James Talley

A country maverick who wandered alongside the outlaw movement of the mid-1970s, James Talley has chosen to follow his own path in subsequent years, carving out a distinct niche among folk-blues singers. During his period on a major label in the mid-1970s, Talley gained acclaim for such albums as Got No Bread, No Milk, No Money, But We Sure Got a Lot of Love and Tryin' Like the Devil, but hits eluded him. He nevertheless established a reputation as a songwriter thanks to covers of his tunes by Johnny Paycheck, Johnny Cash, and Gene Clark, and was enough of a cult sensation to e...