I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive - Album
I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive (Album) by Steve Earle
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Steve Earle Born Stephen Fain Earle On January 17 1955 In San Antonio Texas Is A Singer-Songwriter Best Known For His Country Music And Rock 'n Roll Tinged "alt-Country." He Is Also A Published Writer A Keen Political Activist Particularly In Protesting Against The Death Penalty In The U.S. As In His Song "Ellis Unit One" From The Movie Dead Man Walking And Has Written And Directed A Play. Earle Also Had Small Roles On The HBO Television Shows "The Wire" And "Treme". His Sister Stacey Earle Is Also An Acclaimed Singer-Songwriter As Is His Most Recent Wife Allison Moorer Whom He Wed In 2005. His First Son From An Earlier Marriage Is The Singer-Songwriter Justin Townes Earle Named For Earle's Hero Townes Van Zandt. Earle Was Born In Fort Monroe Virginia And Grew Up Near San Antonio Texas. His Father Jack Earle Was An Air Traffic Controller. Although He Was Born In Virginia Where His Father Was Stationed The Family Returned To Texas Before Earle's Second Birthday. They Moved Several Times But Earle Grew Up Primarily In The San Antonio Area.
Earle Began Learning The Guitar At The Age Of 11 And Placed In A Talent Contest At His School At Age 13. He Is Reported To Have Run Away From Home At Age 14 To Follow His Idol Singer-Songwriter Townes Van Zandt Around Texas. Earle Was "rebellious" As A Youngster And Dropped Out Of School At The Age Of 16. He Moved To Houston With His 19-Year-Old Uncle Who Was Also A Musician Where He Married And Worked Odd Jobs. While In Houston Earle Finally Met Van Zandt Who Became His Hero And Role Model. In 1975 At The Age Of 20 Earle Moved To Nashville And Began Working As A Songwriter. In These Early Days He Recorded With Guy Clark And Emmylou Harris. He Finally Scored A Country Hit In 1981 Writing Johnny Lee's Top Ten Cut "When You Fall In Love." Earle's Early Work As A Performer Tended Towards The Rockabilly Sound Popular At The Time. In 1986 His First Proper Album Guitar Town Was A Critical And Commercial Success. It Sold Over 300 000 Copies And Led Some To Herald Him As A Saviour Of Country Music. Earle Long Struggled With Drug Abuse. His Addiction Eventually Caused A Departure From Performing And Recording After He Was Dropped By MCA In 1991. Whilst In Jail On Drug And Firearm Charges He Kicked The Habit And Returned To Music After His Release In 1994. Earle's "second Post-Jail Musical Career" Has Been More Stylistically Diverse Than His Early Material Dipping In Acoustic Bluegrass And Roots Rock Sounds. I Feel Alright And Transcendental Blues Met With Good Reviews And Decent Sales. 2002's Somewhat Controversial Jerusalem Was One Of The First Albums To Directly Address The September 11 Attacks. It Brought Earle's Leftist Views To Media Attention Especially The Song "John Walker's Blues." His Latest Album Of Original Material I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive Was Released In 2011. Songfacts Reports That One Of The Tracks This City Got Played On HBO’s New Orleans Based Show Treme Several Months Before The Album‘s Release. Earle Who Plays A Recurring Street Musician Composed The Song Especially For The Drama Series. Earle Has Also Released A Tribute Album Of Material Written By Friend And Mentor Townes Van Zandt Entitled Townes. For More Information And Photographs Of Steve Earle Go To His Official Website Www.SteveEarle.Com.
