot on here I know nothing about and a lot that I haven't heard, so I can't speak about. :: An Horse , Rearrange Beds (Mom & [...]
Looking back over the last few posts, I realized that some of the songs I posted are recognized by a few states as official State Songs. Every state, with the exception of New Jersey, has at least one song officially designated as a State Song. Most are obscure, forgettable numbers played only at official functions, but several states have adopted more memorable songs. In the Stephen Foster post, I included two songs that have been granted special status by state legislatures, "Old Folks at Home" (Way Down Upon The Swanee River) is the official song of the state [...]
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