Steve Earle
               ..a long way from suits and string ties.

             
             

         In 1990 the hard sounding "The Hard Way" was released . The live
        recording "Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator" followed in 1991 was
        the last album of Steve's contract with MCA.  The label chose not to
        renew his contract when it expired due to the escalating severity of his long-standing drug problem.  What followed was a four year creative
        draught and Steve virtually disappeared from the music scene.
            Chicago Tribune by Music Critic Greg Kot
        In 1995
        "The best shows are those in which the music and the emotions it conjures converge into something greater, when the room crackles
        with the unseen electricity that passes from performer to audience
        and back again. Sometimes that spark becomes as tangible as the
        tears Steve Earle had to fight back on this night. In his first concert
        since purging a drug habit that  had been a parasitic sidekick
        throughout a decade-long career, Earle turned his back to the
        audience during one particularly tumultuous  ovation as if to gather himself. He joked, "I'm not that well yet," but the music argued otherwise, as Earle brusquely strummed and sang his tales of
        Southern sinners, loners and losers trough a lattice-work of virtuoso string  accompaniment."


        1995  The Chicago Tribune's Annual Country Roundup, critic
        Jack Hurst , listed his top ten in the December 1995 issue .
        Steve Earle was at the very top.
        Train A Comin'  was picked as #1 country album in Chicago.
        ... Hurst said "An acoustic collection by one of Nashville's most rock-associated singer-songwriters fittingly leads a selection of albums
        illustrating the diverse strength of country music... Backed only by the
        mandolin, guitar and vocals of folksinger Peter Rowan, the guitar of of Norman Blake, the standup bass of  RoyHuskey and a vocal by Emmylou Harris, this riveting package is a proud,  gravel-throated devil-may-care paean from one of the most influential of Nashville's younger singer-songwriters--and one of God's more tortured souls."


        In 1996
        From Billboard:
        Top 10 Albums of 1996
        #6  Steve Earle - I Feel Alright Top

        In 1997
        From the Houston Chronicle, December 14, 1997
        Top 40 Albums  (by Rick Mitchell)
        #1  Steve Earle - El Corazón
        "Nashville's *Exile on Music Row* has been on a winning streak ever since he came out of jail clean.  A compendium of Americana styles from bluegrass and honky-tonk to acoustic blues and razor-sharp rock 'n' roll, EL CORAZÓN rates at once the best rock and the best country album of the year."

        In 1998
        1998 Rolling Stone Magazine's Critics Poll
        Country Artist Of The Year - Steve Earle

        In 1999
        Steve Earle's 6th grammy nomination came in 1999 for El Corazón
        "Best Contemporary Folk Album"

        And the latest review of the MCA soundtrack of "The Horse Whisperer"
        finds Steve Earle and Jimmy Dale Gilmore in very good company....
        by Michael McCall, Music Central Online
        May 5, 1998
            "An exceptional compilation of original songs and
            new cover tunes, The Horse Whisperer
            soundtrack combines covers of old-time Western
            tunes (George Strait's compelling "Red River
            Valley," Iris Dement's airy "Whispering Pines,"
            Dwight Yoakam's surreal "Cattle Call") with
            originals that explore issues of freedom and
            rugged individualism.
            The Flatlanders (Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore,
            Butch Hancock) offer their first new song in 25
            years, and Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Gillian
            Welch, Emmylou Harris and the Mavericks
            present outstanding originals — making this a
            wonderful sampler of what American music can
            be. But the biggest news may turn out to be the
            introduction of sultry-voiced Allison Moorer, whose
            contribution heightens anticipation of her
            upcoming MCA debut."
             

        Pink & Black
        Steve Earle
        LSI Records # 8209
        Roy Dea and Pat Carter
        Year 1982

        Songlist
        Pink & Black - Nothin' But You | Continental Trailways Blues | Squeeze Me In |
        My Baby Worships Me   [LSI 8209, 1982]   (EP) PC, 3 pressings of 1000 each (1st
        pressing has "LSI RECORDING" on label, 2nd pressing has "LSI Record" on label,
        3rd pressing has "LSI" on label)

             
         
        Steve Earle "Early Tracks"
        Produced by Roy Dea & Pat Carter

        Nothin' But You  (Steve Earle)
        If You Need A Fool  (Steve Earle)
        Continental Trailways Blues  (Steve Earle)
        Open Up Your Door  (Steve Earle)
        Breakdown Lane  (Denis R. Colby)
        Squeeze Me In  (Steve Earle)
        Annie, Is Tonight The Night  (Steve Earle)
        My Baby Worships Me  (Steve Earle)
        Cadillac (Cadillac Holmes)
        Devil's Right Hand  (Steve Earle)

        The Koch reissue...
         ... includes What'll You Do About Me?,  Cry Myself To Sleep,
        A Little Bit In Love, and The Crush.
        A Little Bit In Love, written by Steve, recorded by Patty Loveless
        as a single and on her album "If My Heart Had Windows."

        Hear Devil's Right Hand
        567K = app 1 - 1/2 minutes download time

        Credits:
        Steve Earle: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
        Pat Carter, Acoustic Guitar
        Ron Kling: Bass
        Martin Parker: Drums
        Dale Sellers: Lead Guitar on “Squeeze Me In”

        Recorded at LSI Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
        Owned by Roy Dea and Pat Carter
        Engineered by Al McGuire
        Assistant Engineer: Danny Dunkelberger
        Mastered by M.C. Rather

           
                   
          For anything and everything you ever wanted to know
        about Steve Earle, visit His "Unofficial Homepage."  It's super!