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SUMMARY:James McMurtry with Betty Soo
DESCRIPTION:“ THE WANDERING BOY NEVER FLINCHES – James McMurtry’s 11th LP
  is a solid smorgasbord of aging\, Americana\, and arrested development”
  Local critic asks another: “How’s the McMurtry?” Answer: “cut-above son
 gs and then the clutch killers.” … The Austin Chronicle – Raoul Hernande
 z • October 31st\, 2025 James McMurtry released The Black Dog and the Wa
 ndering Boy on June 20th via New West Records. The 10-song collection wa
 s co-produced by McMurtry & Don Dixon (R.E.M.\, The Smithereens) and is 
 his first album in four years. It follows his 2021 acclaimed new West de
 but\, The Horses and the Hounds\, which UnCut Magazine said “lifts story
 telling-in-song to meticulous new levels” and Pitchfork awarded an 8.0\,
  saying “James McMurtry stands out even among the Lone Star State’s fine
 st songwriters…” The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy features appearance
 s by Sarah Jarosz\, Charlie Sexton\, Bonnie Whitmore\, Bukka Allen and m
 ore\, alongside his trusted backing band\, THE MARTIAL LAW REVIEW\, Tim 
 Holt on guitar and accordion\, Cornbread on bass and Daren Hess on drums
 . As varied as they are\, McMurtry’s new story-songs find inspiration in
  scraps from his family’s past: a rough pencil sketch by Ken Kesey that 
 serves as the album cover\, the hallucinations experienced by his father
 \, the legendary writer Larry McMurtry\, an old poem by a family friend.
  A supremely insightful and inventive storyteller\, McMurtry teases vivi
 d worlds out of small details\, setting them to arrangements that have e
 lements of Americana but sound too sly and smart for such a general cate
 gory. Funny and sad often in the same breath\, The Black Dog and the Wan
 dering Boy adds a new chapter to a long career that has young songwriter
 s like Sarah Jarosz and Jason Isbell cite him as a formative influence. 
 E-tickets and Will-call: All tickets purchased online will be sent as e-
 tickets to the email address associated with your order. E-tickets will 
 be listed within your confirmation email. If you would like your tickets
  to be in will-call please call or visit the box office during regular b
 usiness hours. We can sell you a printed ticket over the phone and in pe
 rson. You can reach us at (812) 323-3020 ext 1.\n\nTickets: https://app.
 opendate.io/confirms/736649/web_orders/new\n\nhttps://findlocal.communit
 y/event/ee1f36b1-fd16-4bb4-be6c-c19d2e4249bb
LOCATION:Buskirk-Chumley Theater\, 113 East Kirkwood Avenue\, Bloomington
 \, IN 47408
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/ee1f36b1-fd16-4bb4-be6c-c19d2e4249b
 b
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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