- James
McMurtry is the son of acclaimed author Larry
McMurtry. McMurtry 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's Compadre
Records and together they released the universally
lauded Live in Aught-Three. 2005's Childish Things
garnered some of the highest critical praise of
McMurtry's career and spent six weeks at number one
on R&R's Americana Music Radio Chart in 2005 and
2006. Last September, Childish Things and "We Can't
Make It Here" won the Americana Music Awards for
album and song of the year respectively.
- The awards
continue to pile up for roots rocker James McMurtry.
McMurtry, the 2006 winner of the Americana Music
Association's Song and Album of there year, has just
been awarded Esquire's 2007 Esky Award for "Biggest
Agitator" in the April issue of the magazine. The
"Agitator" tag refers to McMurtry's recent musical
commentaries on the current state of the union - "We
Can't Make It Here" and "God Bless America." The
annual Esky Awards recognize musical achievement in
areas that aren't explored by typical music awards.
The award itself features a mustachioed little man
holding up the rock and roll hand sign. Other winners
of a 2007 Esky include LCD Soundsystem for "Best
Soundtrack for Getting Off Your Ass" and Cold War
Kids' Matt Maust for "Best Advertisement for Indie
Rock Medical Insurance." Esquire Magazine has a
circulation of over 700,000.
- Courtesy of Logan
Rogers
Compadre
Records
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