James McMurtry "Forgotten Coast" (Official Music Video)

Directed by Thierry Vivier
from the new album 'Complicated Game' out now
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[@johndupuis3601]

Years ago I was sailing my boat from Tampa to Galveston (winter time) and was overtaken by a blue norther. Sails got blown away, even though we were reefed up. I knew we were going to have to come in and make some repairs. My engine of course was just barely running. Even though I had sailed these water before I had never heard of Port St. Joe. However, it was the closes place around. So I got the chart and headed for this small spit of land on the panhandle ( the forgotten coast) Upon arriving and making our way up the bay to the bride the motor quit and we set the hook. I got on the radio to make a call for help, hopefully a tow up the river. Almost instantly a call came back from the Port ST. Joe Harbor Master. The Harbor Master’s name was Billy Howe. Since in those days Sea Tow and Boats U.S. were not to prevalent on the FORGOTTEN COAST Billy got a friend of his to put his boat in the water and tow us in. For three days Billy drove us around to make repairs. That was the start of a friendship that lasted for many years. What a kind man he was. Needless to say when I was making a trip I would always sail in and give him a call on the VHF and usually we would have dinner. James’s song brings some wonderful memories back to me. I love that little jewel on the coast behind Cape San Blas… R.I.P. Captain Billy…

[@downhilltwofour0082]

Thanks for sharing this great story!

[@leonnaveaux9414]

Sailors are like that. Love the story man.

[@wrathVchild]

Now that's a story. What year was this?

[@robertjewell2366]

I went to school with this guy back in '75 and he carried a guitar around with him then 😃 Had no idea he was so brilliant. But he was quiet and always had determination.

[@mike9klf]

+Robert Jewell Wow! I had friends like that in Nashville in 68/9...See Duncan Pain on You Tube...

[@normholth4769]

Just saw him in concert ... AWESOME...

[@thesteadfastangler6724]

Had no idea you were in the presence of greatness

[@karend4406]

He is a LEGEND

[@MrCoffeekelly]

must not be too smart since he's a liberal democrat.

[@markmunger9978]

James is a national treasure, just like his old man. Storytellers unite!

[@francoisa5656]

Ok You got me Who's his old man 🤔

[@TEAMGETHELP]

Old man?!

[@JohnDouglas-v9w]

@@TEAMGETHELP Larry McMurtry Lonesome Dove, Terms of Endearment...etc

[@Dave-py9re]

This is where I grew up. He did this place justice with this song. It is a beautiful place that is forgotten in many ways, the people are wonderful salt of the earth, but do not insult or patronize them or you will regret it. Apalachicola, used to be world class for oysters and thanks to Georgia’s water management they have killed the fishery. Wewahitchka is a fine town, beautiful swamp lands, lakes and rivers, Wewa as the locals call it is known for Tupelo honey, a unique fine honey that comes from the Tupelo tree that blooms only a few weeks out of the year in the swamps along the river. It is the finest honey in the world, if you drive through Wewa to St. Joe as the song references, be sure to stop at Lanier’s Tupelo honey, it is legit Wewa 4th generation family bee keepers. St. Joe is the big city and brother of Wewa. I grew up scalloping in the bay even once in a tropical storm with my brother and best friend, it was before they days of smart phones, although we were curious as to why the bay was empty. It was great until the wind started carrying out anchored boat away. Thank you Mr. McMurtry for a wonderful song about a place I love.

[@OskinsBob]

COOL ASF DUDE 😎 THANKS MISTER

[@williampomeroy3576]

Me and my daddy would stop at L.L. Laniers and get honey after fly fishing the dead lakes many years ago. Good times!

[@downhilltwofour0082]

McMurtry Does it his way. And that way is great!!

[@racheleverett8402]

All these places are familiar to me. I've walked those beaches, spent time living and working in Eastpoint, Carabelle and Apalach. Even the Island is there and the lovely old graveyard where my mom is buried. Thanks for paying homage. Beautiful place and people!

[@christopherscooper58]

Rachel Everett I have fished this whole coast all of my life. Nice trout and redfish. But don't forget the damned yellow flies those bastards have steel jaws.

[@normholth577]

I saw him a few years back at the Harvester in Virginia. AWESOME...

[@rebuilders22]

Rachel, where exactly is this graveyard? I thought it was the one in Apalachicola just off 98 but I actually went to find the headstone he stood by and couldn't find it. A large part of this video was shot at mashes sands and bald point in wakulla/Franklin County it looks like. Would love to know where the graveyard is!

[@treygreen7302]

TRULY GOD's COUNTRY!

[@MelodyVillaMusic]

❤❤❤❤❤Florida's beautiful forgotten coast. I can't forget!

[@scorpiouk5914]

Love this dude! And fixing to read his daddy's book for the umpteenth time. Lonesome Dove!

[@davidromulus8182]

Seriously?😳 the one they made the movie out of with Robert Duvall?

