...but he won't go quietly, either. He's busy as ever, and he has a fine new album he'll be showing off in Durham Saturday night. For some talk about the album and details on the show, check the preview from Friday's paper.
Steve Earle will never get out of this world alive...
Submitted by dmenconi on 09/16/2011 - 09:17Show news: Bon Iver (and Rosebuds), Steve Earle
Submitted by dmenconi on 05/10/2011 - 09:13
This week brings a couple of very fine show announcements. First up is Bon Iver, the group led by former Raleigh resident Justin Vernon, who will play the Downtown Raleigh Amphitheater with Rosebuds on July 29 -- a bill you could call Friends of Megafaun. Vernon used to play with the three members of Megafaun in DeYarmond Edison (and he was in on their Sounds of the South project last fall); and Megafaun's Brad Cook is a sometime member of Rosebuds as bassist. Tickets go on sale Friday.
Over at Durham Performing Arts Center, meanwhile, Steve Earle has been announced for Sept. 17. Earle played solo and mostly did Townes Van Zandt songs on his last Triangle show. But this time, he'll bring in a band featuring his wife, Allison Moorer. Tickets go on sale June 3.
Steve Earle has some very enthusiastic fans
Submitted by dmenconi on 06/11/2009 - 01:45
Despite what some people seem to believe, watching live music is not a competitive sport -- and I'll bet you know what I'm talking about. Every crowd of any size always seems to have a guy or two determined to prove they're the biggest fan there, whooping and hollering to signify that they recognize every song before anyone else in the room.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for enthusiasm, when it's genuine. But there comes a point where that enthusiasm gets self-conscious, and distracting. For example, there was the guy seated directly behind me at Steve Earle's Wednesday night show at Carrboro ArtsCenter, who managed to work in a deafening WHOOOOO during the first few notes of each and every song. Okay, dude, I get it, you really love you some Townes Van Zandt.
Mook factor aside, Earle put on a pretty fabulous show, serving up a generous assortment of songs from his late great mentor Van Zandt -- spiced with numerous anecdotes about him. Some of the stories, I'd heard before, and yet they were just as entertaining a second time. So were "Forth Worth Blues," "Colorado Girl," "Pancho and Lefty" and Earle's impressive grasp of local knowledge.
"Oh, I been to North Carolina," Earle said at one point. "Had me a Cheerwine already. I'm always down with whatever the indigenous overcaffinated local beverage is."
Steve Earle: From stage to page
Submitted by dmenconi on 06/07/2009 - 08:15
Steve Earle is coming to Carrboro to play on Wednesday, a show that will focus on songs from his new Townes Van Zandt tribute album. For more about that, plus Earle's past and present literary endeavors, click on through.
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