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If Steve Earle weren't a living, breathing person, he'd be a character in a blues song — a raucous ballad about a gifted rebel who drank too much, lost most of his women in a blizzard of crack and cocaine addiction, and always came out on the wrong side of the law. Somewhere in the midst of all this, he also managed to weld rock to country, the Beatles to Springsteen, and bluegrass to punk, establishing himself among the most thoroughly original and politically astute musicians of his generation. Granted unrestricted access to Steve and his family and friends, Lauren St John has given us a sometimes shocking, often moving, and completely unvarnished biography of one of America's most talismanic sons.

ISBN-13: 9780007161256

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Publication Date: 01-20-2004

Pages: 416

Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.04(d)

Lauren St. John is the author of Walkin’ After Midnight: A Journey To The Heart Of Nashville,a biography about Steve Earle, and four other biographies. She writes regularly for The Sunday Times and The Independent. She lives in London, England.

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Howard Frank Mosher

“A wonderfully spirited and sympathetic new biography...Earle is a worthy successor to the alltime greats of American music.”

Charles R. Cross

“Meticulously researched and wellwritten...captures the heart and soul of one of America’s most talented, troubled, and controversial songwriters.”

Eric Alterman

“An intimate and intelligent biography of an artist who—like all the greats—ain’t ever satisfied.”