Upcoming Shows: All shows are FULL BAND (unless otherwise indicated)Contact venue for ticketsTue Dec 2Continental Club Gallery (Solo)Austin, TX            Wed Dec 3Continental ClubAustin, TX              Tue Dec 16Continental Club Gallery (Solo)Austin, TXWed Dec 17Continental Club
Austin, TX              
Tue Dec 23
Continental Club Gallery (Solo)
Austin, TX              
Fri Dec 26
The Roost
Austin, TX
Tue Dec 30
Continental Club Gallery (Solo)
Austin, TX
Wed Dec 31
Continental Club
Austin, TX              
Fri Jan 2
Center For The Arts (Solo)
Jackson Hole, WY
Fri Jan 16
Dan's Silverleaf
Denton, TX
Sat Jan 17
Sam's Burger Joint
Austin, TX
TICKETS
Fri Jan 23
Saxon Pub (Solo)
Austin, TX
Sat Jan 24
Main Street Crossing (Solo)
Tomball, TX              
Fri Mar 6
Granada Theatre
Dallas, TX
Sat Mar 7
Gruene Hall
New Braunfels, TX
Sat Mar 28
Continental Club
Houston, TX
Continental Club Residency
When he is not on the road, you can catch James McMurtry in Austin for his regular solo/acoustic show at the Continental Club Gallery every Tuesday. And  the James McMurtry Band can be found  each Wednesday performing their renowned regular  midnight set at The Continental Club in Austin, Texas.
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"The simple fact is that James McMurtry may be the truest, fiercest songwriters of his generation." - Stephen King
JAMES McMURTRY RELEASES COMPLICATED GAME,
HIS FIRST STUDIO ALBUM IN SIX YEARS
Celebrated tunesmith's highly anticipated record an elegant
collection “mostly about relationships” and “the big old world”
AUSTIN, Texas: James McMurtry spins stories with a poet’s pen (“Long Island Sound”) and a painter’s precision (“She Loves Me”). Proof: The acclaimed songwriter’s new Complicated Game. McMurtry’s first collection in six years spotlights a craftsman in absolutely peak form as he turns from political toward personal (“These Things I’ve Come to Know,” “You Got to Me”). “The lyrical theme is mostly about relationships,” McMurtry says. “It’s also a little about the big old world verses the poor little farmer or fisherman. I never make a conscious decision about what to write about.”
Complicated Game delivers McMurtry’s trademark story songs time and again (“Copper Canteen,” “Deaver’s Crossing”), but the record brings a new (and certainly no less energetic) sonic approach. First, recall blistering beats and gnashing guitars from his magnum opus Just Us Kids (2008). Now, unplug. “The label head wanted more acoustic,” McMurtry explains. “We built everything as we went so we ended up with more acoustic guitar as we went. We just played whatever sounded right for a given song, but we weren’t necessarily saying this is an acoustic record.”              
Exhibit A: “How’m I Gonna Find You Now.” The record’s lead single boasts buoyan