[@andywilson252]

@@davidromulus8182 great book ! Especially after watching it .. did a great job with the characters

[@FernandoSantos-hx4fu]

I am from Brazil and love James and your sound. 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🙏🙏🙏

[@howlindonster6131]

Another gem from the Man Of Gems...

[@thesteadfastangler6724]

Headed to the forgotten coast right now, this has become our families theme song for our vacations over the years to Port St Joe. Love you James!

[@treygreen7302]

ours too!!!!

[@brockp59]

The slide guitar part is performed by Derek Trucks.

[@winstonrocco1981]

Pure talent

[@WarblerWren]

This song made me understand the concept of feeling represented.

[@mikebonasia6732]

Absolutely brilliant and deceptively deep!

[@changhaizhu7854]

Love this song. I've been to this coast several time and love it. We like the People, the coast/beach, the towns. My whole family had very good time there.

[@SenorPescadorJohnson]

oh, I am blessed to have grown up on a 'southern coast'

[@lillyandruben]

Just love this guy's music

[@alexandervaneijken7741]

Fine song and beautiful photography.

[@davidromulus8182]

Brother I got to say ACE approves highly of this song and yes I disappeared for a week and no one found me till I wanted em too. Carrabelle Florida is my stomping ground

[@catbomar6672]

Shhhhh, James....we want that coast to stay "forgotten".....it's so lovely and wild there! Woke up early one morning to go take pix - and only me and a jogger were on the beach! Good song, btw...... ;)

[@joeweedly4951]

Groovy I really dig this tuneage

[@bferrell1797]

Awww..this made me smile!! Tried to move there last year, but fate did not approve. Great song...fantastic video!

[@bonniehicks8216]

My favorite song with a video to match. I love it, big time!

[@howardrobinson4938]

Ah yeah baby...The James Aesthetic encapsulated in a single video!

[@petergodbold7600]

Nailed it!! what a wonderful surprise Thank you!

[@LoriBerger]

We are here, enjoying the forgotten coast!

[@samuelcarpenter4576]

We aint forgot. Prayers for the folks leveled by the cane - especially the fishermen.

[@markshaw7947]

Sweet ! Thanks for the great song and video.

[@octoberskye1049]

I love the socks off this song! 🐯

[@paulelliott3220]

Brilliant as always James nails it and very cool video too Play and play; just wonderful

[@IMBrute-ir7gz]

I love that part of the state! I've been bowhunting up there near Sumatra every year for more than a decade.

[@SmoT76]

Brilliant song writer

[@kylefitz8384]

LOVE that song!

[@chefbrett2269]

Pocatello and choctaw bingo always has a special place in my heart... same as this song 🎵

[@timotyhmit]

We used to vacation on St George Island when about the only things there were the cinder block hotel (where we stayed) and just a few beach houses.

[@bferrell1797]

The "good old days" for sure! :)

[@BeltwayTexan]

Well done! Perfect lyrics, great videography, the real McMurtry!

[@rustyicepick8462]

Nice ride.

[@OskinsBob]

AMERICANS LOVE EM .....PLAY IT AN ILL LISTEN 🎶 🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@UncleDansVintageVinyl]

And he bowfishes--or at least pretends to, which is good enough! Great song, fun video.

[@davefrench8457]

I think I’m the only Brit. who’s ever heard of James

[@quaaludecowboy692]

Then you have a personal treasure my friend.

[@terryb3388]

BOB DYLAN'S NERVOUS

[@davidromulus8182]

Bout to head back home too.

[@fullarmorpreparedness5606]

Nice comet I get high in the galaxie 1967 red rag top of course.

[@vernfrederick5025]

Awesome,Awesome ,Awesome Song Love it

[@mike9klf]

This just gets better...

[@aishaivey1103]

Love it!

[@moonoggin]

You look like you're from there!! Love it

[@jamessilba6345]

I usta live in panacea miss it great times / bandit

[@Jeannified]

Good song and video!

[@walterjordan4701]

Damn it man. I'm loving it

[@OskinsBob]

SOUND S LIKE A PLAN JAMES 💎

[@judsonclayto7813]

I know this area very well... makes me wanna get a boat...

[@shougo4453]

This songs for you my friend..🎸🎸🎸

[@TadAskew1]

That's good stuff.

[@ronroberts3474]

I love this sing

[@01dumbfrog]

James I see you still have that old DoeBro, I haven’t seen it since 1988 in Kerrville.

[@ckarenride]

Lighten Hopkins told me up close and personalthat I should always rememba to FALLL on da Beat! IT was my good fortune because of my friendship with JimmyLee Vaughn to meet people like Big Mamma THorton and LIghten Hopkins, THis picture was taken of me in Carrabelle at Ron's place "THE CARRABELLE JUNCTION"..I m commenting beause of the video" Forgotten Coast ". James Mc Murtry. I Lived there and still love it ! I recognised Rons car in the video !

