The James McMurtry Interview: An Americana Legend on His New Album

Today on the Americana Music.com Podcast we have the privilege of welcoming James McMurtry. Texas Monthly calls him “a songwriter’s songwriter” and Rolling Stone says he’s "One of America's greatest living songwriters". James McMurtry’s ability to tell a story, write great lines that hit in the right places, and create memorable characters is the best in the business. His new album The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy released on New West Records June 20th of this year. It is a pleasure to welcome James McMurtry on the show. 

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Chapters

• 0:15 James McMurtry Introduction
• 0:47 Growing Up
• 1:00 Kris Kristofferson first Songwriting Hero
• 1:50 What Makes The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy Different from The Horses and the Hounds Album
• 2:32 Bits and Pieces of Life Woven Into Fiction
• 3:16 Laredo by Jon Dee Graham
• 4:24 South Texas Lawman
• 5:47 The Line Between Poet and Conversationalist
• 6:57 Pinocchio in Vegas
• 8:16 A Song Doesn't Have to Make Sense
• 9:09 Who is Annie?
• 12:28 Processing Emotions and Songwriting
• 13:11 Sons of the Second Sons
• 14:37 The Black Dog and The Wandering Boy
• 15:05 Broken Freedom by Kris Kristofferson
• 15:43 Wearing a Red Dress for Drag Queens
• 16:56 What Makes a Great Song?
• 17:26 James McMurtry Outro
• 17:58 Muscle Shoals Short Clip
• 21:21 Next Week's Interview with Alaina Stacey
• 23:56 Outro