 | Just Us Kids [Read More ...]
Love this CD:We are fans of James McMurtry and feel this is one of his best. Topical lyrics, great backing band, biting commentary, and all-out rockin!
Would highly recommend.
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 | Where'd You Hide the Body [Read More ...]
Review: Just a Brilliant and Pleasing Piece of Work:I don't know If anyone that reads these has not yet heard "McMurtry" sing can understand what we talk about by his story telling. He Is brilliant and deserving of much more fame and attention than he gets.
This Cd Is one of my favorites... |
 | Too Long in the Wasteland [Read More ...]
Description: Brought to the attention of Columbia Records by a fluke--John Mellencamp was friends with the artist's father, noted author Larry McMurtry--James McMurtry proved himself more than worthy of a record deal, despite such family and industry connections, with his debut album. He back... |
 | Live in Aught-Three [Read More ...]
Description: Though he's rightly revered as a pungent, literate songsmith, McMurtry would be just as happy to go down in history as a rocker, a scathing guitar-slinger equal parts Keith Richards and Neil Young. For the most part, McMurtry's first live recording (drawn from four separate gigs ... |
 | Childish Things [Read More ...]
Description: Within the song cycle of innocence and experience that is Childish Things, James McMurtry continues to explore musical territory between rock and a hard place. The social commentary of the relentlessly bleak "We Can't Make It Here" and "Six-Year Drought" is more pointed than ever... |
 | Candyland [Read More ...]
Review: Candy that's not so sweet:James McMurtry is one of those rare artists who have been getting progressively better with each album. His stellar debut, Too Long in the Wasteland, was a classic piece of American agitation rock. McMurtry, son of Larry McMurtry, is a literate lyricist ... |
 | It Had to Happen [Read More ...]
Review: Good effort:Have been a JM fan for about 3 years now,bought "live in Aught-three)first and loved it.I like this studio effort just as well, "sixty acres" is a real toe tapper. McMurty's ability to spin a tale of hardworking, rural, open space livelihoods is fantastic. I will be i... |
 | Americana Master Series: Best of the Sugar Hill Years [Read More ...]
Review: Larry McMurtry's writing skill with a solid musical background:This is the best of James McMurtry's earlier recordings with Sugar Hill. He's one of the best of the Texas singer-songwriters and the son of author, Larry McMurtry. He's had musical help from such greats as Bruce Ho... |
 | Walk Between the Raindrops [Read More ...]
Description: The son of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry and the musical brethren of Texas songwriter Townes Van Zandt (whose "Rex's Blues" is suitably covered here), James McMurtry spits out curt one-liners in a flat deadpan that dissolves in uneasy silence. Produced by Lloyd Mai... |
 | Candyland [Read More ...]
Review: Candy that's not so sweet:James McMurtry is one of those rare artists who have been getting progressively better with each album. His stellar debut, Too Long in the Wasteland, was a classic piece of American agitation rock. McMurtry, son of Larry McMurtry, is a literate lyricist ... |
 | Too Long in the Wasteland [Read More ...]
Description: Brought to the attention of Columbia Records by a fluke--John Mellencamp was friends with the artist's father, noted author Larry McMurtry--James McMurtry proved himself more than worthy of a record deal, despite such family and industry connections, with his debut album. He back... |
 | Where'd You Hide the Body [Read More ...]
Review: Just a Brilliant and Pleasing Piece of Work:I don't know If anyone that reads these has not yet heard "McMurtry" sing can understand what we talk about by his story telling. He Is brilliant and deserving of much more fame and attention than he gets.
This Cd Is one of my favorites... |
![]() | Where'd You Hide the Body [Read More ...]
Review: Just a Brilliant and Pleasing Piece of Work:I don't know If anyone that reads these has not yet heard "McMurtry" sing can understand what we talk about by his story telling. He Is brilliant and deserving of much more fame and attention than he gets.
This Cd Is one of my favorites... |
 | Candyland [Read More ...]
Review: Candy that's not so sweet:James McMurtry is one of those rare artists who have been getting progressively better with each album. His stellar debut, Too Long in the Wasteland, was a classic piece of American agitation rock. McMurtry, son of Larry McMurtry, is a literate lyricist ... |
![]() | Too Long in the Wasteland [Read More ...]
Description: Brought to the attention of Columbia Records by a fluke--John Mellencamp was friends with the artist's father, noted author Larry McMurtry--James McMurtry proved himself more than worthy of a record deal, despite such family and industry connections, with his debut album. He back... |
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| Walk Between the Raindrops [Read More ...]
Description: The son of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry and the musical brethren of Texas songwriter Townes Van Zandt (whose "Rex's Blues" is suitably covered here), James McMurtry spits out curt one-liners in a flat deadpan that dissolves in uneasy silence. Produced by Lloyd Mai... |
 | It Had to Happen [Read More ...]
Review: Good effort:Have been a JM fan for about 3 years now,bought "live in Aught-three)first and loved it.I like this studio effort just as well, "sixty acres" is a real toe tapper. McMurty's ability to spin a tale of hardworking, rural, open space livelihoods is fantastic. I will be i... |
