"Play the Wabash Cannonball" is the country version of someone in the crowd yelling "Freebird" at a rock show.
@timshelley8635 Жыл бұрын
Mr. Gold and Mr.Mud is an amazing song!
@beemelonhead14 жыл бұрын
To come home and have The Townes Van Zandt sitting on your couch waiting for you... I can't even begin to fathom how lucky or important you'd have to be for that to happen in your life.
@elizabethheyenga9277 Жыл бұрын
One paid a price for his friendship though, let's take off the rose colored glasses. He was brilliant and sick and those folks ain't easy
@Shed_Heeran_AAV Жыл бұрын
To come home to Townes Van Zandt telling you, youbare fucked up should be a wake up call. If you can't be an inspiration be a warning...
@carlhicksjr84014 жыл бұрын
Townes van Zandt is one of those guys that real professionals revere and that very few in the listening public even know about. A book titled 'The Untold Truth of Rock n Roll' had a comment about The Velvet Underground that could equally apply to van Zandt... "[They] didn't have all that many fans, but almost every one of their fans formed a band because of them..."
@camerondodge20703 жыл бұрын
Except that now tons of people know and love VU, while Townes is still barely known.
@carlhicksjr84013 жыл бұрын
@@camerondodge2070 I submit that a lot of people have heard OF Velvet Underground, but very few people have listened to a whole VU album. That's still something that only real audiophiles do, I think. It's like having a collection of records that aren't made up of hits, but of influential arrangements, or techniques, or artists. The trick is to not act like you're oh-so-superior to people who've only been influenced by radio. They gotta learn about it just like you did.
@camerondodge20703 жыл бұрын
@@carlhicksjr8401 No, a lot of people have listened to some of the full albums. As the legend grew more and more started to do so, especially those involved in any facet of punk. Either way, VU's fanbase has soared in the passing years, while Townes' has slowly trickled larger by comparison, even though he had just as much influence as VU, if not more. Also, as a punk, I know that no one is superior or better. And anyone who thinks so may need to be knocked down a peg.
@darlincommitme3 жыл бұрын
@@camerondodge2070 No question VU has a larger fan base, but Townes's has grown, not trickled. Americana had a huge upsurge in the 2000s, and many of those artists look back to and have recorded Townes's music. He is more broadly known, not less, but still nowhere near that of VU.
@camerondodge20703 жыл бұрын
@@darlincommitme When I said trickled, I said it in a way that implied growth. Not even implied really, as the next word I used was 'larger', as in his fanbase has slowly grown. This means that knowledge of him has seen an upsurge, and the resurgence of interest in Americana and classic country sounds has helped in this, but not as much as one would think. Yes, the new pioneers were influenced by him, they talked of him, and recorded his music, but that's in the Americana music circle. Let me ask: How many rock fans like his music? How many even know him? How many pop fans know him, or rap, or electronic, metal, reggae and ska? How many of the average listener who is most likely not part of any group and just listens to what's on the radio and what's popular? Maybe about 1% - 5% of them, 10 if we're generous and hopeful. Yes, he's probably more well known in the country, western, Americana, and folk circles, but even then, how many? Do you think the inflow of new fans increases with each successive generation, or do you think the same amount comes in that we received the last time? For example, do you think that if one year we got 2 new fans, do you think that number would increase during the next generation to gaining 4 or more new fans, or do you think we'd still get 2 new fans?
@clitzkow14 жыл бұрын
Love your FUC&%$# lyrics. You have given me so many hours of pleasure over the years. Thank you Steve.
@jamesbradshaw3389 Жыл бұрын
Carl stop your fecking cursing, it is not right and should not be allowed so go and wash your mouth out right now
@michaelcol84294 жыл бұрын
I was redirected 8 times untill I got to watch this.
@pipepapi90909 жыл бұрын
I know Mr Mudd and Mr Gold and I used to play it. It is the story of a poker hand and extremely wordy. Great Song. I grew up in Houston and would go to the Old Quarter Those were special days.
