James McMurtry

2 weeks ago | holler.country | Jof Owen |James McMurtry

May 22, 2025 8:56 am GMTLink copied “Several times I’ve made a wrong turn over by the Pentagon, trying to get to a club in Alexandria, Virginia in time for load-in," McMurtry shares about 'Sailing Away,' the latest song to be lifted from his forthcoming album, The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy. "Satellite navigation seems to always get confused in that neighborhood. So I had that line about being lost over by the Pentagon kicking around for years while I waited for a song to put it in.

May 20, 2023 | rollingstone.com | James McMurtry

James McMurtry took the title of his 2002 song “Red Dress” quite literally while playing a string of concerts earlier this month. The songwriter performed the song at gigs in Knoxville and Nashville, Tennessee — and, on Friday night, in New Braunfels, Texas — dressed in drag to protest an increasing slate of anti-LGBTQ legislation being introduced across the nation.

May 20, 2023 | yahoo.com | James McMurtry

James McMurtry took the title of his 2002 song “Red Dress” quite literally while playing a string of concerts earlier this month. The songwriter performed the song at gigs in Knoxville and Nashville, Tennessee — and, on Friday night, in New Braunfels, Texas — dressed in drag to protest an increasing slate of anti-LGBTQ legislation being introduced across the nation.