James McMurtry: Childish Things (CD)

James McMurtry

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Label:: Compadre
Year of recording ca.:: 2005
UPC/EAN:: 0616892658429
Release date:: 2.12.2005

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Author Stephen King describes Ft. Worth native JamesMcMurtry as "perhaps the truest, . ercest songwriter of hisgeneration." The son of acclaimed author Larry McMurtry(Lonesome Dove, Terms of Endearment), James grew up on a steady diet of Johnny Cash and Roy Acuff records. His first album, released in 1989 was produced by John Mellencamp and marked the beginning of a series of critically acclaimed projects for Columbia and Sugar Hill. In 2003, McMurtry joined forces with Houston-based Compadre Records and together they released last year's universally praised Live in Aught-Three. This summer finds McMurtry back with a vengeance and staying true to form with his first studio album in over three years, Childish Things. While Childish Things isn't a political record, the centerpiece has to be "We Can't Make it Here," McMurtry's commentary on the current state of the union. "I've always been a little put off by activists. So you know it's a dire situation when I have to become one myself," he explains. McMurtry made the song available as a free download on his website during the 2004 election. The response to the track wasimmediately overwhelming and the song continues to be one of the most requested on stations across the country. Stephen King described the song as "stark and wrenchingly direct, this may be the best American protest song since (Bob Dylan's) 'Masters of War.'" Childish Things marks the first time the track will be available without FCC-sensitive words censored. Childish Things, set to be released August 23 on Compadre, features ten new McMurtry-penned tunes as well as covers of Peter Case's "The Old Part of Town" and the country standard "Ole Slew Foot" featuring Joe Ely.

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J. Feyer in Rolling Stone 1/06: "Es muß diese Stimme sein. Diese monotone, wenig modulationsfähige, ungnädig leiern- de Stimme. Sie ist vermutlich sein größter Feind auf dem Weg zu einem größeren Publikum. Aber sie ist auch auf seinem siebten Studio-Album das wichtigste Instrument des Texaners geblieben. Denn wie James McMurtry singt, erzwingt erst recht den Blick auf das, was er singt. Das trifft vor allem dann zu, wenn der Sohn von Romancier Larry McMurty länger ausholt und zu wuchtigem Roots-Rock diesen erzählerischen Sog kreiert, immer tiefer, immer drängender, immer weiter."