McMurtry

 Great songs are what I like. Great songs are what I'm in it for, great songs are what I've never stopped looking for. Great songs, above everything else, are what I want from music itself. Inevitably that leads me to James McMurtry. He doesn't have much of a voice, it's true, though he has figured how he can effectively deliver his lyrics and tell his stories. He's got a tight little band, and they're rocking more than usual on his most recent record. And he's always had the songs. He can even make getting old sound pretty cool.

And in a way back corner of a cross-town bus
We were hiding out under my hat
Cashing in on a thirty-year crush
You can't be young and do that