Genre: Country rock
Places I remember: Real Groovy Records
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: North Wind and a New Moon
Gear costume: The Wandering Minstrel
Active compensatory factors: On this one Murphey strays a little bit too close to John Denver (Yellow House is easy to hear with Denver's voice), Seals/Crofts and Dan Fogelberg (Changing Woman is easy to hear with Dan's voice) at times but still retains enough country hippy rock grit to be himself.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: North Wind and a New Moon
Gear costume: The Wandering Minstrel
Active compensatory factors: On this one Murphey strays a little bit too close to John Denver (Yellow House is easy to hear with Denver's voice), Seals/Crofts and Dan Fogelberg (Changing Woman is easy to hear with Dan's voice) at times but still retains enough country hippy rock grit to be himself.
Wide open spaces remains a central theme lyrically and he even has another horse story - See How The Horses Come Dancing, but Wildfire remains a few lengths ahead.
Generally, the songs don't have the sparkle to force themselves into ear-worms and they come off as pleasant country rock doodles.
Where do they all belong? Blue Sky - Night Thunder remains the high-water mark for Murphey. I will be sticking with that and don't feel any need to add any more of his albums to the collection.
Where do they all belong? Blue Sky - Night Thunder remains the high-water mark for Murphey. I will be sticking with that and don't feel any need to add any more of his albums to the collection.
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