James McMurtry Announces Return to Bozeman in 2025
Alt-country singer-songwriter, James McMurtry will return to The ELM in Bozeman on June 25, 2025, with Texas-based folk artist BettySoo opening the show.
McMurtry’s debut album, Too Long in the Wasteland (1989), produced by John Mellencamp, launched a successful career with Columbia and Sugar Hill Records. His 1997 album It Had to Happen won the American Indie Award for Best Americana Album, while Childish Things (2005) earned critical acclaim, topping the Americana Music Radio chart and winning Album of the Year at the Americana Music Association.
His most recent album, The Horses and the Hounds (2021), was also met with widespread praise, with Pitchfork calling it “one of his most intense and humane works.”
If you’re new to McMurtry, check out some of his most notable songs like “Choctaw Bingo,” “Canola Fields” and “Copper Canteen.”
Don’t miss McMurtry live at The ELM for a night of exceptional storytelling and songwriting!
TICKETS
GROOVE PRESALE: A limited amount of Groove Presale tickets for James McMurtry will be available ONLINE ONLY (while supplies last) from 10am to 10pm, Thursday, March 13th. A password will be provided via email after completing the Groove Presale form below where it says GET TICKETS.
PLEASE NOTE: Logjam Gift Cards cannot be used for presale purchases. Learn how to purchase tickets with your Logjam gift card here.
PUBLIC ON SALE: Tickets go on sale Friday, March 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM and will be available to purchase in person at Logjam Presents Box Offices and online while supplies last. General admission standing room only, reserved balcony seating, reserved balcony wing seating, and reserved balcony loge seating tickets are available. All ages are welcome.
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ABOUT JAMES MCMURTRY
A Lone Star sheriff hunts quail on horseback and keeps a secret second family. A mechanic lies among the spare parts on the floor of his garage and wonders if he can afford to keep his girlfriend. A troubled man sees hallucinations of a black dog and a wandering boy and hums “Weird Al” songs in his head. These are some of the strange and richly drawn characters who inhabit James McMurtry’s eleventh album, The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy. A supremely insightful and inventive storyteller, he teases vivid worlds out of small details, setting them to arrangements that have the elements of Americana—rolling guitars, barroom harmonies, traces of banjo and harmonica—but sound too sly and smart for such a general category. Funny and sad often in the same breath, the album adds a new chapter to a long career that has enjoyed a resurgence as young songwriters like Sarah Jarosz and Jason Isbell cite him as a formative influence. Continue reading…
