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Just Us Kids
Released: 2008 12 tracksPosts about > Just Us Kids
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Roots rocker James McMurtry will release his ninth album, Just Us Kids, on April 15th, 2008. For the follow-up to the 2006's Americana Music Awards winner for album and song of the year, Childish Things, McMurtry continues his loaded storytelling, this time attacking the Iraq war in "Cheney's Toy" on Just Us Kids. He also takes a stand against corporate profiteering by our nation's leaders who led the country to war on the track “God Bless America.” The Heartless B... MORE
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In fact I love the man and his music, but I love this new James McMurtry album too...an absolute gem.
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McMurtry's built a sizeable resume since his 1989 John Mellancamp-produced debut and his 1991 collaboration with Mellencamp, John Prine, Joe Ely and Dwight Yoakam. The influences of that latter work still reverberates through his music, with Mellencamp's heartland rock, Prine's writerly words and Ely's maverick stance all providing input. Unlike those three, however, McMurtry often sings in a dry, near-monotone style that crosses the tuneful tunelessness of Dylan or Lou Re... MORE
