McMurtry, James - The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy (Indie Exclusive, Digipack Packaging, Autographed) (CD) CRB

McMurtry, James - The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy (Indie Exclusive, Digipack Packaging, Autographed) (CD) CRBCOMPACT DISC (CD) When his father died in 2021, James McMurtry went through his effects and discovered a rough pencil sketch of himself as a child. I knew it was of me, but I didnt realize who drew it. I had to ask my stepmom, and she said it looked like Ken Keseys work back in the 60s. The Merry PrankstersKeseys roving band of hippie activists and creatorsstopped by often to visit Larry McMurtry, his wife Faye, and his very young son James. He held

His first album in 7 years nods to the manic influence from prior works like Butter (2009) while charting the unexplored

Eric Clapton & B

The album includes "Must Be Santa

Although the tracks on Our Mother the Mountain were sweetened in Nashville

No More Tears

Andy Fairweather Low and

You’ve Made Me So Very Happy

While Kline's musical taste at the time was leaning toward aughts indie rock she'd loved as a teenager

2 When a Man Loves a Woman

Now reissued as a proper double LP

Garden City

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