''Buckaroo Blue Grass'' is the twenty-eighth studio album by the American singer-songwriter
Michael Martin Murphey
Michael Martin Murphey (born March 14, 1945) 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' ...
, and his first album of
bluegrass music
Bluegrass music is a genre of American roots music
The term American folk music encompasses numerous music genres, variously known as ''traditional music'', ''traditional folk music'', ''contemporary folk music'', ''vernacular music,'' or ...
.
Track listing
# "Lone Cowboy" (Murphey) – 3:12
# "What Am I Doing Hangin' Round?" (Murphey) – 3:09
# "Lost River" (Murphey) – 3:17
# "
Carolina in the Pines
"Carolina in the Pines" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Michael Martin Murphey. It was released in August 1975 as the second and final single from the album '' Blue Sky - Night Thunder''. It peaked at number 21 on t ...
" (Murphey) – 4:36
# "
Cherokee Fiddle
"Cherokee Fiddle" is a song written by Michael Martin Murphey. Murphey's version of the song went to number 58 on the Hot Country Singles chart in 1977. The story is based on a fiddle player named "Scooter"; his real name was Dean Kirk. He was of ...
" (Murphey) – 4:21
# "Dancing in the Meadow" (Murphey) – 3:45
# "Healing Spring" (Murphey) – 4:57
# "Fiddlin' Man" (Murphey, Norman, Rains) – 4:25
# "Boy from the Country" (Murphey) – 4:23
# "Wild Bird" (Murphey) – 2:56
# "Close to the Land (America's Heartland)" (Murphey, Quist) – 4:26
Credits
Music
*
Michael Martin Murphey
Michael Martin Murphey (born March 14, 1945) 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' ...
– vocals, acoustic guitar, executive producer
*
Ryan Murphey
Ryan Murphey is a Grammy-nominated music producer, songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist. Since 1988, Ryan has toured with his father, Michael Martin Murphey, as lead guitarist and vocalist in the Rio Grande Band. Ryan is Michael's oldest son, ...
– acoustic guitar, vocals, producer
*
Rhonda Vincent
Rhonda Lea Vincent (born July 13, 1962) is an American bluegrass singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.
Vincent's music career began when she was a child in her family's band The Sally Mountain Show, and it has spanned more than four de ...
– vocals
*
Pat Flynn – guitar
*
Rob Ickes
Rob Ickes hymes with "bikes"is an American dobro (resonator guitar) player, born 1967 in San Francisco, California, United States. Ickes moved to Nashville in 1992 and joined the contemporary bluegrass band Blue Highway as a founding member in ...
– dobro
* Charlie Cushman – banjo
* Mike Stidolph – mandolin
*
Ronnie McCoury
Ronnie McCoury is an American mandolin player, singer, and songwriter (born March 16, 1967). He is the son of bluegrass musician Del McCoury, and is best known for his work with the Del McCoury Band
and the Travelin' McCourys.
Biography
Ronnie Mc ...
– mandolin
* Clay Riness – mandolin
*
Sam Bush
Charles Samuel Bush (born April 13, 1952) is an American mandolinist who is considered an originator of progressive bluegrass music. In 2020, he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame as a member of New Grass Revival.
...
– mandolin, fiddle
* Andy Leftwich – fiddle
* David Davidson – fiddle
* Matthew Wilkes – bass guitar
* Craig Nelson – bass guitar
Production
* Keith Compton – engineer
*
Don Edwards
William Donlon Edwards (January 6, 1915 – October 1, 2015) was an American politician of the Democratic Party and a member of the United States House of Representatives from California for 32 years in the late 20th century.
Early life
Edwar ...
– liner notes
Chart performance
References
;Notes
;Citations
External links
Michael Martin Murphey's official website
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2009 albums
Bluegrass albums
Michael Martin Murphey albums