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Steve Earle performing
Gulf Of Mexico live at
Factory Theatre in
Sydney on 8
April 2012
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In
1975, Steve Earle moved to
Nashville, Tennessee, where he met
Guy Clark and his wife
Susanna. He appears in the
1975 film Heartworn Highways, which documents the songwriting scene in
Nashville around
Clark, including fellow
Texas musicians
Townes van Zandt and
Rodney Crowell. Earle had already met Van Zandt in Texas, and refers to Clark and Van Zandt as his mentors and teachers. Clark was instrumental in Earle being hired as a songwriter by the
Sunbury Dunbar publishing division of
RCA. There he wrote songs for the likes of
Carl Perkins,
Johnny Lee,
Vince Gill and
Steve Wariner. His song "
Mustang Wine" was due to be recorded by
Elvis Presley in 1975, but Presley did not turn up for the recording session. The song was released as a single by Carl Perkins. He also wrote the
Patty Loveless hit "
A Little Bit in Love." Earle did backing vocals on "
Desperados Waiting for a Train" (together with
Emmylou Harris) on Clark's first
album Old No. 1 and toured in Clark's band. In
1981 Earle achieved a top-ten cut with "
When You Fall in Love," which was recorded by Johnny Lee. In
1985 one of his compositions "
A Far Cry from You" was recorded by
Connie Smith, who made the song a minor hit that year.
Earle's early work as a recorded performer was in the rockabilly style, and can be heard on his compilation album:
Early Tracks. The album was recorded for
Epic Records, but the company dropped Earle, only releasing the album in
1987 after he found success with
MCA Nashville. Earle had to wait until
1986 before his first album,
Guitar Town, was released by
MCA. It was a critical success and was eventually certified gold by the
Recording Industry Association of America. The follow-up albums
Exit 0 in 1987 and the certified-gold
Copperhead Road,
1988, built on this success. With Copperhead Road, Earle moved to MCA
Los Angeles and drew increasingly on
Rock and roll influences.
Earle is the subject of the documentary film
Just an American Boy, directed by
Amos Poe, which explores his political views as well as his music. The film was shot while Earle was touring in support of his
2002 release
Jerusalem. In
2005, he caused consternation among his fans by allowing the song
The Revolution Starts Now to be used by
General Motors in a
TV advertisement for pick-up trucks.In
2006, Earle contributed a cover of
Randy Newman's song "
Rednecks" to the tribute album
Sail Away: The
Songs of Randy Newman.[6] Earle is also the subject of two biographies, Steve Earle:
Fearless Heart,
Outlaw Poet, by the noted New York-based music writer
David McGee and
Hardcore Troubadour:
The Life and
Near Death of Steve Earle by
Lauren St. John.
In September 2007, Earle released his twelfth studio album,
Washington Square Serenade,on
New West Records. Earle recorded the album after relocating to
New York City, and it was his first attempt at using digital audio workstation ProTools, as opposed to traditional analog recording techniques.[8] The disc features wife
Allison Moorer on "
Days Aren't
Long Enough" and "
Down Here Below." The album includes Earle's version of
Tom Waits' song "
Way Down in the Hole" which is featured as the theme song for the fifth season of
The Wire in which Earle himself appears as Walon. In 2008, Earle produced
Joan Baez's album
Day After Tomorrow. (Prior to their collaboration on Day After Tomorrow, Baez had covered two Earle songs, "
Christmas in Washington" and "Jerusalem," on previous albums
.) In the winter, he toured
Europe and
North America in support of Washington Square Serenade, performing half the set solo and the other half with a DJ. On May 12, 2009, Earle released a tribute album,
Townes, on New West Records. The album contains 15 songs written by his late friend and musical mentor
Townes Van Zandt.
Guest artists appearing on the album include
Tom Morello of
Rage Against the Machine, Earle's wife Allison Moorer, and his son
Justin Townes Earle. Both Washington Square Serenade and Townes also earned
Grammy awards in the contemporary folk category.
Since his emergence as a performer, his songs have been covered by various well-known artists, including Joan Baez,
The Pretenders,
The Proclaimers,
Eddi Reader,
The Highwaymen,
Waylon Jennings,
Levon Helm, Emmylou Harris,
Percy Sledge and
Johnny Cash.
Travis Tritt had a #7 country hit in
1995 with Earle's "
Sometimes She Forgets."