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Steve Earle Born Stephen Fain Earle On January 17 1955 In San Antonio Texas Is A Singer-Songwriter Best Known For His Country Music And Rock 'n Roll Tinged "alt-Country." He Is Also A Published Writer A Keen Political Activist Particularly In Protesting Against The Death Penalty In The U.S. As In His Song "Ellis Unit One" From The Movie Dead Man Walking And Has Written And Directed A Play. Earle Also Had Small Roles On The HBO Television Shows "The Wire" And "Treme". His Sister Stacey Earle Is Also An Acclaimed Singer-Songwriter As Is His Most Recent Wife Allison Moorer Whom He Wed In 2005. His First Son From An Earlier Marriage Is The Singer-Songwriter Justin Townes Earle Named For Earle's Hero Townes Van Zandt. Earle Was Born In Fort Monroe Virginia And Grew Up Near San Antonio Texas. His Father Jack Earle Was An Air Traffic Controller. Although He Was Born In Virginia Where His Father Was Stationed The Family Returned To Texas Before Earle's Second Birthday. They Moved Several Times But Earle Grew Up Primarily In The San Antonio Area.
Earle Began Learning The Guitar At The Age Of 11 And Placed In A Talent Contest At His School At Age 13. He Is Reported To Have Run Away From Home At Age 14 To Follow His Idol Singer-Songwriter Townes Van Zandt Around Texas. Earle Was "rebellious" As A Youngster And Dropped Out Of School At The Age Of 16. He Moved To Houston With His 19-Year-Old Uncle Who Was Also A Musician Where He Married And Worked Odd Jobs. While In Houston Earle Finally Met Van Zandt Who Became His Hero And Role Model. In 1975 At The Age Of 20 Earle Moved To Nashville And Began Working As A Songwriter. In These Early Days He Recorded With Guy Clark And Emmylou Harris. He Finally Scored A Country Hit In 1981 Writing Johnny Lee's Top Ten Cut "When You Fall In Love." Earle's Early Work As A Performer Tended Towards The Rockabilly Sound Popular At The Time. In 1986 His First Proper Album Guitar Town Was A Critical And Commercial Success. It Sold Over 300 000 Copies And Led Some To Herald Him As A Saviour Of Country Music. Earle Long Struggled With Drug Abuse. His Addiction Eventually Caused A Departure From Performing And Recording After He Was Dropped By MCA In 1991. Whilst In Jail On Drug And Firearm Charges He Kicked The Habit And Returned To Music After His Release In 1994. Earle's "second Post-Jail Musical Career" Has Been More Stylistically Diverse Than His Early Material Dipping In Acoustic Bluegrass And Roots Rock Sounds. I Feel Alright And Transcendental Blues Met With Good Reviews And Decent Sales. 2002's Somewhat Controversial Jerusalem Was One Of The First Albums To Directly Address The September 11 Attacks. It Brought Earle's Leftist Views To Media Attention Especially The Song "John Walker's Blues." His Latest Album Of Original Material I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive Was Released In 2011. Songfacts Reports That One Of The Tracks This City Got Played On HBO’s New Orleans Based Show Treme Several Months Before The Album‘s Release. Earle Who Plays A Recurring Street Musician Composed The Song Especially For The Drama Series. Earle Has Also Released A Tribute Album Of Material Written By Friend And Mentor Townes Van Zandt Entitled Townes. For More Information And Photographs Of Steve Earle Go To His Official Website Www.SteveEarle.Com. read less
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Earle Began Learning The Guitar At The Age Of 11 And Placed In A Talent Contest At His School At Age 13. He Is Reported To Have Run Away From Home At Age 14 To Follow His Idol Singer-Songwriter Townes Van Zandt Around Texas. Earle Was "rebellious" As A Youngster And Dropped Out Of School At The Age Of 16. He Moved To Houston With His 19-Year-Old Uncle Who Was Also A Musician Where He Married And Worked Odd Jobs. While In Houston Earle Finally Met Van Zandt Who Became His Hero And Role Model. In 1975 At The Age Of 20 Earle Moved To Nashville And Began Working As A Songwriter. In These Early Days He Recorded With Guy Clark And Emmylou Harris. He Finally Scored