So begins the vivid tale told in "Wildfire," the 1975 hit Michael Martin ... Murphey took inspiration from a ghost story his grandfather told him. He shared the "Story Behind the Song" with ...

The new Michael Martin ... Produced and co-written with his son, Ryan, and guitarist Pat Flynn, the album is Murphey's first project of all-new original songs in nearly 20 years.

But the truth is Michael Martin Murphey's 1975 hit "Carolina ... the mountains too and I really wrote the song for her. So yeah, I wrote it written as a tribute to her. We were recording at ...

the folkish Murphey here presents another LP in that vein, dedicated to some of his favorite themes. There are positive love songs in the rousing ”From the Word Go” and the ballad ”Vanishing ...

He made his name and his fortune on a song about a horse. And to this day, Michael Martin Murphey is still fond of “Wildfire.” But he’s more likely to be singing cowboy songs around the ...

best ghost story songs, even a category as general as best singer/songwriter tracks, “Wildfire” by Michael Martin Murphey pretty much qualifies for them all. The song was a No. 3 hit in 1975 ...

Murphey will perform songs from his half-century music career ... “Blue Sky — Night Thunder,” made Michael Martin Murphey a household name, thanks to the haunting “ghost horse” ballad, ...

In February of 1975, Michael Martin Murphey released "Wildfire" as a single. Written by Murphey and Larry Cansler, the song came to Murphey in a dream and was, after a bit of back and forth ...