Biography

Michael Martin Murphey:

• Six Gold Records
• Many BMI awards for airplay, including 4 million radio and television plays of WILDFIRE (making it one of the most played songs in history on radio and TV)
• 2 million plays of CAROLINA IN THE PINES
• Best Album and Song - Academy of Western Artists, 2000
• Best New Male Vocalist, Academy of Country Music, 1983
• Golden Smokey Award for Outstanding Service to the U.S. National Parks Service, 1998
• Western Heritage Awards from the Cowboy Hall of Fame, five-time winner
• International Charley Russell Western Heritage Society Red Sash Award for Outstanding Service in Preservation of Western Heritage, 1999-2000
• The New Mexico Distinguished Public Service Lifetime Achievement Award, 2000
• Will Rogers Cowboy Philosopher Award, Will Rogers Memorial Commission, 1997
• Honorary Lifetime Membership American Quarter Horse Association
• Michael Martin Murphey 3X CMA Award Nominee
• The Hits: Wildfire, What's Forever For, A Long Line of Love, Carolina In The Pines, Still Taking Chances, From the Word Go, Cowboy Logic, Geronimo's Cadillac, I'm Gonna Miss You Girl
• "Michael Martin Murphey is one the main influences on my career. He is among America's best songwriters"-Lyle Lovett"
• "On the strength of his first album alone, Michael Murphey is the best new songwriter in the country"- Rolling Stone Magazine

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