Steve Earle
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Steve Earle (* 17th January 1955 in Fort Monroe , Virginia ) is an American country - singer , songwriter and writer . Musically it is assigned to alternative country .
Life
Steve Earle was born on January 17, 1955, the son of an air traffic controller in Ft. Monroe, Virginia, born. As a 14-year-old he played in the "Coffeehouses" in San Antonio , Texas . According to his own statement, his worldview was shaped here by the hippie and anti-Vietnam war movement . During this time he also met Townes van Zandt , with whom he later became friends. Since 1981 he has worked as a songwriter for the country music industry in Nashville , Tennessee . It wasn't until 1986 that he recorded his debut album Guitar Town for MCA Records . His greatest success was the album Copperhead Road (1988), which has sold over a million times to date. He was part of a commercially oriented, but in contrast to most of the more conservative country industry, left-wing liberal tendency , which was oriented towards the musical and aesthetic image of rock music (to which, among others, Dwight Yoakam , kdlang and Lyle Lovett belonged). In 1991 his contract with MCA expired. Earle sees himself politically as a non-party socialist .
Since the early 1990s, he waged a long battle against his heavy alcohol and heroin addiction , which seriously affected his health and career. In the song CCKMP he sang about his drug experiences . In 1994 he made a comeback with the album Train a Comin ', which was released on a small independent label . In 1995 he founded his own record company with E-Squared Records. The partnership with Warner Brothers ended after two albums in a dispute over the artistic direction. He found Artemis Records as a new partner . With the album The Mountain (1999) he referred to the ancient bluegrass tradition of the first half of the century, but otherwise oriented more towards rock music and alternative country . His texts, which had already addressed social grievances on several occasions, now became even more socially critical . B. Christmas in Washington about homelessness and the necessary resistance against the current political and social conditions. Steve Earle also became increasingly involved against the death penalty , which was reflected in songs like Billy Austin, Over Yonder (Jonathan's Song) and Ellis Unit One (for the critical Hollywood film Dead Man Walking ).
After September 11, 2001, his image became even more politicized. The album Jerusalem (2003) was controversial because it contained the John Walker's Blues, a song from the perspective of the US Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh , as well as other socially and government-critical songs, which were considered " unpatriotic " by the conservative side were. With the album he intervened in the patriotism debate that had intensified after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and questioned a blind allegiance as a sign of patriotism.
Earle made his pronounced left political opinion and his rejection of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq waged by the Bush administration unmistakably clear on his album The Revolution Starts ... Now (2004). For this album he received the 2005 Grammy Award in the category "Best Contemporary Folk Album". In 2006, Steve Earle moved to New York City with his sixth wife of seven marriages (one he was married to twice), singer and musician Allison Moorer , a sister of singer Shelby Lynne . Some of the songs on the Washington Square Serenade album (2007) had New York City as their theme. For this album Earle received the 2008 Grammy Award in the category "Best Contemporary Folk / Americana Album".
Steve Earle is also active as a songwriter for other artists and as a music producer and in 2008 produced the album Day after Tomorrow for Joan Baez and also contributed songs. In the song God is God he sums up his belief in God in simple words. In addition, he has appeared several times as an actor in film and television , including as a drug addict in several episodes of the television series The Wire . He has three sons from three different wives, the youngest born in 2010 with Moorer. His sister Stacey Earle and firstborn son Justin Townes Earle are also active in alternative country and have performed several times with Steve Earle. In 2011 he published the novel I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive.
Galway girl
Galway Girl (originally The Galway Girl ) is a song written by Steve Earle that was released on his album Transcendental Blues in 2000. Musicians from Galway participated in the recording , including Sharon Shannon . Earle wrote the song inspired by events during his stay in Ireland. The song describes an unhappy love for a Galway girl with black hair and blue eyes.
A cover version of Sharon Shannon with Irish singer Mundy became a number one hit in 2008 and the best-selling single of the year in Ireland. The song was covered many times. It was used in the movie PS I Love You and in an advertisement for Magners Cider , among others . In 2017 Ed Sheeran released his own song with the same title .
