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James McMurtry

Born: Mar 18, 1962 in Fort Worth, TX

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Styles: Roots Rock, Americana, Rock & Roll, Country-Rock, Folk-Rock

Biography: 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 ...Read full biography

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TOO LONG IN THE WASTELAND

Released: 1989

Label: COLUMBIA

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Having an in with a couple of famous people might have helped singer/songwriter James McMurtry get through the first swinging door into the music world -- maybe -- but his talents did everything else. ...Read full review

It Had to Happen

Released: 1997

Label: Sugar Hill

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James McMurtry's fourth album of new material concerns itself with change. Showing a maturity that doesn't show itself much in the roots rock genre, It Had to Happen winds its way through many stories ...Read full review

More James McMurtry albums: Main Albums (9), Compilations (1), DVD/Video (1)

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