James Mcmurtry
USA
Born: 18 March 1962
Genres: Pop/Rock, Country, Folk
Styles: Roots Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, College Rock, New Wave, Rock & Roll, Rock & Roll/Roots, Americana, Alt-Country, Alternative Country, Country-Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Psychedelic, Psychedelic/Garage, Folk-Rock
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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 his own songs while a student at the University of Arizona and continued to do so after returning home and taking a job as a bartender. When it transpired that a film script McMurtry's father had written was being directed by John Mellencamp, who w...
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