Country Music Legend Steve Earle Joins Forum in Studio

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🗓️ 28 September 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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“If Steve Earle weren’t a living, breathing person, he’d be a character in a blues song,” observed a reviewer. Earle is foremost a musician, one who started out in Nashville as a songwriter. Along the way, this self-proclaimed “hardcore troubadour,” has been married seven times, conquered drug addiction, did a stint in jail, and lost nearly everything as he fed that addiction. But in the end, the power of music won through. Today, Earle is known for his accomplished musicianship, his way with lyrics, and his outspoken politics. He’s won buckets of awards, including three Grammys, recorded 22 albums, and his song, “Copperhead Road,” has become the official state song of Tennessee. Earle is in town for the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival which he will be headlining. We’ll talk to Earle about his songwriting, his music, and hear him sing some tunes. Guests: Steve Earle, singer, songwriter. Earle has received three Grammy awards for his folk albums. He will be appearing that Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in San Francisco. Mick Hellman, drummer for the Go to Hell Man Band, the Wreckless Strangers and Marco & the Polos; founder and managing partner, HMI Capital. Hellman's father, Warren Hellman, founded the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:54.2	the annual big free celebration of what I think we call roots music now is one of the most revered events on the cultural calendar.
1:02.6	We'll get a preview from McHellman, the founder Warren Hellman's son, and we're also joined by the country music legend Steve Earl,
1:10.5	who's carried the torch for a certain kind of
1:12.5	outlaw music and left politics for decades now. He's got his guitar here. He's going to play
1:18.2	some songs as we talk about music and life. It's a special show and it's all coming up next
1:23.4	after this news.
1:42.9	Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. It's hardly strictly weekend in the city,
1:45.3	starting tomorrow, running through Sunday.
1:49.2	There's a lineup of performers that are new to the stage, like one of my personal favorites,
1:53.9	The Sacred Souls, and there are people who are stalwarts, like Steve Earle, one of the most accomplished singer-songwriters of the last half century. He's put out dozens of albums,
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