Genres: Rock & Roll, Country-Rock, Roots Rock, Psychedelic, Folk-Rock, Americana, Protest Songs Active: 80's, 90's, 2000's Born: March 18, 1962 in Fort Worth, TX
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Texas singer/songwriter James McMurtry, known for his hard-edged character sketches, comes from a literary family; his father, novelist and screenwriter Larry McMurtry, gave James his first guitar at age seven, and his mother, an English professor, taught him how to play it. McMurtry began performing his own songs while a student at the University of Arizona and continued to do so after returning home and taking a job as a bartender. When it transpired that a film script McMurtry's father had written was being directed by John Mellencamp, who was also its star, McMurtry's demo tape was passed along, and Mellencamp was duly impressed, serving as co-producer on McMurtry's 1989 debut album, Too Long in the Wasteland. McMurtry also appeared on the soundtrack of the film (Falling from Grace), working with Mellencamp, John Prine, Joe Ely, and Dwight Yoakam in a one-off supergroup called Buzzin' Cousins. McMurtry has continued to record, releasing albums in 1992 and 1995.
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Release: September 18, 2009
Label: Blue Rose, Lightning Rod Records
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Release: May 12, 2008
Label: Blue Rose, Lightning Rod Records
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