The Marty Robbins song "Big Iron" is set in the town of Agua Fria, where a notorious outlaw faces off against the local ranger, with fatal consequences to the criminal.
By the latter half of the 1978 season, Petty and Neil Bonnett (the two top Mopar teams) gave up on the cars inconsistent performance and switched to Chevrolets, leaving independent drivers Buddy Arrington (who bought a few of Petty's Magnums, along with some parts) and Frank Warren, and C&W singer Marty Robbins to soldier on without any substantial (Chrysler did provide sheet metal and some engine parts to teams driving Magnums) factory support.
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As of DEC 2012, only two NASCAR Magnums still exist; one (an ex-Petty car) resides in the Talledega NASCAR museum, and the other; (Marty Robbins' 1978 Magnum #42) has been restored and is owned by a private party in southern California.
"Have Thine Own Way, Lord" remains popular and has been recorded by such artists as: Mahalia Jackson, Marty Robbins, Johnny Cash, Eric Copeland, Cristy Lane, Jim Reeves, Eddy Arnold, John Fogerty, Ned Beatty and most, recently by, Ronnie Milsap on his 2009 gospel album, Then Sings My Soul.
Following Williams' death in the early hours of New Year's Day 1953, Rivers and the other Drifting Cowboys had few problems finding work, making valuable contributions to the music of Ray Price and Ferlin Husky, Marty Robbins and, eventually, Hank Williams Jr.
In 2007, he composed and recorded a double CD album entitled Psalngs with the help of the legendary record producer Brian Ahern, whose previous credits include producing records by Emmylou Harris, Marty Robbins, George Jones and Ricky Skaggs.
"Knee Deep in the Blues" is a song written by Melvin Endsley and was recorded by Marty Robbins in 1957.
Includes two versions of "We Don’t Exist" and the Marty Robbins cover "El Paso City".
He recorded Marty Robbins' "El Paso" song in 1959, Wings of a Dove in 1960 and The Grand Tour in 1974 along with George Jones.
"You Gave Me a Mountain" (sometimes credited as "Lord, You Gave Me a Mountain") is a song written by country singer-songwriter Marty Robbins during the 1960s.
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"A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation)" was a 1957 rock and roll song with words and music both written by Marty Robbins.
In 1976 the Bicentennial Theater was added, where musical acts including the Statler Brothers , Barbara Mandrell , Billy "Crash" Craddock, Jerry Lee Lewis , Marty Robbins , Ronnie Milsap , Conway Twitty , Ernest Tubb and The Monkees appeared.
He reminisces about the various stars of the era, including Gram Parson, Marty Robbins, Kinky Freedman, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Byrds, and Elvis Presley.