Cowboy Songs (Michael Martin Murphey album)

Cowboy Songs is the sixteenth album by American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey and his first album of cowboy songs. The album peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

Track listings

 * 1) "Cowboy Logic" (Don Cook, Chick Rains) – 3:35
 * 2) "I Ride an Old Paint" / "Whoopee Ti-Yi-Yo, Git Along Little Doggies" (Traditional) – 3:01
 * 3) "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (Nolan) – 2:20
 * 4) "Tying Knots in the Devil's Tail" – 3:06
 * 5) "The Old Chisholm Trail" – 4:46
 * 6) "Home on the Range" – 3:31
 * 7) "What Am I Doing Here" (Michael Martin Murphey, Cook, Raines) – 3:02
 * 8) "Wild Ripplin' Waters" – 1:47
 * 9) "The Yellow Rose of Texas" (Traditional) – 3:00
 * 10) "Spanish is the Loving Tongue" (Clark, Simon) – 5:40
 * 11) "Cowboy Pride" (Tyson) – 2:51
 * 12) "Red River Valley" – 3:30
 * 13) "Let the Cowboy Dance" (Murphey, Cook, Raines) – 3:01
 * 14) "Jack of Diamonds" – 1:13
 * 15) "Texas Rangers" – 3:21
 * 16) "When the Work's All Done This Fall" (Traditional) – 3:18
 * 17) "The Streets of Laredo" (Murphey, PD) – 4:06
 * 18) "O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie" – 3:02
 * 19) "Where Do Cowboys Go When They Die" / "Reincarnation" – 3:42
 * 20) "Goodbye Old Paint" – 2:13
 * 21) "Happy Trails" (Evans) – 2:16

Credits
Music
 * Michael Martin Murphey – vocals, guitar, producer, arranger
 * Tammy Wynette – background vocals
 * Steve Gibson – electric guitar, mandolin, background vocals, producer
 * Biff Watson – guitar
 * Mark Casstevens – guitar, harmonica
 * Paul Franklin – steel guitar
 * Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
 * John McEuen – banjo, mandolin, fiddle
 * Dennis Burnside – keyboards
 * David Hoffner – keyboards, hammer dulcimer
 * Mark O'Connor – fiddle
 * Terry McMillan – harmonica
 * Michael Rhodes – bass
 * Craig Nelson – electric bass
 * Eddie Bayers – drums
 * Jerry Kroon – drums
 * Don Edwards – background vocals
 * Jack Hannah – background vocals
 * Curtis Stone – background vocals
 * Cactus Moser – background vocals
 * Jack Daniels – background vocals
 * Suzy Bogguss – background vocals
 * Paulette Carlson – background vocals
 * Red Steagall – background vocals
 * Lon Hannah – background vocals
 * Dennis Wilson – background vocals
 * Curtis Young – background vocals

Production
 * Steve Gibson – producer
 * Rich Schirmer – recording, mixing,
 * Carry Summers – assistant
 * Steve Bishir – assistant
 * Denny Purcell – mastering
 * William Matthews – art direction, watercolor painting
 * Steve Whatley – design