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or Roots & Roll,  whatever you want

to call it—we challenge you to find  a description that fits other

than good music

you can count on when you thought

maybe you   just couldn't count on music anymore!

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Publicity:

Cary Baker

Conqueroo

Logan Rogers

Lightning Rod Records

615-423-2038

European Label

Blue Rose Records

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Radio:

Jenni Finlay

Jenni Finlay Promotions


Booking:

High Road Touring


 

Click to buy the featured album, Just Us Kids
Click to buy the featured album, Just Us Kids


Current Events

Click here to go to Steel Bridge Songfest site

JAMES McMURTRY TO PERFORM AT pat mAcdonald's STEEL BRIDGE SONGFEST ON JUNE 13TH IN STURGEON BAY, WI

  • McMurtry hit the road again this summer, touring the Midwest, the Southeast, and even one date in Canada.  Click here for dates and locations still to come.  They toured the Southeast in April, and it was a great tour!  Their stellar west coast/mountain tour earlier in the year was another string of sold-out shows packed with enthusiastic crowds (including such notables as Bob Lefsetz and Steve Wozniak.) CLICK HERE to check out Lefsetz's review of McMurtry's LA show. CLICK HERE to read the review featured in Napster.
  • Check out James's blogs about the BP oil spill on Blurt.
  • A Chat with James McMurtry in No Depression.
  • Enjoy a live performance of "Levelland" on MusicFog.com.
  • McMurtry performed live in Portland in February at KINK FM.  View the video on YouTube.
  • IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: James McMurtry's "Talking at the Texaco" is featured in Stephen King's latest novel, Under The Dome. The King novel is not the first to mention James and his music (others include James Patterson's Cross, and Emily Griffin's Baby Proof) but this is the first that uses McMurtry's lyrics to set the tone for the entire story. Check out this excerpt from Stephen King's Under the Dome:
    "And she sang, in a small but tuneful voice: 'It's a small town, you know what I mean?'
    Barbie smiled a little and sang the next line back to her: 'Just a small town, baby, and we all support the team.' It was from an old James McMurtry song that had the previous summer gained a new and mysterious two-month vogue on a couple of western Maine c&w stations. Not WCIK, of course; James McMurtry was not the sort of artist Jesus Radio supported."


In Stores Now!  Live in Europe

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A Few Reviews of

"Live in Europe"

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Austin Chronicle: Click Here

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No Depression: Click Here

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Montgomery Media: Click Here

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Blogcritics.com:  Click Here

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Roughstock: Click Here

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AustinSound: Click Here

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CountryChart.comClick Here

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McMurtry Featured on

Gaffney Tribute 


James McMurtry is featured on "Man of Somebody's Dreams: A Tribute to Chris Gaffney" (in stores now). A founding member of the Hacienda Brothers, Gaffney passed away in 2008 after a courageous battle with liver cancer. McMurtry recorded Gaffney's "Fight (Tonight's the Night). Other artists on this amazing tribute include Los Lobos, Alejandro Escovedo, John Doe, Joe Ely, and of course, Dave Alvin. CLICK HERE for more info.   Click to LISTEN and DOWNLOAD songs from  Man of Somebody's Dreams: A Tribute to Chris Gaffney.



Hula Hoopin' to McMurtry:

This is Awesome!

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Anyone who has ever been to a live show knows that James McMurtry has some incredible fans. Check out this Raleigh/Durham fan hula hooping to "Bayou Tortous" HERE.


  Just Us Kids

  2008

    Listen to songs from Just Us KidsBuy Just Us Kids

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     order a copy


Just Us Kids Included on Numerous "BEST OF" Lists


James McMurtry's latest album showed up on a wide array of Best of 2008 lists. USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Blurt Online, and the Philadelphia Inquirer are some of the publications that laud Just Us Kids as one of the year's foremost releases.

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Here is a partial list of the reviews:


•   USA Today - Ken Barnes' #2 album of the year
•   Entertainment Weekly - Stephen King's #3 album

    of the year
•   Baltimore City Paper - Geoffrey Himes' #1 album

    of the year
•   Atlanta Journal-Constitution - #4 album of the year
•   Americana Music Chart - #2 album of the year
•   Blurt Online - #11 album of the year
•   Popmatters - #5 Americana Album of the year
 

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In 2009, James McMurtry and his band will tour Europe for the first time. Legendary musician, Ian McLagan (Faces), will join McMurtry's band on keyboards for the tour. Austin singer/songwriter, Jon Dee Graham, will open most of the dates. Both McLagan and Graham appear on Just Us Kids.  CLICK HERE for tour dates.


  Just Us Kids

  2008

    Listen to songs from Just Us KidsBuy Just Us Kids

  Click here to

   order your copy

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"His new album Just Us Kids could justifiably be described as the best collection of literary songs in several years."  - LOS ANGELES TIMES

"A definite contender when those Best Of The Year polls get underway." - MOJO

"There's a good chance that McMurtry's Just Us Kids will be the best album of 2008."

- WASHINGTON POST

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"The new James McMurtry album Just Us Kids isn't good, it's terrific. Simply outstanding. My early candidate for album of the year..."

- ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION  


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booking | High Road Touring info@highroadtouring.com

webmaster | Mary Radicke


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 Texas--Austin

The Continental Club
Austin, TX

Wednesday midnite

Aug 11, 18

Sep 1, 8, 15


The Rest of Texas

Fri Sep 17, 2010

9:00 pm

Lubbock, TX

Lone Star Events Center

w/ Robert Earl Keen

Sat Nov 6, 2010

9:00 pm

New Braunfels , TX

Gruene Hall

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for new

Texas dates


On the Road Again - US

Thu Aug 12, 2010

7:30 pm

Alexandria, VA

The Birchmere

Fri Aug 13, 2010

8:00 pm

Charlottesville, VA

Jefferson Theater

Sat Aug 14, 2010

8:00 pm

Ashland, VA

Ashland Coffee & Tea

Sun Aug 29, 2010

12:00 pm

Livingston, MT

Paradise Valley Music Festival

Sat Sep 25, 2010

12:00 pm

Santa Rosa, CA

EarleFest 2010

Earl Baum Center

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