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James McMurtry at Backstage Austin in Austin, Texas

James McMurtry
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James McMurtry at Backstage Austin in Austin, Texas

James McMurtry at Backstage Austin in Austin, Texas

DATE:
Saturday, September 24, 2016
TIME:
Doors | 7:00 PM
Showtime 8:00 PM
LOCATION:
Backstage Austin
1302 South First
Austin, Texas 78704
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About this Event:
All ages welcome

Dinner and full bar available

Tickets are $20 online in advance or $25 at the door.

The last show sold out, so get your tickets now!
Price: $20.00
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On Just Us Kids, James McMurty follows up his critically acclaimed Childish Things with a dozen new, sharply drawn illuminations as he continues to hone and expand his considerable gifts. And the self-produced opus (James’ fourth venture pulling strings on both sides of the glass) unquestionably represents his most ambitious, accomplished and ass-kicking presentation to date. Just Us Kids will be the first release for Nashville-based Lightning Rod Records; label president Logan Rogers previously worked as Vice President of A&R for Compadre Records on McMurtry’s previous two albums. The Texas native long has been known as an astute, clear-eyed observer and concise, no-holds-barred chronicler of the human condition, but a growing socio-political edge fairly exploded just prior to the 2004 elections when his scathing, palace-rattling “We Can’t Make It Here” was made available online as a free download. The seven-plus-minute diatribe against social injustice and the Administration’s hypocrisy and deceptions repercussed wildly across the Internet and the airwaves, igniting a grassroots firestorm that has brought legions of new fans to the singer/songwriter’s work. As of this writing, fan-made videos of “We Can’t Make It Here” have been viewed more than 150,000 times on YouTube.