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James McMurtry (born March 18, 1962, in Fort Worth, Texas) [1] is an American rock and folk rock/americana singer, songwriter, guitarist, bandleader, and occasional actor (Daisy Miller, Lonesome Dove, and narrator of Ghost Town: 24 Hours in Terlingua). He performs with veteran bandmates Daren Hess, Cornbread and Tim Holt.
McMurtry’s drag protest ended up in the pages of Rolling Stone and on TV’s “The Rachel Maddow Show.” “I hadn’t been on TV since I did ‘The Letterman Show’ in ’89,” McMurtry ...
Just Us Kids is an album by singer-songwriter James McMurtry. It was nominated at the 2008 Americana Music Association for Album of the Year, Song of the Year ("Cheney's Toy") and earned McMurtry a nomination for Artist of the Year. [5] [6]
[4] [5] John Mellencamp coproduced one song, and most of his band played on the album. [6] [7] David Grissom played lead guitar. [8] Candyland's release date was pushed back numerous times, due to Columbia Records' doubts about the songs, problems with McMurtry's management company, and Columbia's request that McMurtry record new material. [5]
James McMurtry's songs, like his dad's novels, are fiction. "They're not about me. They are about a character," he said recently. The younger McMurtry, a singer/songwriter, is the son of American ...
Singer-songwriter James McMurtry will perform at Brighton Music Hall on June 22. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in ...
[8] [9] [10] The songs were written in Archer City, Texas, and at Mellencamp's studio in Indiana. [11] McMurtry was backed by members of Mellencamp's band, as well as by David Grissom. [12] [13] The songs are not autobiographical. Many were written to rebut the tendency of popular country music to sentimentalize rural and small-town life. [14]
Childish Things is a 2005 album by singer-songwriter James McMurtry (see 2005 in music).It was awarded the 2006 Americana Music Association Album of the Year Award. [2] The song "We Can't Make It Here" was named the best song of the 2000s decade by music critic Robert Christgau.