Steve Earle

[DzM]

Free Steve Earle performance tomorrow SF Amoeba, 6 PM

Hmm. That's damned tempting.

[Guest]

Mr. Earle performs a ditty from his CD Townes Wednesday on The Late Show with David Letterman.

Thurs
Elvis Costello

Fri
Derby & Preakness winning jockey Calvin Borel
Steven Wright

[Low D]

steve earle did a cover of if i should fall from grace with god in vicar st the other night . also did copperhead rd but that was no surprise

I have a bootleg from his Hamburg show in January 2004 which he opened with a beautiful ballad-like version of "If I should fall". I´m going to see Mr Earle on February 7th in Hamburg and I really hope he´ll play it again.

I think i've said this before, but this is the best cover i've ever heard, changing the arrangement was the way to go. Other covers may be ok but... compete with The Pogues? Really?

Steve's new album is amazing, I've been a fan of Townes Van Zandt for years and who better to do it? It sold the most in it's first week of any album he's ever released, which reassures me about the record-buying public somewhat.

[philipchevron]

steve earle did a cover of if i should fall from grace with god in vicar st the other night . also did copperhead rd but that was no surprise

I have a bootleg from his Hamburg show in January 2004 which he opened with a beautiful ballad-like version of "If I should fall". I´m going to see Mr Earle on February 7th in Hamburg and I really hope he´ll play it again.

I think i've said this before, but this is the best cover i've ever heard, changing the arrangement was the way to go. Other covers may be ok but... compete with The Pogues? Really?

Steve's new album is amazing, I've been a fan of Townes Van Zandt for years and who better to do it? It sold the most in it's first week of any album he's ever released, which reassures me about the record-buying public somewhat.

I liked Joe & The Mescaleros version too, having said that.

And yes, nice to see Townes finally get the recognition he deserves. I'm sure it will be a great comfort to him in the cold hard ground.

[Low D]

I liked Joe & The Mescaleros version too, having said that.

What? When did that happen? I've heard an older one, with the Latino Rockabilly War, but not with the Mescaleros. Hmm, time to comb the bootlegs again...

And yes, nice to see Townes finally get the recognition he deserves. I'm sure it will be a great comfort to him in the cold hard ground.

Oh very nice. Though i gather from what Steve has been saying in interviews that Townes really wouldn't care. Actually, his songs have done much "better" (ie: top ten country charts) in the past with big stars singing them. The difference is this album is actually good.

[philipchevron]

I liked Joe & The Mescaleros version too, having said that.

What? When did that happen? I've heard an older one, with the Latino Rockabilly War, but not with the Mescaleros. Hmm, time to comb the bootlegs again...

And yes, nice to see Townes finally get the recognition he deserves. I'm sure it will be a great comfort to him in the cold hard ground.

Oh very nice. Though i gather from what Steve has been saying in interviews that Townes really wouldn't care. Actually, his songs have done much "better" (ie: top ten country charts) in the past with big stars singing them. The difference is this album is actually good.

Oh, perhaps I meant the earlier Latino Rockabilly one.

[Low D]

Oh, perhaps I meant the earlier Latino Rockabilly one.

You're a tease.

[Jon]

Oh, perhaps I meant the earlier Latino Rockabilly one.

I think you may have, I dug out an old bootleg of a Latino Rockabilly War gig at Coasters in Edinburgh the other day as jumped straight to IISF before playing the entire gig.
I saw them play in Bristol, I hadn't planned too but I was working at the time in the building that shared the upramp to the backstage area of Bristol Studios at the time, having a cigarette and watching a tour bus try to reverse up the slope. I signalled the driver back and once he'd got clear and up the ramp, a certain Mr Strummer came down, thanked me and got me guested.

[Frances]

Live at SF Amoeba 4/17 6 P.M.
http://www.amoeba.com/live-shows/upcoming/detail-2557/index.html