A Country Hit In 1981 Writing Johnny Lee's Top Ten Cut "When You Fall In Love." Earle's Early Work As A Performer Tended Towards The Rockabilly Sound Popular At The Time. In 1986 His First Proper Album Guitar Town Was A Critical And Commercial Success. It Sold Over 300 000 Copies And Led Some To Herald Him As A Saviour Of Country Music. Earle Long Struggled With Drug Abuse. His Addiction Eventually Caused A Departure From Performing And Recording After He Was Dropped By MCA In 1991. Whilst In Jail On Drug And Firearm Charges He Kicked The Habit And Returned To Music After His Release In 1994. Earle's "second Post-Jail Musical Career" Has Been More Stylistically Diverse Than His Early Material Dipping In Acoustic Bluegrass And Roots Rock Sounds. I Feel Alright And Transcendental Blues Met With Good Reviews And Decent Sales. 2002's Somewhat Controversial Jerusalem Was One Of The First Albums To Directly Address The September 11 Attacks. It Brought Earle's Leftist Views To Media Attention Especially The Song "John Walker's Blues." His Latest Album Of Original Material I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive Was Released In 2011. Songfacts Reports That One Of The Tracks This City Got Played On HBO’s New Orleans Based Show Treme Several Months Before The Album‘s Release. Earle Who Plays A Recurring Street Musician Composed The Song Especially For The Drama Series. Earle Has Also Released A Tribute Album Of Material Written By Friend And Mentor Townes Van Zandt Entitled Townes. For More Information And Photographs Of Steve Earle Go To His Official Website Www.SteveEarle.Com. read less
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Published: 04 Apr 2011, 06:08
According To Steve Earle's Liner Notes For I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive These 11 Songs Are All "about Mortality In One Way Or Another." Certainly The Title -- After A Song By Hank Williams Also The Title Of Earle's New Novel -- Reflects This But These Songs Bear That Out In Spades. Two Of Them "God Is God" And "I Am A Wanderer " Were Written For Joan Baez And Appeared On Her Day After Tomorrow Album. Earle's Versions Are Less Stylized More Worldweary Ragged And Poignant. The Former Is A Sobering Anthem Which States Plainly That Human Beings -- Beginning With The Individual -- Are Not The Center Of The Universe And Strikes At The Heart Of The Conservative Notion Of "American Exceptionalism "I Believe In God And God Ain't Us." The Latter Track Is A Plaintive Country Song Whose Protagonists Are Day Laborers The Homeless Death Row Inmates And Society's Castoffs. The Shuffling Rockabilly In "Waitin' On The Sky " With Producer T-Bone Burnett's And Jackson Smith's Patti's Son Layered Electric Guitars Jay Bellerose's Taut Snare And Sara Watkins' Fiddle Highlight The Genuine Irony In Earle's Words. The Hillbilly Blues Inform "Hey Little Emperor " And The Lyrics Disguise In Pointed Humor A Deeper Anger. "Molly-O" Is An Old-School Murder Ballad That Offers Evidence Of A Larger Darkness Than The Crime. "The Gulf Of Mexico" Begins With Earle Singing A Cappella And Becomes An Uptempo Lonesome Celtic Ballad Texturally Adorned By Greg Leisz's Pedal Steel. A Song Of Workers And Travelers Who Quest For Basic Sustenance It Describes The Cost Of Doing So. Allison Moorer Sings With Earle On The Bluesy Broken Love Song "Heaven Or Hell" Its Martial Drumbeat Outlines The Deathly Seriousness In The Narrative. "Meet Me In The Alleyway" Is A An Electric Streetwise Cut-Time Shuffle À La Tom Waits With Spooky Guitar Interplay Between Smith And Burnett. The Folk Song "Lonely Are The Free" Could Have Been The Album's Subtitle As Mortality Haunts Its Every Phrase. The Set Closes With "This City " Written For And Performed In The HBO Series Treme It's Just As Powerful Without Cinematic Images Thanks To The Lyric And Allen Toussaint's Forlorn Soulful Horn Arrangement. I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive's Lone Downer Is Burnett's Unnecessarily Heavy-Handed Production. That Said Earle's Vocals Front And Center In A Brilliant Song Cycle Transcend It.