@ferrallderrall65884 жыл бұрын
Great story made to s song lol
@jefftaylor75116 жыл бұрын
My wife and I met at the Old Quarter in late 1968. She was singing there and hanging out with her friend "Ruther" (Ruth Cole Hammet). I was in the Air Force. Great memories of the folks we met there (Guy, Townes, Rex, Dale, Lightning Hopkins, and the dog Rex & Dale had. Also the old Cadillac limousine named 'zine' . In Aug '69 we held our wedding reception at the Old Quarter. Guy laughed and said she was marrying me for my motorcycle, as if the bike really mattered. We still have the guitar Guy built for her 50 years later. Still plays nicely, even though she plays a Taylor acoustic now.
@flatonia5 жыл бұрын
In 68 I was thirteen. Even in 72, appx time of Live at the Old Quarter, I was 17. Really too young to be into blues master Lightnin' Hopkins. My brother was 6 years older. He was at the Old Quarter many times. I didn't get into TVZ or LH, until after my brother died, in 03. I wished he was around to chat about those days at the OQ. You and he probably crossed paths. The building that housed the Old Quarter still stands. It looks like a law firm now has it
@oniongummy89695 жыл бұрын
thank you for sharing
@timothydaniels5045 жыл бұрын
Charming story. Thank you.
@ferrallderrall65884 жыл бұрын
The down to earth types,yet the radio wont recognize much if any, half of em will never know about these fellas,worth a listen all those from that era
@DeLarger4 жыл бұрын
Allyn Howell hating ass bitch. Where's your story? Miserable.
@stevepaar110 жыл бұрын
You guys rule, I am talking You, Lucinda, James, and of course Towns. And so many others. Thanks so much for the music and keeping it real. I am a fan for life. steven
@princessofhesse10 жыл бұрын
he"s got a lot of energy...a lot of energy...not like when he was on dope back in the 80s and 90s when I saw him, but his grasp on the whole thing is incredible.
@elizabethheyenga9277 Жыл бұрын
He knows how lucky he is that he figured it out, he's buried a lot of friends
@steveklimczak3568 Жыл бұрын
and a son. 😓
@delboyrams36311 ай бұрын
Steve just amazing Townes just amazing too
@TheKiller-yh3pi3 жыл бұрын
Hell I saw this man play at the Ryman a few years ago and he’s telling me he didn’t know the wabash cannonball? Blown away
@lennyhuff34378 жыл бұрын
Van Zandt's lost memory, with episodes of depression, was admitted to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, where he was diagnosed with manic depression. He received three months of insulin shock therapy, which erased much of his long-term memory. Afterwards, his mother claimed her "biggest regret in life was that she had allowed that treatment to occur!" Possibly Van Zandt forgot more then most will ever know or remember!
@triplesevensix2918 жыл бұрын
Thats fucked up!! What a shame! :(
@bealfeirsteabu5 жыл бұрын
@@triplesevensix291 But the shock treatment came long before most of his best work. That's the thing that I don't get.
@truthhurts8373 жыл бұрын
Changed who he was. Made him the Townes will all know love. It also made him the tortured Townes who slowly killed himself.
@saveferris68646 жыл бұрын
It's sad when your Heros turn out to be human.
@Ervdawg575 жыл бұрын
Profound indeed.
@robertsaget675 жыл бұрын
Play the Wabash Cannonball!
@JasonUmbrellabird5 жыл бұрын
No it's not.
@matthewtanner51275 жыл бұрын
why sad? part of the human condition is being flawed in some way or another, for most people a great many ways: that's where the music comes from
@robertjohnson16815 жыл бұрын
but seriously, play the Wabash Cannonball!
@freddymclain3 жыл бұрын
I met my wife at the Old Quarter . I didn't know at the time that Susan was Guy Clark's ex-wife. I had met Guy earlier, and he took me on as his first sideman when he decided to present his tunes in an ensemble format. I guess we just missed each other.
@Daughter-of-an-outlaw11 ай бұрын
so honest about his younger life, no fear of trying to hide it. He really is a "fearless heart"❤
@sinnertrain74055 жыл бұрын
I just finished reading Steve Earle's novel "I'll Never Get Out of this World Alive." He's an amazing singer and songwriter and ALSO an excellent writer of fiction.
@williamlane2925 жыл бұрын
I'm intrigued. Time to go drunk shopping! 😁
@rob_34174 жыл бұрын
@Allyn Howell why are you even here?
