James McMurtry The Black Dog & the Wandering Boy A  Lone  Star  sheriff  hunts  quail  on  horseback  and  keeps  a  secret  second  family.  A mechanic lies among the spare parts on the floor of his garage and wonders if he can afford  to keep his girlfriend. A troubled man sees hallucinations of a black dog and a wandering boy and hums "Weird Al" songs in his head. These are some of the strange and richly drawn characters who inhabit James McMurtry's eleventh album, The Black Dog & the...