REVELATIONS
JAMES McMURTRY
James McMurtry: “I could hear a melody”
The Southern storyteller on his curious visions
EVERED Texan songwriter James RMcMurtry takes inspiration from widespread sources, but the title track of The Black Dog And The Wandering Boy, his exceptional new album, is firmly rooted in the familial. It was written on discovering that his late father, novelist Larry McMurtry, had experienced visions in his final years.