Recipient of Americana Music Association’s Album of the Year (Childish Things) and Song of the Year (“We Can’t Make it Here”), Rabble-Rowser, Working Class Hero…and now James McMurtry can now add “Hall of Fame Inductee” to his ever-growing list of accolades
The South By Southwest was kicked off at the Austin Music Awards this past Wednesday, March 14th, James McMurtry was inducted into the Austin Chronicle Music Poll Hall of Fame. McMurtry was inducted along with Paul Ray (of the Cobras), Lucinda Williams, Scratch Acid, Patrice Pike, DJ Casanova, Blues Boy Hubbard and Ernie Mae Miller. Past inductees include Stephen Bruton, Janis Joplin, Willie Nelson, Gurf Morlix, and Doug Sahm.