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Released: Oct 2, 2009
Label: Lightning Rod Records

General Info

  • Genre: Rock

    Location AUSTIN, Un

    Profile Views: 604017

    Last Login: 11/7/2011

    Member Since 6/21/2005

    Website www.jamesmcmurtry.com

    Record Label Lightning Rod Records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    For Information about James McMurtry, go to the following sites: www.jamesmcmurtry.com www.facebook.com/jamesmcmurtry www.twitter.com/jamesmcmurtry www.tumblr.com/tumblelog/jamesmcmurtry CONTACT INFO BOOKING: High Road Touring - frank@highroadtouring.com PUBLICITY: Conqueroo. - cary@conqueroo.com RECORD LABEL: Lightning Rod Records - logan@lightningrodrecords.com RADIO: Jenni Finlay Promotions - jenni@jennifinlay.com The son of acclaimed author Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove, Terms of Endearment), James grew up on a steady diet of Johnny Cash and Roy Acuff records. His first album, Too Long in the Wasteland (released in 1989), was produced by John Mellencamp and marked the beginning of a series of acclaimed projects for Columbia and Sugar Hill. In 1996, McMurtry received a Grammy nomination for his Longform Music Video of Where'd You Hide The Body. 1997's It Had To Happen received the American Indie Award for Best Americana Album. In 2004, McMurtry released the universally lauded Live in Aught-Three on Compadre Records. 2005's Childish Things garnered some of the highest critical praise of McMurtry's career and spent six weeks at No. 1 on the Americana Music Radio Chart in 2005 and 2006. In September 2006, Childish Things and "We Can't Make It Here" won the Americana Music Awards for Album and Song of the Year, respectively. McMurtry received more Americana Music Award nominations for 2008's Just Us Kids. This album marked his highest Billboard 200 chart position in more than 19 years. In 2009, Live in Europe was released, capturing The McMurtry Band's first European tour and extraordinary live set. Along with seasoned band members Ronnie Johnson, Daren Hess, and Tim Holt, the disc features special guests Ian McLagan and Jon Dee Graham. Also, for the first time ever, video of the James McMurtry Band's live performance is available on the included DVD. The poignant lyrics of his immense catalog still ring true today. In 2011, "We Can't Make It Here" was cited among 'The Nation's' "Best Protest Songs Ever." Bob Lefsetz writes, "'We Can't Make It Here' has stood the test of time because of its unmitigated truth." Never one to rest on his laurels, James McMurtry continues to tour constantly, and consistently puts on a "must-see" powerhouse performance. 'The Washington Post' noted McMurtry's live prowess: "Much attention is paid to James McMurtry's lyrics, and rightfully so: He creates a novel's worth of emotion and experience in four minutes of blisteringly stark couplets. What gets overlooked, however, is that he's an accomplished rock guitar player. At a sold-out Birchmere, the Austin-based artist was joined by drummer Daren Hess and bassist Ronnie Johnson in a set that demonstrated the raw power of wince-inducing imagery propelled by electric guitar. It was serious stuff, imparted by a singularly serious band."

  • Members

    For Information about James McMurtry, go to the following sites: www.jamesmcmurtry.com www.facebook.com/jamesmcmurtry www.twitter.com/jamesmcmurtry www.tumblr.com/tumblelog/jamesmcmurtry CONTACT INFO BOOKING: High Road Touring - frank@highroadtouring.com PUBLICITY: Conqueroo. - cary@conqueroo.com RECORD LABEL: Lightning Rod Records - logan@lightningrodrecords.com RADIO: Jenni Finlay Promotions - jenni@jennifinlay.com

  • Influences

    For Information about James McMurtry, go to the following sites: www.jamesmcmurtry.com www.facebook.com/jamesmcmurtry www.twitter.com/jamesmcmurtry www.tumblr.com/tumblelog/jamesmcmurtry CONTACT INFO BOOKING: High Road Touring - frank@highroadtouring.com PUBLICITY: Conqueroo. - cary@conqueroo.com RECORD LABEL: Lightning Rod Records - logan@lightningrodrecords.com RADIO: Jenni Finlay Promotions - jenni@jennifinlay.com

  • Sounds Like

    For Information about James McMurtry, go to the following sites: www.jamesmcmurtry.com www.facebook.com/jamesmcmurtry www.twitter.com/jamesmcmurtry www.tumblr.com/tumblelog/jamesmcmurtry CONTACT INFO BOOKING: High Road Touring - frank@highroadtouring.com PUBLICITY: Conqueroo. - cary@conqueroo.com RECORD LABEL: Lightning Rod Records - logan@lightningrodrecords.com RADIO: Jenni Finlay Promotions - jenni@jennifinlay.com

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  1. James McMurtry

    Ronnie Hawkins' 56 Mercedes, lost to Ed Tyson(Tyson's Chicken) in a poker game. Now worth about 1 mil http://t.co/NxLS7BiTzu

  2. James McMurtry

    Apparently, Live in Europe is taking up too much room in Amazon's garage. Big sale: http://t.co/aszUYBPOq7

  3. James McMurtry

    Houston tonight. Mucky Duck. Solo.

  4. James McMurtry

    Storefront, Oak Cliff http://t.co/PEJ963c5rU

  5. James McMurtry

    Solo show at Kessler Theatre in Dallas tonight...still a few standing room tickets left...come on out.

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