Murphey, Michael Martin 2009-05-05
Michael Martin Murphy and Song Writing
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Interviewee Name: Michael Martin Murphey
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Date: May 05, 2009
Location: Horseshoe Bay, Texas
Interviewer: Andy Wilkinson
Length: 00:44:15
Abstract
Songs, Ballad of Calico, North Texas University, 1966, UCLA, Randy Sparks, Sparrow Music, String Jims, Neil Diamond, Carol King, Just to name a few writers, Played in Honky Tonks, Mike Nesmith, Wind Jammer Inn, Rivalry coffee house, Song writing, Writing in a cubicle, San Gabriel Mountains, Mojave Desert, Calico Cal, Ghost town, Larry Canceller, No one wanted to hear about, Ghost towns, He was coming from a Texas background, Had more props from Texas folks, Essentially a western was being written, 1971, Moved back to Texas, He had given up on the idea of a record deal, But he got one in Texas, Bob Livingston was his bass player, Met him in California, Bob Johnston/Bob Dylan’s producer, Offered him to do an album, Nashville, Tennessee, He never influenced them to do anything, Currently lives in Marble Falls, Tune-a-lators, Wilderness, Revelations come from nature, Cowboy music lasted across the times, People feel connected to the nature sense
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