James McMurtry
Sign in to saveAmerican rock and folk-rock/americana singer-songwriter and guitarist
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1962-03-18
americanafolk rockrocksinger-songwriter
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James McMurtry (born March 18, 1962 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a Texas rock/Texas Country singer, songwriter, guitarist, bandleader and occasional actor (Daisy Miller, Lonesome Dove). He performs as James McMurtry And The Heartless Bastards with veteran bandmates and rhythm section Darren Hess and Ronnie Johnson (not to be confused with the Cincinnati, OH, band Heartless Bastards). The son of acclaimed author Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove, Terms of Endearment), James grew up on a steady diet of J
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Fort Worth
- Father
- Larry McMurtry
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- Woodberry Forest School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- alternative country
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Official website
- www.jamesmcmurtry.com
- Image
- James McMurtry SXSW 2006 crop.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1962-03-18
- Commons category
- James McMurtry
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- social media followers
- 17931
- writing language
- English language
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