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James McMurtry

voc, *1962 US, Fort Worth, Texas
Singer / Musician / Songwriter of Rock

James McMurtry (born March 18, 1962, Fort Worth, Texas) is an American rock and folk-rock/americana singer, songwriter, guitarist, bandleader and occasional actor (Daisy Miller, Lonesome Dove). He performs with veteran bandmates Daren Hess, Cornbread, and Tim Holt.His father, novelist Larry McMurtry, gave him his first guitar at age seven. His mother, an English professor, taught him how to play it: "My mother taught me three chords and the rest I just stole as I went along. I learned everything by ear or by watching people."

     
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Guitar
  • Acoustic guitar
  • Piano
  • Electric guitar
Genres
  • Rock
  • World
  • Blues
  • Folk
  • Pop
Plays With
Buzzin' Cousins
James McMurtry And The Heartless Bastards
Popular Tracks   
Choctaw Bingo on Live in Aught-Three by James McMurtry
Canola Fields on The Horses and the Hounds by James McMurtry
Walk Between The Raindrops on Walk Between The Raindrops by James McMurtry
Choctaw Bingo on Saint Mary Of The Woods by James McMurtry
Forgotten Coast on Complicated Game by James McMurtry
Just Us Kids on Just Us Kids by James McMurtry
Copper Canteen on Complicated Game by James McMurtry
Ain't Got a Place on Complicated Game by James McMurtry
No More Buffalo on It Had To Happen by James McMurtry
We Can't Make It Here on Childish Things by James McMurtry

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Band Members
Discography


Title Artist Year Type
Complicated GameJames McMurtry2015Album
How'm I Gonna Find You Now / These ThingsJames McMurtry2014Single
Live In EuropeJames McMurtry2009Album
Just Us KidsJames McMurtry2008Single
Just Us KidsJames McMurtry2008Album
Best Of The Sugar Hill YearsJames McMurtry2007Compil.
Childish ThingsJames McMurtry2005Album
Saint Mary Of The WoodsJames McMurtry2002Album
Walk Between The RaindropsJames McMurtry1998Album
For All I KnowJames McMurtry1997Single
It Had To HappenJames McMurtry1997Album
Where'd You Hide The BodyJames McMurtry1995Album
Where's JohnnyJames McMurtry1992Single
CandylandJames McMurtry1992Album
Painting By NumbersJames McMurtry1990Single
Too Long In The WastelandJames McMurtry1989Album
InterchordsJames McMurtry1989Album
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