Michael Martin Murphey - Cowboy Songs III-Rhymes of the

Our price:	$9.98
Media:	Audio CD
Record label:	Warner Brothers
Release date:	12 October, 1993

Average user rating: Average user rating: 4

Cowboy songs 3

I was 20 years old when I first met MMM. I was a student at that times. One day, when I was passing by a music market I heard a cowboy song playing. I asked who's singing this song. The salesman said "He's Michael Martin Murphey. This cassette is very well. I recommend you to buy it." As I like cowboy songs, I bougth it.
Now I'm 35 years old and still MMM is my favorite singer.
In fact, once I used to have this "Cowboy songs 3" audio cassette. But it's become deformed and out of use by the heat of the sun. I wanted to buy a new one but I could not find it in Turkey.That's why I ordered this cassette.
The songs are really very well. Especially Big Iron is the best for me.

Thanks to MMM.

Great album for fans of cowboy music

If you're looking for traditional cowboy music, you might want to look elsewhere because some of these songs, particularly "Rhymes of the Renegades" and "The Wild West Is Gonna Get Wilder" strike me as being fairly recent compositions. But if you're looking for a collection of ballads and songs about the Old West, this album is well worth getting. Many of the songs tell, in brief, the stories of famous outlaws. Some of the songs like "Big Iron", "Rhymes of the Renegades", and "The Wild West Is Gonna Get Wilder" are bright and spirited. Others, like "Ghost Riders in the Sky", "Frank James' Farewell", and "Birmingham Jail" are melancholy and haunting. Overall, if you'd like an album that gives you a taste of the Wild West, this is the album to get. The only thing keeping it from getting a 10 is that some of the songs, "El Paso", "Sonora's Death Row", and "Belle Starr" in particular, don't hold up well with repeated playings.

A Natural Follow up

Once again, Murphey resurrects cowboy classics. Many deal with the exploits of legends of the West, both the "white hats" and the "black hats". If you've enjoyed MMM's early recordings of cowboy songs, this is a natural. If you didn't enjoy the earlier collections, you've got a loose connection somewhere and you'd better get it checked out. On this CD, Murph is joined by various guest artists who contribute a nice touch to the finished product.

I bought this as a result of "Cowboy Songs" and "Cowboy Songs II" and haved played it over and over. Overall, it holds up well to repeated listening and is usually in my "travelling collection" of CDs that I take with me on the road.