From the late 70's to the mid 80's writer Larry McMurtry seemed to be everywhere with best selling books, movies and TV shows like The Last Picture Show, Terms of Endearment and Lonesome Dove. The latter was a particularly good TV Mini-Series (remember them?) portraying a gritty western story like Gus and Cap'n Call. In that time I probably read at least 10 of his books.Too Long in the Wasteland is Larry's Son's debut album, recorded in 1989 with John Mellencamp at the helm. Mellencamp also generously lent his band to support as well.
On release the album got good reviews and James' heritage was almost always mentioned in the accompanying story. The connection itself was a good enough reason for me to overlook the Mellencamp connection and buy the album. I was not disappointed. here is a selection of some of the tracks I enjoy the most; Talkin' at the Texaco where you can just get that small town US vibe,
I'm not from here for anyone who has lived in tourist town, Too Long in the wasteland and
Painting By Numbers where you can check out a very young David Letterman.
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