Outskirts

Ten years on, and in anticipation of the massive World Book Night event, it’s impossible for me to overstate the connection between this book and this album. Night after night I sat up way into the wee hours, hitting the keyboard with this album playing over and over. In particular I remember working all night long on a passage about what it was like to drive into my hometown late at night. Drank a lot of coffee and put “Outskirts” on single-song repeat for hours.

Writing this morning, different book, same song. Sending a thank you out to James McMurtry.


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