TALL GRASS and COOL WATER continues the connection between Cowboy Music and Bluegrass which began with his Grammy® nominated
BUCKAROO BLUE GRASS!
This time MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY offers a collection of songs that are "Cowboy" in theme, yet played in a style of arrangement that is compatible with the sterling Bluegrass musicians he's brought together in the studio that includes; Sam Bush, Ronnie McCoury, Pat Flynn, Charlie Cushman, Andy Hall, Andy Leftwich, Troy Engle, Mike Bubb and Craig Nelson.
Millions of MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY fans have bought copies of his "Cowboy Songs" series. COWBOY SONGS, VOL. 1 was the first Gold Album of Cowboy Music since Marty Robbins achieved that distinction, and is now approaching Platinum status.
Rural Rhythm Records is very proud to announce the brand new single, “The Ballad Of Jesse James” by multi-award winning and Bluegrass Grammy® nominated artist, Michael Martin Murphey. The song is from the upcoming album, TALL GRASS and COOL WATER releasing June 28, 2011.
“The Ballad of Jesse James” includes the talents of Michael Martin Murphey (lead vocals / rhythm guitar); Pat Flynn (lead /acoustic guitar); Ryan Murphey (mandolin); Troy Engle (fiddle / banjo); and Mike Bubb (upright bass.)
The song is part of a “James Gang Trilogy” feature on the album along with “The Ballad of Cole Younger,” and “Frank James Farewell.” This public domain ballad was supposedly written by Billy Gashade, but his identity if a mystery. The song is a parody of “Rally ‘Round the Flag,” a popular Union anthem during the Civil War. Jesse and Frank James grew up on a prairie farm near Kearney, Missouri. They became the most notorious outlaws in American history, and were compared to Robin Hood by Confederate loyalist after the Civil War.
“The Ballad of Jesse James” now available to radio stations via AirplayDirect.com. Stay tuned for upcoming announcements on TALL GRASS & COOL WATER as Murphey and his Buckaroo Blue Grass friends ride again. This new project no doubt continues the important connection between bluegrass music and cowboy music that began with the first BUCKAROO BLUE GRASS album and continued with last year’s Grammy® nominated BUCKAROO BLUE GRASS II album.
His BUCKAROO BLUE GRASS and BUCKAROO BLUE GRASS II albums have captured the imagination and hearts of both Bluegrass fans and Cowboy Music fans, garnering so much sales and airplay as to reach# 1 on the charts.
TALL GRASS and COOL WATER, produced and arranged by Ryan Murphey, is heavily driven by MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY’S own lifestyle, that of a rancher, who has enjoyed decades of raising horses and cattle on the wide-open prairies and mountains of the Southwest and Mid-West. These are songs of America's Heartland and the American Cowboy, collected, written and arranged by a man who has simultaneously lived the life of a rancher and singer/songwriter.
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