Michael Martin Murphey – “Wildfire”

Michael Martin Murphey is another one of those names that would have meant nothing to me if you had asked me about him – until just now when I came across the 1975 hit “Wildfire”. Then I knew who he was.

I used to love that song.

“Wildfire” is about a horse, as the video here underlines, actually about a ghost horse and the ghost of a woman who rode it:

And here is “Wildfire” live, with an explanation from Michael Martin Murphey of how the song came about:

We once had a horse called “Wildflower”, so there is an added affinity there. 🙂

If you like horses, western music or just beautiful melodious songs with a story, you’ll probably like this one.

I’ve just learned a little more about Michael Martin Murphey, including that he wrote songs for The Monkees (for his friend Michael Nesmith), Kenny Rogers, Bobby Gentry and John Denver, and that he has become a champion of the nature of the American West.

If you’d like to learn more too, you can do that here: Michael Martin Murphey.

Time to saddle up…

Paul

Tags: American West, Bobby Gentry, John Denver, Kenny Rogers, Michael Martin Murphey, Michael Nesmith, Music of the Seventies, The Monkees, western music, Wildfire

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