The greatest run on sentence in the history of the English language!

Here is another guy that gets overlooked by all the critics... he's a great songwriter and gets down on that guitar of his. The guys in the band are very talented as well. If you get a chance to go see these guys, do so! 😊

This has to be a true story, no way anyone could make up a story like this.

Hands down, the greatest story song of all time. I'd have been thrilled to write a single stanza of this song.

James isn't country, this is (Texas) AmericanA in it's purist form. He is unique and thats the biggest complement an artist can get. I can't get enough... well never tire of, McMurtry.

you know you are a Okie when this song makes perfect sense

The first time I heard this song all I could think was "this should be an Emmy award winning HBO series"

The incomparable James McMurtry, an American treasure.

These guys kick A$$. I just heard about them all from a friend today, and I can't wait to hear more of their work.

Amazing! Great musicians! Great story! James' guitar playing and voice are so unique.

First heard this on WEVL, an Indie FM station in Memphis; Damn !! Had to pull over into a convenience store pkg. lot to fully dig the lyrics, I was totally knocked out, now a fan for life...the keyboard dude on this is F'in Tight Tight Tight !! McMurtry for life...

Found this a year ago and am hooked. The guy is a genius in an Americana music world lacking this kind of wrtiting and performing!

Someone once asked how he got so good at guitar and he said he never had money to pay a guitar player and he wasn't making much money so he had to learn himself He is GREAT on electric and acoustic, 12 string as well.

He is a genius writer This song is awesome

IAN! Miss my friend so much.

This dude is hitting it on the head with his knowledge on the regions of this great country!

James McMurtry and J.J Cale..........Two of the Greatest.

This is America at this very moment. A big land with a lot of room for freedom of music and thought. Were Americans but not always the same. God bless this country.

The state song for all the Red States in the Union.

I've been to most of the places he mentions in this song. He's highly under-rated. He'a one of my top-ten for sure.

This song should in a museum -- an open air one.

What in tarnation did I just listen to? Had me dancin' with my dog all around the front room. We're second cousins, but I don't mind.

Just saw him open for Jason Isbell a few weeks ago, Can't believe he's been under my radar all these years. I've been binge listening since then and bought all his cds. Not a bad song among them.

Please note the man on the keys.......a fucking 60's legend!!!

Only song EVER....to include a lyric about Badass Hebrews...✡🕶✊

Such incredible live performance.. and wow... what a story and what a fun jam this is.. I have no idea how many times I have watched this but it is more than 20... or 30... no counting.. this is just so brilliant and entertaining musicks :)

James is the best thing performing presently....and this is his signature song....refreshing listening to somebody this good that;s smart...writes and performs his own stuff and plays a pretty damn good guitar....all that plus a social conscience What the hell else is there? I SAY!

The coolest makeup of a band, the damndest lyrics ever, and the heaviest backup singer you could ask for and get.

Funniest song I've heard in a long time. Heard it on XM one day and couldn't quite believe my ears. ;)

I'm from Baxter Springs and just learned of this song recently when reading the Baxter Springs wikipedia page. This makes me insanely nostalgic, totally reminds me of my family and home - what a great song. I lost it when he mentioned the Vinita McDonalds. I love Cherokee country.

I've had the privilege of seeing him twice now in Charlotte Nc!! He's an amazing guitarist especially on the 12 string!!

Recorded at The Paradiso, Amsterdam in 2009, originally intended for a radio broadcast for Nps radio 6, I was the radio producer along with sound engineer Ronald Trijber on this particular session. FAB Channel tapped our audio feed and the record company issued this as a bonus DVD

…and They’ll be coming down from Kansas ..And from West Arkansas… It’ll be one great big ol party.. Like you never saw

Appreciate everything James puts out there...real talent comes easy for him...what a great song...

I told a guitar player friend of mine years ago that country music would change and more people our age, late 30s at the time, would become interested in it. He agreed and we started a band. Skiimmed through all of our albums to find songs that were acceptable to a country audience and a rock audience at the same time. We played a few bars where we werre damned near kicked out and played a few others where we were cfonsidered to be the best band ever. Pretty strange. T he band didn't last all that long and I found myself livin in Georgia. While down south I discovered McMurtry on XM radio, knew this is where the revolution was going to start. Also got reconnected to Ray Wiley Hubbard, he was always too far left for that Nashville crowd. Short ending, I'm just glad to see that country met rock and became the kick ass music it is today Nashville sucks, Austin rocks!

James is always a featured artist on KPIG here in Calif. Great stuff!!

this just gets better the 3rd time listening to it'

How do they remember all those words??? Fantastic!

I saw James perform @ the downtown waterfront in Bangor, Maine. I wish McLagan was there, he was killin' it on the keyboard in this performance.

Gonna have us a time ! Great song - killer band

When I listen to this song, sondo my neighbors.

Great cover of the Ray Wylie Hubbard tune.

