Thu., April 4
$20
Rock & Pop, Seasonal Special Happenings
Veteran singer-songwriter James McMurtry started playing cover tunes at a college hangout in Tucson. It was one of the first places that gave him a regular gig in the early ‘80s. At the time, he was a student at the University of Arizona. While Tucson had a cool indie rock scene back then and featured acts such as Giant Sand/Howe Gelb and Green on Red, McMurtry embraced alt-country before it was cool to be alt-country. Produced by John Mellencamp, his 1989 debut, Too Long in the Wasteland, announced that McMurtry, the son of writer Larry McMurtry, had a good knack…
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