Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Novel Approach

As the Washington Post observed, James McMurtry “creates a novel’s worth of emotion and experience in four minutes of blisteringly stark couplets.” Given that he’s the son of Western novelist Larry McMurtry, the alt-country singer comes by his way with words honestly. As for his similar gifts for melodies and hooks? File under mystery. McMurtry plays the Tupelo Music Hall in White River Junction this Friday, March 8. Local songwriter Bow Thayer opens.