Just discovered this guy this month and went to see him play in Ferndale, MI. Fantastic! I really love this song; there's something about his vocal delivery in this tune that reminds me of Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me".

He and his daddy - true artists...must be in their genes

That keyboard though!!!

Why hasn’t this song been made into a movie?

the man....man kills me all the time...proper legend

I'm not a big country fan, but I definitely like this band. This is one of my favorite songs. You should check out his other songs.

Badass....what more can be said.

This guy is GREAT. Reminds me of JJ Cale

Epic storytelling. Cool quartet version.

all the lines in this one kill me, today it's the part about the stop at the gunshop.

He co wrote the song with Ray Wylie Hubbard in the back of a mini van between shows. Ray Wylie told me this.

An A-plus backup band. The backup singer is fun to watch, using both bass guitar and vocals. He nails them. Excellent lyrics and storytelling. Is James McMurtry a storyteller? Just like his daddy? Both are perfection on parade.

Great rockin' version. Love it.

Wonderful performance! McLagan just KILLS IT on the keyboard. So sweet it's easy to listen but gets your blood bubbling. McMurtry's voice is superb. - In 2009, Live in Europe was released, capturing The McMurtry Band’s first European tour and extraordinary live set. Along with seasoned band members Ronnie Johnson, Daren Hess, and Tim Holt, the disc features special guests Ian McLagan and Jon Dee Graham. Also, for the first time ever, video of the James McMurtry Band’s live performance is available on the included DVD.

From pittsburg ks. This song makes perfect sense.

He can sure belt out a tune

Immortal groove

It's a great driving song.

Cinema/editor/director/sound man, this is an awesome record of a perfromance. Great job. Oh yeah McMurtrey Band, good job. F-ing great tune!

RIP Ian

YEE YEE!

That's sheer fucking genius...

Almost always my favorite show of the year. Loved seeing him in Texas when we lived there ... may have been my imagination - but he may have cracked a smile once or twice during the Texas shows (the Granada in Dallas was my favorite venue to seem 'em). He, Steve Earle, and Neil Young write great music, create great lyrics, and play great guitar. And you can see McMurtry and Earle twenty times for what it costs to catch one of ol' Neil's shows. I've seen them both about that many times. Have yet to catch Neil Young as my brain stops my fingers as I get close to clicking on "purchase now" on his ticketing website. Just can't fathom paying $300 per seat to see ANYONE - unless Lennon and Harrison came back to Earth and reunited with Paul and Ringo.

for family dysfunction check out Robert Earl Keen's "Merry Christmas from the Family" !!

well mr. armstrong this is what country music is supposed to sound like

Love that choctaw bingo.

One of Stephen Kings top 10 favorite songs

True legend.

Thats a wild crowd.

songs from my local area :) love this one

What a song!! Love it!!

all his songs are "hitssssssssss"

"We got justification for wealth, & greed, amber waves of grain, & bathtub speed"

sounds like fun people.

That's soooo great!!!

Gotdamn. That's Good shit. Roy Buchanan and JJ Cale.

Check out that guitar. He’s playing the discontinued(even at the time of this video) PRS Swamp Ash. Great tone. Go see him if you are able.

what a great story put to song

until you been to oklahoma, much less baxter springs you can, although somewhat, understand what JM is talkin' about As one of my better friends who grew up and went to college in Stillwater said-"The best thing about OK is seein' it in your rear view mirror goin' north or to Arkansas Going SW to Midland, Lubbock, or Odessa ain't no big bargain either Old Mexico beats em all What ever God, bless JM We gonna have us a time Na ahoo ee(chicken in Navajo)

That was awesome!!

Great song writing and musician,..asl long you can "Walk thru the rain drops dry as a bone". 😎🇨🇱

That was TIGHT!

Really good.

Would Love to see James and his crew in So Cal....

Yer a peein's gotta trip on 'Murican's~! Thanks James!~

This song is an anthem to a great culture. The drugs and incest parts are a little much but hell the whole scene is just reckless abandon. And this live version is awesome, so danceable. I love the lead guitar work. More extensive than in the studio version.

Holy shit!

Just Awesome

I’ve seen the Dead 100 times. Fuck, I saw Warren Zevon. I fucking love this song and it’s top ten in Texas shine don’t sell…. Bang those keys! ROSCO. But he didn’t quite… seriously the best song out of Texas since Stevie Ray Vaughan, and that’s one big ole pistol… made by badass Hebrews. We gonna have us a time. This should be the national anthem. Do some sister twisters till the cows come home. Have us a time.

We're goin to Oklahoma

SAW HIM DO THIS SONG AT RHYTHM AND BREWS WAPAKONETA, OHIO.

woooooo

You're gonna give it back too

We have a winner, in the back! Covered the entire card...!

Great version! Sure wish there was video from Ought Eight....

It's a fun area if you like lakes and gambling.

James is the shit

Here come ol' Flattop,,,