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and there are occasional hints of black metal

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From the elder Dickinson's poignantly surreal poem that opens Sir Mack Rice's "Money Talks" (in which

TOO LONG IN THE WASTELAND 11/21/2002 9 Favorite PlaceHaving an in with a couple of famous people might have helped singer songwriter James McMurtry get through the first swinging door into the music world maybe but his talents did everything else. This album, Too Long in the Wasteland, is his debut offering. It was produced by John Cougar Mellencamp. The album gives a clear sample of McMurtry's gift of writing lyrics that can transfer in a few short words all that needs to be told to pull the listener