According to the lyrics of "I'm Goin' Home," Jerome MacMurray was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, but moved to Canada and spent time in cities including (but probably not limited to) Halifax, Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay and Montreal, which is where this self-titled album was recorded (at Unicorn Sound Studio, to be exact). Aside from that bit of autobiographical background, the only information I have about MacMurray (apparently not the Jerome McMurray mentioned in this story) is the liner notes, reprinted here in their entirety:

"I would like to thank everyone who has made this album possible: on bass LUCIEN FORDJMAN, on drums MICHEL FORDJMAN, DAVID DIVINE on electric guitar, NORMAN ROBINSON on congas, JOHN RUDELL on sax, SAYEED JAMAL on six and twelve string guitar and vocal, me.

P.S. I would also like to thank Montreal and all the nice people I have met that make her city. Merci."

Jerome, which was released in 1978, is an album of bluesy r&b with some lounge-y touches here and there. Jerome's got a slightly raspy but nicely mellow voice, and his backing band (Montrealers? Who knows?) is pretty good, too. All of the songs I've posted are originals written by MacMurray. "Love Holds The Key" is a funky mid-tempo loverman number, while "Music Man" is one of the lounge tunes and sounds tailor-made for a '70s-era hotel bar. "Coc'" (short for "Cocaine") is a blues about the ups and downs of that particular recreational narcotic with some bizarre lyrics ("If you see Santa Claus this Christmas before I do / Please tell Santa Claus I know why Rudolph has a big nose / Rudolph is a cocaine freak / And Santa Claus might be your pusher"). And the aforementioned "I'm Goin' Home" is a rock 'n' roll evergreen; the lament of the road-weary musician.

Love Holds The Key
Music Man
Coc'
I'm Goin' Home