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    James McMurtry | Photo by Jeremy Zimmerman | jeremy-zim.com

    James McMurtry kept things simple during his set on the final night of NonCOMM. The Texan showcased his new record Complicated Game, released on a label of the same name earlier this year.

    He opened with the chuckle-worthy lines of “Honey don’t you be yelling at me when I’m cleaning my gun / I’ll wash the blood off the tailgate when deer season’s done” from “Copper Canteen,” a dry humor showing through in both the wit of his lyrics and the subtlety of his banter. The only non-Game song McMurtry performed was set closer “Down Across the Delaware,” a geographically appropriate track from 1995’s Where’d You Hide the Body. Listen back to the set and view photos below.

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    James McMurtry | Photo by Jeremy Zimmerman | jeremy-zim.com

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    James McMurtry | Photo by Jeremy Zimmerman | jeremy-zim.com

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    James McMurtry | Photo by Jeremy Zimmerman | jeremy-zim.com

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    James McMurtry | Photo by Jeremy Zimmerman | jeremy-zim.com

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    James McMurtry | Photo by Jeremy Zimmerman | jeremy-zim.com

    James McMurtry
    James McMurtry | Photo by Jeremy Zimmerman | jeremy-zim.com

    James McMurtry
    James McMurtry | Photo by Jeremy Zimmerman | jeremy-zim.com

    James McMurtry
    James McMurtry | Photo by Jeremy Zimmerman | jeremy-zim.com

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    James McMurtry | Photo by Jeremy Zimmerman | jeremy-zim.com

    James McMurtry
    James McMurtry | Photo by Jeremy Zimmerman | jeremy-zim.com

    James McMurtry
    James McMurtry | Photo by Jeremy Zimmerman | jeremy-zim.com

    Setlist
    Copper Canteen
    You Got to Me
    How’m I Gonna Find You Now
    Ain’t Got a Place
    Long Island Sound
    Down Across the Delaware

    James McMurtry

    James McMurtry | Photo by Jeremy Zimmerman | jeremy-zim.com

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    Recap: James McMurtry showcases Complicated Game at NonCOMM

    By Julie Miller
    May 15, 2015
    09:05 PM
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