James McMurtry at the Railyard

It's funny to go out and hear bands you used to play with. it would be weird enough if you were still playing in bands, but when you've quit playing for 6 or 7 years it is decidedly eerie.I mean, I never quit playing music, but took myself out of the game so to speak. So going to hear James was special and fun and all that, but a bit spooky as well. My fingers sort of move involuntarily if I know the song. I sing along here and there. But I don't know I'm doing it. The more time that passes since I left the Austin music scene, the fewer songs are familiar to me. Same thing when we went to hear Ray Wylie. But the sounds all still sound familiar. And there is still some comfort in that I suppose. And just in case anyone wonders, the band sounded good. James sounded great.