The Horse Legends
The Horse Legends is the twentieth album by American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey. This is Murphey's tribute to the horse and contains a duet with Johnny Cash on "Tennessee Stud", cover versions of Dan Fogelberg's "Run for the Roses" and Gordon Lightfoot's "The Pony Man", and re-recordings of Murphey's "Wildfire" and "The Running Blood". The Horse Legends was the last album Murphey recorded for Warner Bros. Records.
Credits
Music- Michael Martin Murphey – vocals, producer
- Johnny Cash – vocals
- Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
- Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Steve Gibson – electric guitar, producer
- Chris Leuzinger – 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Mark Casstevens – 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar
- Sonny Garrish – steel guitar, dobro
- Mark Howard – banjo, acoustic guitar
- Hank Singer – fiddle, mandolin
- Matt Rollings – piano
- David Hoffner – piano, synthesizer
- Joey Miskulin – accordion, producer
- Michael Rhodes – electric bass
- Craig Nelson – acoustic bass, electric bass
- Mike Brignardello – bass
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Tommy Wells – drums
- Jerry Kroon – drums
- Kenny Malone – percussion
- John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
- Lisa Silver – background vocals
- Harry Stinson – background vocals
- Gary Janney – background vocals
- Dan Keen – background vocals
- Curtis Young – background vocals
- Dennis Wilson – background vocals
- Jim Ed Norman – producer
- Bob Tassi – engineer
- Rich Schirmer – engineer
- Marshall Morgan – engineer, mixing
- Toby Seay – engineer, mixing assistant
- Scott "T-Bone" Stillman – assistant engineer
- Tim Roberts – assistant engineer
- Fred Mercer – assistant engineer
- Bob Wright – assistant engineer
- Jim Eaton – assistant engineer
- Denny Purcell – mastering
- Don Cobb – editing