Stephen king james mcmurtry biography

By Blake Maddux

James McMurtry’s Facebook page describes him as “Steadily Shedding Fans Since 1989.”

In a 1992 interview, singer-songwriter James McMurtry said, “When I was about 7, she taught me three chords on the guitar. It started me off, and I learned the rest on my own.”

“She” was his mother, Shakespeare scholar and University of Richmond English professor Josephine “Jo” McMurtry (née Ballard).

In the same interview, he acknowledged that “if it wasn’t for dad’s connections, I wouldn’t have made it anywhere,”

“Dad” is Larry, the novelist whose works have been adapted for the large screen for movies such as Hud, TheLast Picture Show, and Terms of Endearment and the small one in the form of several productions based on his Lonesome Dove book series.

(Larry McMurtry also co-wrote the screenplay to Brokeback Mountain.)

Thus, it is hardly surprising that James McMurtry ende