@JMPK233 жыл бұрын
@Allyn Howell go listen to garth brooks and shut the fuck up
@sunnyside79213 жыл бұрын
This is great. Thank you.
@ronnie51296 жыл бұрын
STEVE, THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT STORY, ABOUT A GREAT MAN.. I NEVER GOT TO SEE TOWNES. BUT I HAVE MANAGED TO SEE STEVE EARL, 10 TIMES SINCE YOU OPENED UP FOR BOB DYLAN AT NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1990 I THINK IT WAS. THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU WAS IN DURANGO COLORADO AT FORT LEWIS COLLEGE , IN 2014 OR 15 , I CANT REMEMBER, PLEASE COME BACK TO DURANGO SOON MAN, WE MISS YOU AND THE AWESOME SHOW THAT YOU DID, THANKS, MY BEST, COUSIN FIGEL
@jimrebr8 ай бұрын
hate all caps, your shouting like trump
@dr.johnpaladinshow97474 жыл бұрын
I was at a party in Austin. Townes walked into the kitchen and said that Blaze Foley was on his way. Half the party cheered. The other half groaned. That's how I met Townes and Blaze. They were both unique talents and people Back in the hill country now, but so many have passed or moved.
@Vesnicie4 жыл бұрын
Whereabouts in hill country? I lived a long time in Comfort. Loved biking all over the place, shopping for guns and hats at Gibson's Discount, etc.
@dr.johnpaladinshow97474 жыл бұрын
@@Vesnicie Midway between Fredricksberg, Mason & Marble Falls. Gibsons used to be everywhere... I think there are 2 now.
@jimparker77783 жыл бұрын
the wicked king of clubs awoke, it was to his queen he turned... Please count me among those who can.
@joejackson462210 жыл бұрын
Pope Steve speaks of Saint Steve.
@lassiejr21152 жыл бұрын
LOL . good one .
@jessewoo38383 жыл бұрын
Love S E...............Just outstanding..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@phspalace10213 жыл бұрын
The best film i ever seen - Be here to love me. See it!
@seashift47434 жыл бұрын
Steve looks like an older Jack Black in this interview.
@BoogityBarnes3 жыл бұрын
"Dale's dog fell in love right in front of me." LOL
@tonidavey57844 жыл бұрын
heckled by my hero... sweet
@MrRollingStone7211 жыл бұрын
Steve earle always seems out of breath or agitated hahaha. I love how lucinda williams said "nowadays he wears a tweed jacket like some university teacher who runs courses on songwriting" hahahaa
@elizabethheyenga9277 Жыл бұрын
You don't get how addictive personalities work... folks use it to self medicate be it slow down or speed up
@TheRebelyellers7 жыл бұрын
I knew Townes and did a few years of growing up around him when I was a young child in Smyrna Tn. you can only imagine the stupidity and excitement I felt just a few weeks ago when my parents told me he wrote one of my favorite songs "poncho and lefty".
@joaquinmendoza36117 жыл бұрын
steve agostino that's obviously fake
@tyhargett51976 жыл бұрын
How old are you
@davidkless91316 жыл бұрын
steve agostino you are lying
@DearArianaMusic6 жыл бұрын
Why would someone lie about not knowing such an obvious thing?
@jackigoon61686 жыл бұрын
TylerDavis you skipped the 1st question: "How does one spend 50 some-odd years not knowing anything about their "favorite" song?"
@CookbookAdventures8 жыл бұрын
That's a crazy story.
@princessofhesse10 жыл бұрын
I love Steve Earle...he has gladded my heart and I hope he goes on another 30 years singinig.
@popcornrabbit076 жыл бұрын
I love this mn
@baxterdavis36713 жыл бұрын
thats a different side of SE ive never seen/heard. i like that side...
@vinckovincko5 жыл бұрын
What a grass.? Fuccin love him
@vinckovincko5 жыл бұрын
Like tick on arm
@Bigruss9745 жыл бұрын
This guy was in the wire
@Shebrokemyboat4 жыл бұрын
So was his son
@jimmyMNSTR_911 Жыл бұрын
And in "Treme" (also on HBO)
@warshipsatin8764 Жыл бұрын
"you look like shit. your arms look like shit" townes always had a way with words
@KD_19893 ай бұрын
He was referring to his arms looking bad due to intravenous drug use.
