Legendary country-rock genre bending musician Steve Earle makes his way back to The State this July 15th. We're going to let his bio and some videos speak for themselves:Steve Earle grew up in a tiny town outside of San Antonio called Schertz, Texas. The oldest of five children, he was incredibly active and somewhat ADD. By the age of 14, he had moved to Houston to live with his cousin Nick Fain (a musician). By this time, Steve had already developed a prodigious gift for the guitar, and started messing around with bass guitar. He also picked up a nasty drug habit.
Still, he managed to hook up with some of the most influential mentors a budding alt.ountry hero could hope for - including Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt.
Finally in 1986, Earle found some creative grounding with RCA when he released his first record, Guitartown. He went on to release two more records for MCA, before being fired after the release of Hard Way. This provoked Steve to pawn his guitars and spend some time on the "bad side of town" doing not much more than drugs and hanging out, eventually landing in jail.
Upon his release from the County Jail four months later, Steve was off drugs and soon began playing again. He started releasing more innovative records, which included more ardently political protest tunes. A long-time anti-death penalty demonstrator, Steve started working his politics into his music.
Married six times to five different women before he turned 40, Earle has two children. He's now hailed as one of the most fantastic forces in the alt.country world [source].
There was also a great feature on NPR yesterday that featured Steve Earle. To read the article and listen to the broadcast all you have to do is click HERE!
Tickets for Steve Earle's July 15th performance at The State Theatre go on sale May 22nd and are going for $32. Tickets will be available for purchase both ONLINE and at The State Theatre Box Office. Keep checking back to The State Theatre Blog for more info on these show as we get closer to the event. Hope to see you there!
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