More on Steve Earle's music and political views. Also, Steve Earle is the "Artists of the Week" on internet radio station on Live365 - Mansion On The Hill. Lastly, The Orlando Sentinel calls Earle "a 21st century Woody Guthrie." From largehearted boy - a boy, a girl and his radio. But he was really going to seeing his favorite baseball team - the New York Yankees. I asked Steve about going to New York City next week for the Republican convention and he said he would be there. We even got the CD a day before it's official release tomorrow.
back to a time of greater tolerance for freedom of expression.Īfter the set, we had our CD autographed by Steve which was cool. He went on to comment about the writing process and his passion for making the album.Īs strange as it might sound, Earle professed his deep love of country and explained that this album was made out of a desparate hope that it might help steer the U.S. Before playing "Rich Man's War", Earle said that he wrote the song first and then realized he needed to write a bunch more in order to have an album in time for the election. This brought a round of laughter and loud applause.įrom there on Steve had the crowd in his hand as he played several more songs from the new album including "The Revolution Starts. Then he commented, "I figure it's better that they learn to cuss from me rather than Vice President Dick Cheney".
Shortly thereafter, when he saw 2 very young children with their mother, he apologized for the profanity in the song.
When he concluded the song, he acknowledged that he was performing only a few blocks from the White House, FBI, and FCC, by saying that he "wanted to get that song out of the way before he was arrested." Opening the set with "F the CC", Earle spit out the lyrics: The fairly large audience seemed to be in a revolutionary mood and overflowed onto the staircase, spilling onto the main floor upstairs.
Now at Borders book store in downtown Washington, DC.Įarle performed for nearly an hour on acoustic guitar and a couple of harmonicas. Earlier this evening we saw Steve Earle at a record release event for the album The Revolution Starts.
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