Customer Review: 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.
Customer Review: 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 of his. Yes the songs are all catchy filled with layers... more info
Customer Review: I don't want to sound like a crazy person, but in my book this tops my list for best album ever recorded. I have eclectic tastes in music, and I am an audiophle (I have a very good home stereo system). This album is so musical, thoughtful, interesting and well recorded, that it is on my list of... more info
Live in Aught-Three by James McMurtry & the Heartless Bastards Price: $11.97
Customer Review: McMurtry and his Heartless [............]. One of best of the Texas songwriters. Literate as hell, he writes intelligent lyrics with more than a few twists. James McMurtry has more rock n roll in him than Robert Earl or Lyle, but does write in that story-telling style. His band rocks. His guitar... more info
Customer Review: James McMurtry sees things a little more askew than most of us. The final song on "Childish Things" comments on how little things seem to have changed. Departing Chicago at 9:52
In clean desert camo all baggy and loose
Sits an Iowa Guardsman alone by the gate
The place sure... more info
Customer Review: I wonder if it ever bothers James McMurtry that he can't sing without sounding like somebody reading out of the Old Testament. On his sixth album, McMurtry maintains his less-than-subtle condemnation of American complacency and rural smugness. Though the opening track, "Dry River," refers to... more info
Customer Review: 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 with a keen eye for detail and a downbeat look... more info
Customer Review: 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 investigating more of his work... more info
Customer Review: 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 Hornsby and John Cougar Mellencamp. His lyrics are strong, there are no punches pulled... more info