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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 CH
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 UK
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 US
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Country
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| 1986 | Guitar Town | - | - | - |
US89  (20 weeks)US |
Country1 (72 weeks) Country |
489th place in the Rolling Stone 500
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| 1987 | Exit 0 | - | - |
UK77 (2 weeks) UK |
US90 (14 weeks) US |
Country15 (54 weeks) Country |
Steve Earle & the Dukes
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| 1988 | Copperhead Road | - | - |
UK42  (8 weeks)UK |
US56 (28 weeks)US |
Country7 (33 weeks) Country |
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| 1990 | The hard way | - |
CH40 (2 weeks) CH |
UK22 (4 weeks) UK |
US100 (9 weeks) US |
- |
Steve Earle & the Dukes
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| 1991 | Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator | - | - |
UK63 (1 week) UK |
- | - |
Steve Earle & the Dukes
live album |
| 1995 | Train A-Comin ' | - | - |
UK76 (2 weeks) UK |
- | - | |
| 1996 | I feel alright | - | - |
UK44 (3 weeks) UK |
US106 (4 weeks) US |
- | |
| 1997 | El corazón | - | - |
UK59 (1 week) UK |
US126 (2 weeks) US |
- | |
| 1999 | The Mountain | - | - |
UK51 (2 weeks) UK |
US133 (3 weeks) US |
Country19 (12 weeks) Country |
Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band
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| 2000 | Transcendental blues | - | - |
UK32 (1 week) UK |
US66 (4 weeks) US |
Country5 (33 weeks) Country |
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| 2002 | Sidetracks | - | - | - |
US109 (1 week) US |
Country9 (12 weeks) Country |
Scrapbook with rare and previously unreleased songs
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| Jerusalem | - | - |
UK78 (1 week) UK |
US59 (3 weeks) US |
Country7 (24 weeks) Country |
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| 2003 | Just an American Boy: The Audio Documentary | - | - | - | - |
Country43 (27 weeks) Country |
Live album
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| 2004 | The Revolution Starts Now | - | - |
UK66 (1 week) UK |
US89 (3 weeks) US |
Country12 (11 weeks) Country |
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| 2007 | Washington Square Serenade | - | - |
UK55 (1 week) UK |
US79 (3 weeks) US |
Country10 (21 weeks) Country |
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| 2009 | Townes | - | - |
UK37 (1 week) UK |
US19 (6 weeks) US |
Country6 (22 weeks) Country |
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| 2011 | I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive | - | - |
UK28 (1 week) UK |
US24 (4 weeks) US |
Country4 (20 weeks) Country |
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| 2013 | The Low Highway | - | - |
UK30 (2 weeks) UK |
US39 (3 weeks) US |
Country12 (14 weeks) Country |
Steve Earle & the Dukes (& Duchesses)
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| 2015 | Terraplane | - | - |
UK30 (1 week) UK |
US39 (2 weeks) US |
Country3 (7 weeks) Country |
Steve Earle & the Dukes
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| 2016 | Colvin & Earle | - |
CH70 (1 week) CH |
- |
US128 (1 week) US |
Country13 (15 weeks) Country |
with Shawn Colvin
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| 2017 | So You Wannabe an Outlaw | - |
CH50 (1 week) CH |
UK48 (1 week) UK |
US102 (1 week) US |
Country15 (1 week) Country |
Steve Earle & the Dukes
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| 2019 | Guy |
DE99 (1 week) DE |
CH25 (1 week) CH |
UK49 (1 week) UK |
US107 (1 week) US |
Country14 (1 week) Country |
Steve Earle & the Dukes
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| 2020 | Ghosts of West Virginia | - |
CH33 (1 week) CH |
UK61 (1 week) UK |
- | - |
Steve Earle & the Dukes
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Compilations
- Early Tracks (1987)
- Essential Steve Earle (1993)
- Ain't Ever Satisfied: The Steve Earle Collection (1996)
- Angry Young Man: The Very Best of Steve Earle (1999)
- The Devil's Right Hand: An Introduction to Steve Earle (2001)
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The Collection (2002, UK:silver)
- 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Steve Earle (2003)
- Guitar Town - 30th Anniversary Edition
Live albums
- BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (1992)
- Together at the Bluebird Café (with Townes Van Zandt & Guy Clark , 2001)
- Live from Austin, TX (2004)
- Live at Montreux 2005 (2006)
- Down at the Club (2014)
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
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UK
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Country
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| 1983 | Nothin 'But You |
- |
Country70 (4 weeks) Country |
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| 1984 | What'll You Do About Me |
- |
Country76 (6 weeks) Country |
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| 1986 | Hillbilly Highway Guitar Town |
- |
Country37 (13 weeks) Country |
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| Guitar Town Guitar Town |
- |
Country7 (22 weeks) Country |
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| Someday Guitar Town |
- |
Country28 (15 weeks) Country |
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| 1987 | Goodbye's All We've Got Left Guitar Town |
- |
Country8 (19 weeks) Country |
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| Nowhere Road Exit 0 |
- |
Country20 (16 weeks) Country |
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| Sweet Little '66 Exit 0 |
- |
Country37 (13 weeks) Country |
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| 1988 | Copperhead Road Copperhead Road |
UK45 (6 weeks) UK |
- | |
| Johnny Come Lately Copperhead Road |
UK75 (6 weeks) UK |
- | ||
| Six Days on the Road Planes, Trains and Automobiles ( Soundtrack ) |
- |
Country29 (13 weeks) Country |
Steve Earle & the Dukes
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| 1990 | The Other Kind (Back out on the Road Again) The Hard Way |
UK88 (3 weeks) UK |
- | |
| Justice in Ontario The Hard Way |
UK91 (1 week) UK |
- |
Steve Earle & the Dukes
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| 1997 | Johnny Too Bad |
UK82 (1 week) UK |
- |
Steve Earle & the V-Roys
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| 2008 | The Galway Girl |
UK67 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
Sharon Shannon & Steve Earle
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More singles
- Squeeze Me In (1984)
- A Little Bit in Love (1985)
- I Ain't Ever Satified (1987)
- Back to the Wall (1988)
- I Feel Alright (1996)
- More Than I Can Do (1996)
- Telephone Road (1997)
Fonts
- Doghouse Roses (2002), collection of short stories.
- I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive (2011), novel.
swell
- ↑ Interview in BlackBook Magazine (English) , published on January 27, 2010, accessed on July 9, 2010
- ↑ Text from God is God , metrolyrics.com, accessed July 9, 2010
- ↑ MP3 Podcast with Mundy and Sharon Shannon (MP3), RTÉ 2fm . Retrieved May 14, 2008.
- ↑ Dan Ouellette: Steve Earle, transcendentalist . In: San Francisco Chronicle , August 6, 2000. Retrieved May 14, 2008.
- ↑ Galway Girl - you mean the Steve Earle song… no I mean the Ed Sheeran song… Pardon me? thesession.org , accessed June 4, 2017
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE US (Billboard) UK CH
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: US UK
Web links
- Official Steve Earle website
- Original Unofficial Steve Earle website
- Short biography and reviews of works by Steve Earle at perlentaucher.de
- Biographical appreciation for the 62nd birthday at countryundco.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Earle, Steve |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American country singer, songwriter, and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th January 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fort Monroe , Virginia , United States |