It's on this album. I found the discography at:

http://www.cgrg.ohio-state.edu/folkbook/artists/discographies/thieme.art and http://www.cgrg.ohio-state.edu/folkbook/artists/discographies/dement.iris

1980 Songs of the American Heartland [LP: KM-148] {.A}{N}

A7 3:12 Night Rider's Lament Michael Burton

Also on this (By Nancy Grifith with lyrics):

http://www.ucsalf.ac.uk/~colin/htmldocs/othervor.html

Couldn't find any bio info.