@warshipsatin87642 ай бұрын
@@KD_1989 well yeah
@SJ-ni6iy Жыл бұрын
I hear Jerry Jeff’s name mentioned a lot throughout Townes’ documentaries and Without Getting Killed or Caught but there’s not a lot information about him.
@maryjerrolds158810 ай бұрын
Awesome
@norbitcleaverhook504011 жыл бұрын
Get those boots on and get on that table
@keithmeeks12815 жыл бұрын
It is hard to see this guy singing copperhead road or the rains came down. But he did.
@etamommy5 жыл бұрын
why would it be hard to see him having done that?
@LazarusTemplar4 жыл бұрын
Served two tours of duty in Vietnam
@robrichmond61713 жыл бұрын
And I came back with a brand new plan....
@davidrice33372 жыл бұрын
thank you for your time, help and service- Never Forget
@pena.33022 ай бұрын
Thanks kill.many..im not judging my freind.but kinda interested.if you dont mind As ive known a few vets.N.Z.Maori Batt.Hope got us thru.that we'd get free.in This World..thank you Sir.❤😊
@roodreher4 жыл бұрын
I Love Dan Harmon!
@Allagi224 жыл бұрын
See Theo Von interviewing Bill Burr and the reaction. Modern day same thing. Never, ever, try to meet your heroes.
@glennparsons87276 жыл бұрын
👍👍👍
@nickjohnson4104 жыл бұрын
I yell "Play the Wabash Cannonball" at live shows as a joke now because of this interview. Yes I do fingerpick and no I do know how to play Wabash Cannonball... Yet
@rickwills76932 жыл бұрын
Well dammit now 2 of us are gonna be doing that!
@trishmcl90554 жыл бұрын
I know it!!
@krisscanlon40515 ай бұрын
TVZ and Earle are interconnected as history goes. What an apprecentionship lol. I swear Earle lost more hair the smarter he got 😂
@trishmcl90555 жыл бұрын
I know it!
@markcampbell4191 Жыл бұрын
Steve fucking earle. thanks bro youre just a straight up dude.
@jonwaldo31238 жыл бұрын
weknow
@jakekerr73996 жыл бұрын
i know it, and recorded it, twice (MR Mudd and MR Gold)
@truthhurts8373 жыл бұрын
Recorded it? Tell us about it.
@Cl0ckcl0ck3 жыл бұрын
Play the WOMBAT CANNONBALL!!!!!!
@ronniebishop24965 жыл бұрын
I was hooked on pills for years and I just kept fighting it. But I did heroin in Vietnam and started smoking Cambodian Red. I just like the music business end of it and some just hate it.
@jonwaldo31238 жыл бұрын
you know
@keithkrone773 жыл бұрын
Never meet your heroes.
@lassiejr21152 жыл бұрын
Yeah Id bet Trump would be someone like that >I like him as an asshole he is but would'nt want him to berate me like he does everybody else .
@jeremywilson79752 ай бұрын
I want to know who has the jacket now....
@mrtambourineman6107 Жыл бұрын
Heckled by TVZ - wow! Cool as fuck 😎
@colbjallen8334 Жыл бұрын
How do you not know the walbash cannonball ! My mudd and mr gold is a very hard song
@mafia_dave324 жыл бұрын
Didn't this guy play on the Wire ? He was Bubbles sponsor .
@Bradgilliswhammyman4 жыл бұрын
Yea I think he was. Sang down in the hole for one of the season openers too.
@willemvanfrankenhuysen42814 жыл бұрын
@@dirtytruck4536 So you call your self Mr.America ?
@K50ATTACK4 жыл бұрын
Mr America He’s a guy that led a hard life and actually beat the devil drug. You’re a poser for turning this into petty politics.
@fortunatoofamontillado10594 жыл бұрын
@@dirtytruck4536 Fuck You fucktard!!
@donaldsmith39264 жыл бұрын
Yes, he was Waylon. I read a biography of him, "The Life and Near Death of Steve Earle", and he lived the life. The singer of this fella's Seattle band had just died of an overdose. The fella told Steve "I know where he got it"; Steve said "I have $200". Married five times, same woman two of those times, last I saw.
@keithmeeks12815 жыл бұрын
Mary Casey
@dougtaylor25235 жыл бұрын
He looks like Dan Harmon in this.
