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The homesteader hopes to catch up with the ghost mounted on her pony, and with them to escape from farming, which he calls "sodbusting". Views Read Edit View history. For me, it was a fantasy to get away from the city. April 29, 8: This page was last edited on 28 June , at Murphey admits that he had often heard stories from his grandfather of Native American ghost horse legends.

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Michael Martin Murphey's 'Wildfire:' Meanings And Rare Facts

Because that song appeals to kids, and always has, it's kept my career fresh. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by Verb8tm, Inc. We learn how even a well-known song can continue to mystify. Singing She comes down from Yellow Mountain. Playing Favorites Cowboy Classics: Murphey was open about his deep Christian beliefs.

She introduced the song by saying "This next song is also about a girl and her pony. I ended up getting to sing cowboy songs, living in a cabin in the high country for many, many years.

This page was last edited on 28 Juneat Italic or bold markup not allowed in: By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Residents claim to see the ghost horse and rider roaming over the plains. Murphey admits that he had often heard stories from his grandfather of Native American ghost horse legends.

Retrieved from " https: Inwilffire and songwriter, Michael Martin Murphey's "Wildfire" became his biggest chart-topping hit. Stories of ghost horses are mutphey common trope in Native American folklore, especially among tribes of the Plains and Southwest.

When Murphey rerecorded "Wildfire" marin a new album inhe was quoted by Billboard as saying that what many consider his signature song "broke my career wide open and, on some level, still keeps it fresh. Nobody ever got lost in a killing frost who wouldn't get lost in July as well.

One night, Murphey dreamt of the song in its entirety. Despite its popularity, Murphey says "Wildfire" remains something of a puzzle to listeners — and to him as well.

The lyrics are the ruminations of a homesteader who has become disillusioned with farming and obsessed with the ghost of a young Nebraska woman said to have died searching for her martinn pony, "Wildfire", during a blizzard.

Michael Martin Murphey's "Wildfire" was one of the biggest songs of the '70s, and remains his signature tune. I wasn't raised a cowboy in the traditional sense of, you know, on a ranch, on a farm all the time.

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Wildfire (Michael Martin Murphey song)

And it's taken me, from then until now, to even half understand what the song is. Late Show with David LettermanMay 22, In a third-season episode of The Simpsons named " Lisa's Pony ", Lisa played the wildfirre for her pony with her saxophone. This arrangement adds to the mysterious and sad tone of the song.

Just those few notes are enough to let many of us know that we're about to hear one of the most popular songs of the past 25 years.

Wildfire (Michael Martin Murphey song) - Wikipedia

This is Michael Martin Murphy, and I'm a singer-songwriter. And on Wildfire we're both gonna go. Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer. And on this particular night, we'd been just trying to pump out the songs just like a couple of Tin Matin Alley songwriters over a piano and the guitar and cigarettes and coffee.