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THIS WEEK IN AUSTIN! I’m home and celebrating w these fine folks THIS Tuesday and Thursday. I will be leaving next week for the rest of the summer and counting down the day. I’m inviting all y’all to come party w us before I head west. Tuesday after @jamesmcmurtryofficial my Sad Girls @scottyd1975 @ttamnosnhoj AND @bettysoo joining in at the midnight slot @continentalclubatx ! Thursday the 4th I’m back in the @continental.gallery w @barbaracnesbitt ! As an honorary Whitmore, she will be holding Thursday down for me while I’m gone, but first we’re gonna party and watch the fireworks from the view of the gallery. Prepare to laugh and cry w us. It’ll be a time! Huge condolences to all the dog owners who may not be able to participate this week. I wish they didn’t have to go through it every year. Give them extra belly rubs and treat for me. #ipetthatdog #bonniewhitmoreandthesadgirls #bonniewhitmoreandherfriends #austinmusic #soco #mychurch

be vewwy quiet... . . . alt text: video clip with a white man looking at camera then away, then a zoom in shot to show a rabbit sitting on a gravel lot. text overlay says, "be vewwy quiet" @waveict @jamesmcmurtryofficial (no bunny rabbits were harmed in the making of this video)

tour dump photo 3 + ANNOUNCEMENT 😊 boy oh boy. colorado, you are a treasure! thanks to all the denver folks who made tonight's show fun and shared hilarious, encouraging, meaningful bits with me at the merch table. Just 2 shows left on this run with @jamesmcmurtryofficial ; the end-of-tour blues are bound to set in for me (i always get 'em...) but until they do, we are gonna do our best to knock out great shows for ya - Denver & Wichita! in case you've wondered how to navigate an airport with 2 guitars flight cases + luggage, this is the way! Ok - buried the lede... I will be performing an official @americanafest showcase at the Americana Music Conference & Festival! I am thrilled and can't wait to see y'all in Nashville for great music and community. other random stuff - we saw this truck and smelled a real skunk on the same day. Cornbread proves he has the fastest metabolism on the planet. clean laundry on tour summons comfort and relief for my soul. looking at a pile of clean small clothes is the greatest 😂 can i tell you how THRILLED i was to autograph a well-loved and well-used copy of @workplayeveryday ?!? this was a huge honor and treat for me. knowing i have helped people with this tool makes me giddy ❤️ 😊 i love industrial and agricultural behemoths. something about babelian towers never ceases to intrigue and captivate me. visually, they seem impossible, and i cannot resist their draw. ok last thing... i don't usually share memes in posts, but i keep cracking up at this. i don't exactly align with all 4 choices, but the gist is right on target, and the facial expression? 👩🏻‍🍳💋 - perfect fit for how it feels for me. thanks for the love and support. i know i'm the luckiest. i'm so grateful. my hope is to help you feel connected and seen by putting words and music to stories and emotions that you can relate to - or to shine a light and look at something together with us. thank you for reminding me in person that what we do means something to you. last thing — THX to @jerrylima1900 @minttalentgroup & @charliebfaye @daydreambelievercreativeatx for being the best team i could hope for see you at the show! alt text in comment

went and played the lovely @moccasincreekfestival for the second time and absolutely loved it all over again. such a sweet festival (with crazy delicious kimchi burgers, y'all) that feels homey and safe and friendly. it was such an honor to do a set and sing along with some of my friends and heroes 💗 oh, and lookie what i found! a @nobodysgirlofficial shirt out in the wild... pretty sure these are still available at the online shop, so get your pronoun merch online now 😊 thanks for repping, Kat! alt text: 1. video of a stage among heavy tree cover. on stage are two white women and a white man, all with acoustic guitars and microphones. 2. selfie with korean person and a white person together. the white person is wearing a shirt with an array of personal pronouns that ends with the sentence "we are nobody's girl."

such a crazy thrill to open shows for my heroes - touring with @jamesmcmurtryofficial and @chrissmithermusic is an unreal honor. i can hardly believe i get to do it. thank you for bringing me on the road with you guys. you are both masters of the craft and the kindest gentlemen anywhere. alt text: 1. white man seated playing solo guitar in front of a full seated audience. 2. white man standing, playing guitar and singing in a large theatre

i checked in, and the hotel checked my energy level. Very Low, it said. Go lie down for 15 minutes, it said. Then you can hose off and put on a face and play some scales... For now though, lie down. LIE DOWN. All the way. Head too. Hands too. Put the phone down. Okay, now relax. (but real quick... see y'all tonight in Evanston at @evanstonspace with @chrissmithermusic - it's going to be so magical!)

