The Horse Legends

The Horse Legends
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 8, 1997
RecordedLoft, Doghouse,
Audio Media Recorders,
Omni Recording Studios,
Nashville, Tennessee
GenreCountry, cowboy music
Length43:17
LabelWarner Bros. Records
Producer
Michael Martin Murphey chronology
Sagebrush Symphony
(1995)
The Horse Legends
(1997)
Cowboy Songs Four
(1998)
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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.