[@wileycayote23]

i thought i recognized that falcon. seen it many times at the junction.

[@terryb3388]

Don't you see? nobody but you gives a shit ... everybody want's to be special because of a moment they had with a person of fame that they met, a special experience that they had ... but in fact nobody cares, why? because ... like you, they are all SELF focussed. Everyone wants to claim some unique moment in time where thy had an encounter with a person of fame ... it' a totally self aggrandizing indulgence. It's best to forget it and move on ...

[@Noblesavage77]

T B-SHAW - enjoy the bottom, wallow poor soul..... wallow

[@scottsharp9823]

indian pass and the cape. get some fried chicken and greens at the piggly wiggly in port st joe and go fish the stump hole. I miss that place

[@nealliske7700]

I don’t miss much…but I fuck’in need to get there!!!😊

[@raff1ut]

From whence my family comes from!

[@TedBishop1]

1965 Ford Falcon i think

[@cityzen2717]

Down the highway south i'll go Wewahitchka to port saint joe I'm gonna walk the beach with a pitates ghost We'll haunt thay old forgotten coast I'm gonna trade my car and change my name Put wesson oil in my bar and chain I'm gonna fix the roadkill, black bear roast And get fat on that forgotten coast No ones gonna find me there With my steel guitar and my rocking chair Among the seafood shacks and oyster boats Hide out on that forgotten coast No ones gonna find me there With my fishing pole and my rocking chair Tell the woman i'll miss the most He's down on that forgotten coast Down the highway south i'll go Wewahitchka to port saint joe I'm gonna walk the beach with a pirates ghost We'll haunt that old forgotten coast I'm gonna cut my hair and change my name When the percoden won't touch the pain Tell the one I'll miss the most He's gone down that forgotten coast Tell the women I'll miss the most He's down on that forgotten coast Songwriters: James Mcmurtry / James Mcmurtry

[@TedBishop1]

Roadkill black bear roast !

[@charlie.something]

i've seen this dude 5 times over 7 years. he opened each show with turtle bayou. c'mon man.

[@benjaminpbarrett7607]

Sounds good to me !!!?

[@paceflchick]

Love it! Thanks for making me smile!!! I love the forgetten coast, I will live there soon. The big city of PENSACOLA is too much. 🐸🇺🇸MAGA🇺🇸

[@420midnight3]

Dam Good music

[@lawsonst3v3]

Franklin County Florida, also known as Florida's Forgotten Coast, is nestled in the panhandle of the Sunshine State. This beautiful region has been dubbed the Forgotten Coast because it's the last remaining stretch of unspoiled, pristine Gulf Coast beaches that haven't been overrun by high rises and strip malls.

[@ginaderekhall9042]

is that Mike Gomez by the motor with the pole?

[@keylargodave100]

James is a mad genius, l ol

[@terryb3388]

yes he is and i hope he is comfortable with it

[@karlvick1981]

That's my old car. Official color: Rangoon Red.

[@TedBishop1]

1965 ?

[@Noblesavage77]

dig it

[@bosse641]

Reminds me of JJ Cale

[@nikibyram497]

does anybody know what brand of guitar he's playing. The head doesn't look like a Dean and it looks like there's a humbucker at the neck

[@tvivier]

James Trussart

[@tomodonnell9882]

I like the sound of a Dobro or National resonator guitar as well! James picks it to pieces!

[@daveekhaus4863]

Anyone know the make/model of the resonator guitar he's playing ?

[@captined]

i have drive hwy 98 its sweet

[@snoolee7950]

thas pretty real oh yah. so who is it on the tombstone, what is the back story?

[@craigbendall3716]

Wow

[@montygraham6667]

So here's where all the Stonekettle people go off to.....

[@BeverlyBenton]

Oh, James! You are such a cutie.

[@dwightnevins]

+Beverly Benton Are you related to Barbie ?

[@BeverlyBenton]

HaHa, not that I know of!

[@jeffarthur322]

Didn't see any barbs on that fishin' arrow

[@terryb3388]

why do you say "down the Hiway South i'll go" ... when the gulf is on your left?

[@bubbagump3813]

Because from wewa to st joe is south. LOL

[@lawrencebowen2804]

Stump hole Appalach maybe carrabelle

[@nomadjeff1922]

Too bad the Forgotten Coast took such a hit from Hurricane Michael. It's a very special place. The last place you can see a little bit of old Florida.

[@michaellambert958]

Not really, Pc and Mexico beach did. The gulf and Franklin came out okay.

[@jamessilba2271]

Miss panacea / bandit

[@nomadjeff1922]

Indian Pass Grocery and Oyster Bar. :)

[@johneverett5788]

Can't wait til this craps over so I can see you in Nashville. Refund? No thanks.

[@LuckysHouseOfCards]

Seriously? 1 person disliked this video?

[@cynicalmonk870]

Is that a real national or a knock off… Can’t tell…

[@edwardaydon921]

Great sound - only just discovered.