ALBUMGhosts of West VirginiaSteve Earle & The Dukes
ALBUMGUYSteve Earle & The Dukes
ALBUMTerraplaneSteve Earle & The Dukes
ALBUMI'll Never Get out of This World AliveSteve Earle
ALBUMTownesSteve Earle
ALBUMWashington Square SerenadeSteve Earle
ALBUMJerusalemSteve Earle
ALBUMSidetracksSteve Earle
ALBUMTranscendental BluesSteve Earle
ALBUMThe MountainSteve Earle & The Del McCoury Band
ALBUMEl CorazónSteve Earle
ALBUMI Feel AlrightSteve Earle
ALBUMTrain a Comin'Steve Earle
ALBUMCopperhead RoadSteve Earle
ALBUMGuitar TownSteve Earle
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Treme Musical Performance: Gold Watch and Chain
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Copperhead Road
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Someday
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Hellbent For Leather (feat. Steve Earle) [Lyric Video]
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Guitar Town
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About Steve Earle
Artist Biography
Steve Earle is a singer-songwriter and actor known for his enduring outlaw spirit and deft musical storytelling, which incorporates country, folk, blues, and rock.
∙ He learned guitar at age 11, then moved to Nashville in 1974, playing bass and writing songs for country icon Guy Clark before eventually moving to Texas.
∙ Guitar Town, his 1986 debut, topped Billboard’s Country Albums chart and was included in Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
∙ A longtime critic of the death penalty, Earle wrote “Ellis Unit One”—told from a prison guard’s perspective—for the 1995 Oscar-winning film Dead Man Walking.
∙ Earle won Grammy Awards for 2004’s The Revolution Starts Now, 2007’s Washington Square Serenade, and 2009’s Townes, honoring his musical mentor Townes Van Zandt.
∙ He had roles in acclaimed TV series The Wire and Treme—the latter earning him a 2010 Emmy nomination for his song “This City.”
∙ In 2017, he made his off-Broadway debut as the narrator in experimental playwright Richard Maxwell’s Samara, for which he also composed the score.
Hometown
Fort Monroe, VA, United States
Genre
Country
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