James McMurtry - Best Of The Sugar Hill Years

A true storyteller in the tradition of his family - father Larry is a celebrated novelist - James McMurtry's music has been described as roots-rock with a country feel, with a little bit of soul and blues thrown in just for good measure. The characters who populate McMurtry's albums are torn directly from the contemporary American landscape; they are so ragged and genuine . . . their lives are transformed into emotionally gripping songs that testify to the realities of life.