tour photo dump #2 hanging out in green rooms and experiencing the industrial backstage guts of outwardly fancy theatres is one of my favorite parts of this job. oh, and it's always fun to see your name backstage. well, it was big fun playing to a packed house at @thetroubadour - thanks for hanging out y'all, for coming early for the opener, and to james for bringing me along and also learning my songs to play with me on stage. somebody pinch me... photos by me and @charliebfaye alt text: 1. selfie of a korean woman. a sign on the door reads: PRIVATE. WELCOME JAMES MCMURTRY & BETTYSOO 2. BettySoo, a korean woman sings and plays guitar on stage. neon sign behind her says Troubadour. James McMurtry plays guitar, Daren Hess plays drums. 3. BettySoo, a korean woman in a mask and @wilhjr51 from the @roots_on_the_rails train tribe 4. James McMurtry, a white man, and BettySoo, a korean woman, pose for a selfie with giant tortas. 5. BettySoo, a korean woman, stands on a sidewalk in front of the Troubadour in west Hollywood. The marquee reads James McMurtry / BettySoo

this is what it's like to ride in the car with james mcmurtry: you keep thinking, "hey, say something clever... like, what's that smart thing i once said in geometry class?" but you never say anything clever or witty. you just never, ever do. -— link to TICKETS to Sunday's show in sacramento in my story

photo dump crossing from texas to cali... yummy breakfast at the pantry in santa fe, radio in santa fe and madrid NM, food storage, small and large scale, and a local liquor store chain called...what the... TONIGHT we will be at the world famous @thetroubadour and would love to see ya there. tell all yer friends and frenemies. we welcome them one and all ❤️

@bettysoo at Tattler on June 22nd. BettySoo limited ticketing for an intimate show at @tattlerpost973 . Her only show in Chicago on this tour. Tickets on Eventbrite or call the Post at (773) 588-5809. Doors at 7, show at 8. Public welcome! “BettySoo Live in Concert”

the oil is changed. the tires are all right. the stockings are laundered; the boots are shined. boy, am i itching to get out there and play. june is gonna be a heckuva ride, as @jamesmcmurtryofficial and the gentlemen and i make our way across new mexico, arizona, california, oregon, and beyond, swinging this way and that through the western states 'til we hit our last stop in kansas and call it a month. about halfway through the tour i'll fly to the midwest to scope out the weather for james and company as i do a couple shows on my own and a couple with my other living legend songwriting hero friend @chrissmithermusic while i'm doing that, my bestie @bonnikins is joining back together with james for a weekend of shows together. that's gonna rawk so hard, y'all. i'll have more details for other specific shows soon, but i wanted to mention this will be my first time at the legendary @thetroubadour - my head is swimming a little. don't know how many seats are left, but shows have filling quickly, so i'd get on it! anyway, we don't wanna take nuthin for granted. tell your friends and frenemies alike because i am dying to see what it's like to be there for my first opener spot in a packed venue. i mean... right? can't wait to see you so soon. ❤️ 🚙 alt text: 1. a man's leg and a woman's leg. both wearing fishnet stockings and black cowboy boots. 2. graphic with a line sketch of a man in a hat and a woman with long hair. text reads: james mcmurtry at the troubadour featuring special guest BettySoo tuesday june 11. doors 7, show 8, 9081 n santa monica blvd. 3 graphic with a line sketch of a woman with long hair. text reads:BETTYSOO ON TOUR JUNE 2024 SUPPORTING JAMES MCMURTRY SUPPORTING CHRIS SMITHER JUNE 7 SANTA FE, NM JUNE 8 ALBUQUERQUE, NM JUNE 9 PHOENIX, AZ JUNE 11 WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA JUNE 12 MORRO BAY, CA JUNE 13 SANTA CRUZ, CA JUNE 14 NOVATO, CA JUNE 15 NOVATO, CA JUNE 16 SACRAMENTO, CA JUNE 18 BEND, OR JUNE 19 PORTLAND, OR JUNE 20 MADISON, WI JUNE 21 EVANSTON, IL JUNE 22 CHICAGO, IL JUNE 23 EFFINGHAM, IL JUNE 25 SOUTH SALT LAKE, UT JUNE 26 FORT COLLINS, CO JUNE 27 DENVER, CO JUNE 28 DENVER, CO JUNE 29 WICHITA, KS

be there tuesday 10:00 pm @jamesmcmurtryofficial & band (likely with special guest moi...) 11:55 pm @bettysoo & band (with special guest James McM...) We'll have @scottyd1975 , @bonnikins , and @ttamnosnhoj there to make me sound betta ♥️ HEADS UP! Surf's up! Yeppers, we leave for the west coast this week and will be gone for a month, so get your fix now before we go out on the highway, listen to them big trucks whine... alt text: a badly photoshopped image of a couple whose faces have been replaced by those of a korean woman and a white man. text reads: last chance to see these two in Austin for at least a month, Tuesday, June 4 at the Continental Club, South Austin, Texas