The Horse Legends

The Horse Legends is the twentieth album by American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey. This is Murphey's tribute to the horse and contains a duet with Johnny Cash on "Tennessee Stud", cover versions of Dan Fogelberg's "Run for the Roses" and Gordon Lightfoot's "The Pony Man", and re-recordings of Murphey's "Wildfire" and "The Running Blood". The Horse Legends was the last album Murphey recorded for Warner Bros. Records.

Credits
Music
 * Michael Martin Murphey – vocals, producer
 * Johnny Cash – vocals
 * Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
 * Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
 * Brent Mason – electric guitar
 * Steve Gibson – electric guitar, producer
 * Chris Leuzinger – 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 * Mark Casstevens – 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar
 * Sonny Garrish – steel guitar, dobro
 * Mark Howard – banjo, acoustic guitar
 * Hank Singer – fiddle, mandolin
 * Matt Rollings – piano
 * David Hoffner – piano, synthesizer
 * Joey Miskulin – accordion, producer
 * Michael Rhodes – electric bass
 * Craig Nelson – acoustic bass, electric bass
 * Mike Brignardello – bass
 * Eddie Bayers – drums
 * Tommy Wells – drums
 * Jerry Kroon – drums
 * Kenny Malone – percussion
 * John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
 * Lisa Silver – background vocals
 * Harry Stinson – background vocals
 * Gary Janney – background vocals
 * Dan Keen – background vocals
 * Curtis Young – background vocals
 * Dennis Wilson – background vocals

Production
 * Jim Ed Norman – producer
 * Bob Tassi – engineer
 * Rich Schirmer – engineer
 * Marshall Morgan – engineer, mixing
 * Toby Seay – engineer, mixing assistant
 * Scott "T-Bone" Stillman – assistant engineer
 * Tim Roberts – assistant engineer
 * Fred Mercer – assistant engineer
 * Bob Wright – assistant engineer
 * Jim Eaton – assistant engineer
 * Denny Purcell – mastering
 * Don Cobb – editing