Michael Martin Murphy remembers the early days of the 1960s – '70s songwriting scene in Austin, Texas, before the Armadillo World Headquarters helped propel the Outlaw country movement, and before the Vulcan Gas Company set the stage. Murphey had a unique perspective, having returned to Texas from California with a record deal and experience publishing songs — experience he imparted to then-upstarts like Jerry Jeff Walker and Guy Clark. He also had a connection to the coffeehouse scene, and a se

Michael Martin Murphey Cowboy Christmas Ball Live Video 1990 Michael Martin Murphey Cowboy Christmas Ball Lyrics [Verse 1] Way out in West Texas where the Clearfork waters flow Where the cattle are a-browsing and them Spanish ponies grow Where the northers come a-whistling and the old dust devils roll And the prairie dogs are sneezing and freezing from the cold Where the lonesome tawny prairies melt into the airy streams And the double mountains slumber in the heavenly kind of dreams Where the a

Cowboy Songs is the sixteenth album by American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey and his first album of cowboy songs Released August 21, 1990 Michael Martin Murphey (born March 14, 1945) singer-songwriter. A multiple Grammy nominee, Murphey has six gold albums, including Cowboy Songs, the first album of cowboy music to achieve gold status since | Stone Cold Country