Along the way, Michael played music with symphonies, cutting-edge Jazz ensembles, Country, Folk and Bluegrass greats - and even performed in churches like Holy Angels in Kansas, where he made a live album with an expert pipe-organist. He then focused on the world of bluegrass, again topping the charts and earning a Grammy nomination to boot. Michael followed with a string of country hits including “Long Line of Love,” “What’s Forever For” and “Still Taking Chances,” then turned his attention to American Cowboy Music with the release of Cowboy Songs, and became the number-one selling artist of Cowboy Music since Marty Robbins. In the 70s, when pioneering the Texas MusicScene centered in Austin with friends Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffet, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark and Willie Nelson, he topped the pop charts with hits like “Geronimo’s Cadillac,” “Wildfire” and “Carolina In The Pines.” Michael Martin Murphey has never lost his passion for exploring and pushing the boundaries. Michael’s first album, Geronimo's Cadillac was given a rave review in Rolling Stone for his eclectic songwriting style: 50 years later he's still one the most eclectic singer-songwriters out there.
The result is something different than either of us have done before, yet it contains all the things with which we’ve experimented.” “We wrote, arranged, produced and performed all of the songs together.
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“For the first time in my career, I decided to make an album that is a full collaboration with another artist – my son Ryan Murphey,” says Michael. But the newest release, Road Beyond The View, is their first truly collaborative record.
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