Biography

MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY and his Buckaroo Bluegrass friends Ride Again !…TALL GRASS & COOL WATER continues the
exploration of the connection between Cowboy Music and Bluegrass which began with his Grammy® nominated BUCKAROO BLUE GRASS album and continued with BUCKAROO BLUE GRASS II. This time
MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY offers a collection of songs that are "Cowboy" in theme, yet played in a style of arrangement that is compatible with the sterling Bluegrass musicians he's brought together in the studio that includes; Sam Bush, Ronnie McCoury, Pat Flynn, Charlie Cushman, Andy Hall, Andy Leftwich, Troy Engle, Mike Bubb and Craig Nelson.

Millions of MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY fans have bought copies of his "Cowboy Songs" series. COWBOY SONGS, VOL. 1 was the first Gold Album of Cowboy Music since Marty Robbins achieved that
distinction, and is now approaching Platinum status. His
BUCKAROO BLUE GRASS and BUCKAROO BLUE GRASS II albums have captured the imagination and hearts of both Bluegrass fans and Cowboy Music fans, garnering so much sales and airplay as to reach# 1 on the charts.

TALL GRASS & COOL WATER, produced and arranged by
Ryan Murphey, is heavily driven by MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY’S own lifestyle, that of a rancher, who has enjoyed decades of raising horses and cattle on the wide-open prairies and mountains of the
Southwest and Mid-West. These are songs of America's Heartland and the American Cowboy, collected, written and
arranged by a man who has simultaneously lived the life of a rancher and singer/songwriter.

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