Songs -- Writing
Found in 364 Collections and/or Records:
“Used to drive all night” (loose pages)
Series II, “Lyrics for Singles, Unrecorded Songs, and Unidentified Songs,” contains 94 folders of lyrics for released as singles or that have yet to be recorded or released. Songs are separated into their own folders, and labeled either by song title (if known) or by a key phrase or line that either “opens” the song or appear to be thematically significant.
"Used to travel down empty highways …” (loose pages)
Series II, “Lyrics for Singles, Unrecorded Songs, and Unidentified Songs,” contains 94 folders of lyrics for released as singles or that have yet to be recorded or released. Songs are separated into their own folders, and labeled either by song title (if known) or by a key phrase or line that either “opens” the song or appear to be thematically significant.
“Vague Directions” (notepad and loose pages)
“Valley Road” (loose pages)
“Vaquero” (loose pages; song for Bill Wittliff)
“Variety” magazine, with subscriber label addressed to Larry McMurtry; back page of magazine has a “Variety @ SXSW” ad picturing James McMurtry and other artists, March 19, 2008
Series VIII, “Press Clippings and Publicity,” contains an assortment of articles and reviews from throughout James McMurtry’s career, including some copies of The Austin Chronicle, Entertainment Weekly, and Texas Monthly. Series VIII, “Non-Music Notes and Assorted,” contains a shooting schedule and call sheets for Lonesome Dove, a calendar from Archer City, TX illustrated by cartoonist Ace Reid, and an anti-George W. Bush political button.
Video Cassette Tapes, 1994 - 1998
Includes 19 VHS tapes of performances and music videos.
Walk Between the Raindrops, 1998
Walk Between the Raindrops. Artist: James McMurtry, Client: Sugarhill Records Producer: Lloyd Maines, Engineer: Fred Remmert , 1988
Box contains 3 hard shell cases w/ Studio Mastering Audio Tape Reels (Ampex 450 Grand Master); Case # 2 contains the paperwork (track info) for all 3 reels
“Walk Between the Raindrops” (notepad and loose pages)
“We’re running late …/The streets are rivers …” (loose pages)
Series II, “Lyrics for Singles, Unrecorded Songs, and Unidentified Songs,” contains 94 folders of lyrics for released as singles or that have yet to be recorded or released. Songs are separated into their own folders, and labeled either by song title (if known) or by a key phrase or line that either “opens” the song or appear to be thematically significant.
“What’s the Matter” (loose pages)
Where’d You Hide the Body, 1995
“Where’d You Hide the Body” (loose pages)
“Where’s Johnny” (loose pages)
“Who are you talking to, so late at night?” (loose pages)
Series II, “Lyrics for Singles, Unrecorded Songs, and Unidentified Songs,” contains 94 folders of lyrics for released as singles or that have yet to be recorded or released. Songs are separated into their own folders, and labeled either by song title (if known) or by a key phrase or line that either “opens” the song or appear to be thematically significant.
“Yellow cab won’t take me …” (loose pages)
Series II, “Lyrics for Singles, Unrecorded Songs, and Unidentified Songs,” contains 94 folders of lyrics for released as singles or that have yet to be recorded or released. Songs are separated into their own folders, and labeled either by song title (if known) or by a key phrase or line that either “opens” the song or appear to be thematically significant.
“You got it all worked out …” (notepad and loose pages)
Series II, “Lyrics for Singles, Unrecorded Songs, and Unidentified Songs,” contains 94 folders of lyrics for released as singles or that have yet to be recorded or released. Songs are separated into their own folders, and labeled either by song title (if known) or by a key phrase or line that either “opens” the song or appear to be thematically significant.
“You Got to Me” (loose pages)
"You got your lipstick colored crazy …” (loose pages)
Series II, “Lyrics for Singles, Unrecorded Songs, and Unidentified Songs,” contains 94 folders of lyrics for released as singles or that have yet to be recorded or released. Songs are separated into their own folders, and labeled either by song title (if known) or by a key phrase or line that either “opens” the song or appear to be thematically significant.
