Cowboy Classics: Playing Favorites II

Cowboy Classics: Playing Favorites II
Studio album by Michael Martin Murphey
Released	May 14, 2002
Recorded	Soundstage Studios, Omni Sound Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country, cowboy music
Length	51:14
Label	Real West Production
Producer	Ryan Murphey
Michael Martin Murphey chronology
Playing Favorites (2001) Cowboy Classics: Playing Favorites II (2002) Cowboy Christmas III (2002)

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Cowboy Classics: Playing Favorites II is the twenty-fourth album by American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey. This is Murphey's followup to his successful 2001 compilation Playing Favorites and contains rerecorded versions of many of his cowboy songs. Murphey's attraction to the cowboy's way of life is an attempt to preserve his own cultural heritage, breathing new life into classics like "I Ride an Old Paint", "Red River Valley", and "Yellow Rose of Texas". Among the highlights of the album is a stately six-minute version of "Streets of Laredo", arranged for fiddle and piano. In the liner notes, Murphey includes a short note concerning each of the song's origins.^[2]

Track listing

1. "I Ride An Old Paint" (Traditional) – 3:36
2. "Whoopie Ti-Ti-Yo" – 2:26
3. "The Old Chisholm Trail" – 4:39
4. "Strawberry Roan" – 4:15
5. "Red River Valley" – 5:41
6. "Little Joe the Wrangler" (Thorp) – 4:10
7. "The Colorado Trail" – 3:42
8. "Tying Knots In the Devils Tail" – 3:09
9. "When the Work's All Done This Fall" – 4:15
10. "The Yellow Rose of Texas" (Traditional) – 2:50
11. "Utah Carroll" – 3:45
12. "The Bard of Armagh" / "Streets of Laredo" (Traditional) – 6:58
13. "I Ride An Old Paint" (reprise) (Traditional) – 1:48^[2]

Credits

Music

• Michael Martin Murphey – vocals, acoustic guitar
• Ryan Murphey – acoustic guitar, nylon strings, producer
• Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar, nylon strings
• Chris Leuzinger – acoustic & electric guitars, nylon strings
• Jonathan Yudkin – mandolin, fiddle
• David Hoffner – piano
• Joey Miskulin – accordion
• Paul Sadler – hammered dulcimer
• Craig Nelson – upright bass
• Matt Pierson – upright bass
• Bobby Blazier – drums
• Daniel Marvel – drums

Production

• Keith Compton – engineer
• Michael Page – art direction
• John Sheppard – photography
• William Matthews – cover painting, watercolor art^[2]

References

External links

• Michael Martin Murphey's Official Website

Michael Martin Murphey
1970s albums	Geronimo's Cadillac (1972) Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir (1973) Michael Murphey (1973) Blue Sky – Night Thunder (1975) Swans Against the Sun (1976) Flowing Free Forever (1976) Lone Wolf (1978) Peaks, Valleys, Honky Tonks & Alleys (1979)
1980s albums	Hard Country (1981) Michael Martin Murphey (1982) The Heart Never Lies (1983) Tonight We Ride (1986) Americana (1987) River of Time (1988) Land of Enchantment (1989)
1990s albums	Cowboy Songs (1990) Cowboy Christmas: Cowboy Songs II (1991) Cowboy Songs III (1993) Sagebrush Symphony (1995) The Horse Legends (1997) Cowboy Songs Four (1998) Acoustic Christmas Carols (1999)
2000s albums	Playing Favorites (2001) Cowboy Classics: Playing Favorites II (2002) Cowboy Christmas III (2002) Live at Billy Bob's Texas (2004) Heartland Cowboy: Cowboy Songs, Vol. 5 (2006) Buckaroo Blue Grass (2009)
2010s albums	Lone Cowboy (2010) Buckaroo Blue Grass II (2010) Tall Grass & Cool Water (2011) Campfire on the Road (2012) Red River Drifter (2013) High Stakes (2016)
Notable singles	"Geronimo's Cadillac" "Wildfire" "Cherokee Fiddle" "What's Forever For" "Still Taking Chances" "Love Affairs" "Don't Count the Rainy Days" "Will It Be Love by Morning" "Disenchanted" "What She Wants" "Carolina in the Pines" "Rollin' Nowhere" "A Face in the Crowd" "A Long Line of Love" "I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl" "Talkin' to the Wrong Man" "From the Word Go" "Never Givin' Up on Love" "Route 66" "Big Iron"
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