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It Had To Happen

James Mcmurtry (Contributor) Format: Audio CD

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JAMES MCMURTRY - IT HAD TO HAPPEN - CD

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Is discontinued by manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Product dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.4 x 14.2 x 1.19 cm; 110 Grams
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Sugar Hill
Item Model Number ‏ : ‎ 1978847
Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2000
Label ‏ : ‎ Sugar Hill
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000000EXT
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Sfragara Rocco

ottimo acquisto

Reviewed in Italy on 7 June 2023

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arrivato nei tempi previsti. Disco fantastico

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seven of nine

ACH... DU ALTER GRANTLER...

Reviewed in Germany on 24 November 2012

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Du komischer Schnodderfritze, brüchige Seele Du, Du bist mir einfach einer der benötigtsten Companions im Wasteland,
auf der Rocky Road Richtung Heartbreak Motel in Lost Mountain...
Da kauere ich dann scharf auf Kante vor schwarzem Abgrund und zieh mir selbstmitleidig Deine Verzweiflungs-Lyrics rein,
lausche Deiner schroffen,*unschönen* Stimme, die soviel Vertrauen und Zugehörigkeit schafft - und das Springen einer
alten Katze in undurchdringliches Gestrüpp verhindert. Danke Dir!, Du Alpha Lionheart (na ja, eher Wolf Man) unter den
Kargtönern, zumindest einem davon, Alpha sind sie alle irgendwie... meine Great Daddies im Americana, Hiatt, Hubbard,
Bonneville, Alvin, Kennard. Uncle Bob und Uncle Neil sind sowieso Ahnengalerie, Du könntest vielleicht ein gefühlter Bruder sein,
zumindest vertrauen wir dem gleichen Paten: Lloyd Maines, der darf hier produzieren, Lap Steel und Slide spielen.

Es erübrigt sich eine Beschreibung über die Qualität der Instrumentierung, ein altes eingefleischtes Rudel spielt
hier auf: Ronnie Johnson am Bass, Chris Searles an Drums, Charlie Sexton an Mandoline, McMürrisch an Gitarren,
und damit das nicht allzu männerlastig wird darf Lieblings-Kitten Lisa Mednick mit Keys, Accordion und Background Geschnurre
in Austins Cedar Creek Gralshalle...

Fast hätte ich jetzt den Step Brother der Familie vergessen, den Cougar im Katerclan, den Mells! Doch, da sind
schon Parallelen da, die Art des Singens, auch textlich, sehr kritisierend, sehr ironisch - nicht so sehr mit den
geschliffenenen Krallen, eher unterschwellig. Aber der Cougar (was macht der eigentlich momentan?) zog es doch
manchmal vor den verlockenden Duftmarken einiger Kätzinnen zu folgen, als strupp- und flöhpelzig in den Broke Back
Mountains herumzutigern... Ach und ach, mein senil-felines Gehirn, Grandpa Jon Dee Graham! Wie konnt ich den nur
übersehen?, überhören würd ich ihn nie!

Familienbande eben, auf verschiedenen Wegen zum gleichen Ziel, Musik zu machen für alle die, die hin und wieder eine
gutmeinende Pfote brauchen können. Eine ehrliche, tröstende, vertraute. Rauhsanft und treu, niemals verlassend.
Ja doch, auch knurrig und schnappend... aber immer direkt und unmissverständlich.

Zuhörtipp: Das ganze Album in seiner stimmungsmässigen Geschlossenheit, let it happen.
Wer sich vor downloadwilliger Zeit nicht retten kann, der kann ja mal kurz -NO MORE BUFFALO- antapsen....
Nur so...mal die Lauscher spitzen für die Lyrics. Unbedingt noch -12 O CLOCK WHISTLE-, und noch der Einsteiger/Aussteiger
(ein Touch Werewolf Zevon) und noch...

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Kurt Harding

An Obscure Gem

Reviewed in the United States on 29 December 2002

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Some years ago, I chanced to hear James McMurtry perform at a small club near where I live. He was promoting his first album which had received accolades in the alternative press, and though the crowd was very thin, he played as if he were playing for thousands.
I bought that album on cassette and still have it, but I hadn't thought much about him until recently when a friend to whom I had introduced McMurtry's music brought out a stack of his newer CDs for me to hear.
Among those was It Had To Happen. When I first put it on, I was pleased but not overwhelmed. McMurtry's unmistakeable voice and style were there to be sure, but no song initially stood out. Then, as I listened more closely, it began to grow on me.
McMurtry is nothing if not sardonic and that is a quality I admire in a songwriter. Dylan has it, Nick Cave has it, and its clear that McMurtry has it too. You gotta love story songs like 12 O'clock Whistle, the sneering Sixty Acres, and the wistful No More Buffalo. But to my ears, the best song on the album is the lyrically and musically powerful Be With Me. McMurtry's bitter, sardonic delivery is just stunning and makes it a song I could play over and over again.
There are a few weak spots that detract from a higher rating, notably the too frequent repetition of the title of the otherwise well-written Jaws of Life and the inclusion of Kinky Friedman's Wild Man From Borneo. Despite that, I highly recommend buying this obscure gem by a singer/songwriter who deserves more fame than he has.

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Chelzy

Great lyrics

Reviewed in the United States on 30 December 2021

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Love his song writing abilities

Mark Town

He is so very good

Reviewed in the United States on 22 September 2012

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How to bring more attention to James McMurtry? He has so many good records, so many good songs, so many good stories to tell. I own six, and I am listening to "It Had to Happen" as I write this review and believe that it has become my favorite. The record has so many good melodies (yes, he is primarily a lyricist, I guess, but the music is good as well as is the musicianship)and no weak songs, or overly loud ones that jar or rattle me more than I want to be jarred and rattled. Even the nicely paced and beautifully written "Peter Pan" goes down smoothly with great guitar twangs despite the plaintiff request - "Let's go chase tornadoes, just me and you, you don't often catch 'em but man when you do..." I could point out so many of these songs but will only further note "The Jaws of Life" which is about aging, in many ways is the great equalizer. Some times looking for insight in folk lyrics is a waste of time, but not here. This is good stuff. Let's hope more people notice. This record would be a great place to start.

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