James McMurtry

Biography

James McMurtry was born on March 18, 1962, in Fort Worth, Texas, to novelist Larry McMurtry and an English professor mother. Raised mostly in Leesburg, Virginia, he began performing in his teens and later studied English and Spanish at the University of Arizona before returning to Texas and his father's ranch house. He has since become a singer-songwriter, guitarist, and occasional actor, known for roles in "Daisy Miller", "Lonesome Dove" and as the narrator of "Ghost Town: 24 Hours in Terlingua".