''Flowing Free Forever'' is the sixth album by American singer-songwriter

Michael Martin Murphey Michael Martin Murphey (born March 14, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter best known for writing and performing Western music, country music and popular music. A multiple Grammy nominee, Murphey has six gold albums, including ''Cowboy Songs' ...

. The album establishes Murphey's love of wide open spaces and his "desire to let his soul roam freely." The album was not as commercially successful as a few of his earlier releases, but "Murphey's visions and persona remain intact." The album contains the song "

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", which was later recorded by Johnny Lee for the film soundtrack for ''

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''. ''Flowing Free Forever'' peaked at number 130 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

Track listing

# "Flowing Free Forever" (Murphey, Murphey) – 4:15 # "North Wind and a New Moon" (Murphey, Murphey) – 3:55 # "

" (Murphey) – 3:34 # "See How All the Horses Come Dancing" (Murphey) – 4:36 # "Yellow House" (Broussard) – 5:15 # "Changing Woman" (Murphey, McKinney) – 4:05 # "High Country Caravan" (Fromholtz) – 4:38 # "Running Wide Open" (Murphey) – 3:26 # "Our Lady of " (Murphey, Weisberg) – 2:28 # "Wandering Minstrel" (Murphey) – 5:25

Credits

Music *

– vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, percussion, producer * Sam Broussard – guitar, background vocals *

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– banjo, guitar, mandolin, fiddle * Peter Maunu – electric guitar * John Macy – steel guitar * Jack Murphy – piano, synthesizer * James Murphy – keyboards, synthesizer * David Luell – alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax * Ray Bonneville – harmonica * Michael McKinney – bass, background vocals * Harry Wilkinson – drums, percussion *

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– percussion * Deborah McColl – background vocals * Steven Fromholz – background vocals Production * Jeff Guercio – producer

References

External links

Michael Martin Murphey's Official Website
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