James Mcmurtry - Walk Between the Raindrops
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Artist: James McmurtryEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 1998-08-18
Music Label: Sugarhill
Soundtracks:
- Walk Between The Raindrops
- Every Little Bit Counts
- Soda And Salt
- Fast As I Can
- Tired Of Walking
- Airline Agent
- Racing To The Red Light
- Comfortable
- I Only Want To Talk To You
- Rex's Blues
Free Music Notes for Walk Between the Raindrops
Free Music Review: Snapshots of Life
Hit: 5 Stars
This is one excellent album. McMurtry's lyrics show us a number of different takes on life, some funny, some sad. You will relate to some or all of them. If you've ever had a knock-down drag-out with a significant other, then the lines: "tire marks on the pavement where you spun out of the drive, hound dog in the corner looking glad to be alive" will certainly ring true. Social commentaries "Tired of Walking" and "Racing to the Red Light" also will hit a nerve with you. And, to me, "Soda & Salt" and "Airline Agent" are hilarious.
So, McMurtry can write some lyrics. He backs them up with great music. I don't know bats about music, but like the Supreme Court I know it when I see it. Two things:
1. I painted the entire inside of my house to this CD and two others of his (Wasteland, Where'd you Hide the Body) - you really can put this one and the others on and just leave them on.
2. Friends of mine come over and I have this over the outdoor speakers. Next thing I know I'm having to order anywhere from one to all five of McMurtry's CD's for them. I'm doing it again tonight. That should tell you something. I don't know if we can get him to come play a town of 600 but it would be a big turnout.
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The son of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry and the musical brethren of Texas songwriter Townes Van Zandt (whose "Rex's Blues" is suitably covered here), James McMurtry spits out curt one-liners in a flat deadpan that dissolves in uneasy silence. Produced by Lloyd Maines, who contributes Dobro, pedal steel, and mandolin, Walk Through the Raindrops is quieter in tone than McMurtry's major label releases. The rustic arrangements make the lyrics just that much more folksy. "Tired of Walking" and "Airline Agent" are as close to topical songwriting as he's come, while a verse like "Every little bit counts/Though it may not count for much /They could be long forgotten /By the time you add ?em up" is a fine example of the existentialist frontier McMurtry's so fond of probing. --Rob O'ConnorCountry Music CDs
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