Steve Earle

[Tommy Martyn]

Anybody listen to him here? I got given some of his stuff. He has been going for ages. I love some of it. Just about the best country(ish) music not by someone whose best work is at least 15 old.

[bfj]

me and my lady love steve earle. I met an irish guy at a bar where mccutcheon djs, we were playing my album and he compared me to steve earle.

[marky]

I know his name but I don't know what he looks like. I think I get him mixed up with Steve Forbert, who I also know nothing about but at least I can picture what he looks like. Of course I'll have to look all this stuff up later.

[Tommy Martyn]

High praise indeed BFJ. I can see what he means.

[megapulse]

you can't be from where i'm from and not heard of steve earle.

there are three songs that remind me of my home, and i do mean the road i actually live on, not home in an abstract sense, more than anything else.

# 1 is copperhead road -- steve earle -- particularly right now because the hubby's uncle was special ops in afghanistan years ago, and all of this shit has made him pretty crazy again; he's okay, but everybody was pretty worried about him for a while. the hubby is making a cd for him with don't be shy on it . . . because he needs to mellow out, so yes, steve earle, and copperhead road, which is a radio staple around here:

volunteered for the Army on my birthday
They draft the white trash first,'round here anyway
I done two tours of duty in Vietnam
And I came home with a brand new plan
I take the seed from Colombia and Mexico
I plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road
Well the D.E.A.'s got a chopper in the air
I wake up screaming like I'm back over there
I learned a thing or two from ol' Charlie don't you know
You better stay away from Copperhead Road

Copperhead Road
Copperhead Road
Copperhead Road

[bfj]

steve earle did some stuff with the pogues too, i have it on my ipod somewhere but it is poorly labeled and I can't seem to find it.