Michael Martin Murphey: A Solo Performance
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Thursday, May 4, 2023 6:30am - 11:55pm
Location
The Orpheum Theater
15 W. Aspen Ave
Details
Michael Martin Murphey’s musical journey has taken many unpredictable paths over the past 50 years.Topping the Pop, Country, Western and Bluegrass charts, Murphey has never been one to rest on his
laurels.
A loyal American son from Texas, Murphey is best known for his chart-topping hits “Wildfire,” Carolina InThe Pines,” “What’s Forever For,” “Long Line of Love,” “Geronimo’s Cadillac”, “Cowboy Logic,” and manymore across his 35 albums released to date.
Murphey has been awarded gold albums for Cowboy Songs, Vol. I, Blue Sky Night Thunder, and aPlatinum single, “Wildfire”. He has been given the prestigious Charlie Russell Award for Western Heritage.He is a 5-time recipient of the Wrangler award from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museumand Cowboy Hall of Fame, and boasts awards from the Academy of Country Music, Rock Music Awards,Academy of Western Music Awards, Governor of New Mexico’s Outstanding Achievement Award,
Outstanding Son of Texas Award by the Texas Legislature, and multiple from BMI. In 2009, he wasinducted into the Texas Heritage Songwriters Association Hall of Fame, joining old friends Willie Nelson,Guy Clark and Allen Shamblin. In 2019 he was received a lifetime achievement award from the Western Heritage Awards (their highest honor).
