{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"'Outlaws & Armadillos' w\/ Michael Martin Murphey","description":"In Episode 59 of The String we dive deep into the Austin\/Nashville dynamic captured in the new Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum special exhibit Outlaws & Armadillos: Country's Roaring 70s. Our feature interview is with Michael Martin Murphey. Best known to many for his crossover hit \u201cWildfire\u201d from the summer of \u201875, Murphey\u2019s had a wide ranging career. His songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash and Lyle Lovett among others. And he\u2019s earned abundant recognition for his decades as a champion and revivalist in the field of cowboy songs and western music. But before all that, Murphey was a key player in the Austin TX phenomenon, residing there as a full time musician from 1968 to 1974. He was a regular at the Armadillo World Headquarters, the iconic venue at the heart of the live scene, where a diverse audience heard a diverse array of roots music, from hard country to traditional blues. Murphey, along with Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker (about whom he wrote the era-defining song \u201cCosmic Cowboy\u201d) and others forged a country-rock hybrid that became the foundation for the progressive folk music field we now call Americana. Also, a visit with exhibit co-curator Peter Cooper.  ","author_name":"The String","author_url":"http:\/\/thestring.libsyn.com\/website","html":"