@joelbushman57394 жыл бұрын
I know a dan Harmon from Oregon
@heathkish69013 жыл бұрын
This absolutely slayed me 😂
@tomteide4 жыл бұрын
Your my man, I love you
@jonwaldo31238 жыл бұрын
weallknow
@princessofhesse10 жыл бұрын
why? Steve Earle is incrediblel.
@79tazman5 жыл бұрын
Townes was one talented guy it's just too bad he let the booze get the best of him
@BH-cr5uo5 жыл бұрын
What about the heroin?I say the heroin made him better as a songwriter.i could be wrong but Delta mama is what gives u flying shoes.dont do heroin I gusee
@capnphuktard5445 Жыл бұрын
@@BH-cr5uo Heroin is dumb
@robvanhouten5 жыл бұрын
Steve very important talking about... i like his music much more comparing to his talk. No worry, just an opinion.
@Vgallo4 жыл бұрын
What’s the Townes song that no one knows?
@nilradem3 жыл бұрын
Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold.
@princessofhesse10 жыл бұрын
Steve has enough breath for us all and Lucinda Williams, although a great singer, doesn't know the real Steve Earle.
@tonyroy84105 жыл бұрын
Steve Earle knows better but will he admit it
@darlincommitme10 жыл бұрын
I think he has ADD or the equivalent - always hyper. I also suspect he has been dressed by the women in his life, which accounts for some pretty big stylistic shifts, since the women change often. I blame the jackets on Allison Moorer, though he still mostly wears pearl snaps and jeans onstage.
@sovietchampagne3 жыл бұрын
that makes a lot of sense ... I am ADHD and I know we ADHD people have a particular vulnerability to all kinds of addictive behaviours, because our brains are constantly seeking intense stimulation. especially at low points in my life, when I didn't have some intense stimulation to keep my mind calm, I would just do anything and everything that came into my mind without thinking about it, and eventually I developed some pretty dysfunctional "go-to" solutions for those situations (compulsive eating, picking my skin, getting really angry/sad about something that popped into my head for no reason) ... I am glad that in my case I didn't turn to drugs and alcohol (for the most part), but I know that many people with ADHD do turn to those things, especially when those things are normalized or widely available in their environment.
@tagatharogers204410 жыл бұрын
the fourth guy is your son
@darlincommitme10 жыл бұрын
This was filmed about 11 years, when JTE was in pretty bad shape. He may have known the song, but was not performing regulalry.
@austinnightingale51343 жыл бұрын
Kinda didn’t want to hear that about Townes but maybe he must of had a good side?
@nilradem3 жыл бұрын
He was a brilliant poet and songwriter.
@Cl0ckcl0ck3 жыл бұрын
Mr mud!!!
@keithkafe5 жыл бұрын
What the hell is he on about.... I have a recording of Townes playing Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold at a bar in Austin in 1991. So clearly he knew it until 5 years before he died...
@jacknimble18195 жыл бұрын
Keith Kafe He's telling a story about someone being a smarta** and then said something smarta** about them while recounting the story. It's something smarta** friends and family do to each other even when the friend/family is dead. What you are witnessing is sullen endearment disguised with exaggeration.
@synchrolynx5 ай бұрын
LOL
@Runawayslave202311 жыл бұрын
This is depressing.
@JackChiefton4 жыл бұрын
I bet you’re a real scholar and gentleman...
@jerry-st7rc2 жыл бұрын
I'll walk on Steve Earles table and tell him george jones is the best songwriter of all time or hank sr.
@mr.pradorobledo2 жыл бұрын
WM; MW, WV.
@Jo.8854 жыл бұрын
Dang, when people you admire turn out to be assholes what do you do?
@2148aa4 жыл бұрын
Write a country song about it.
@cravinbob4 жыл бұрын
This guy has the brain power of a salamander and I apologize to salamanders everywhere.
@walterkersting13624 жыл бұрын
Steve Earl took a shower...
@davidrice33372 жыл бұрын
one of my favorites- till he starts in on the political bullshit- then the sharks are ready to jump- when are these singers going to understand #1 virtually every politician is a crook #2 behind the scenes both dems and rep. are a helluva lot more alike than their acolytes could possibly imagine #3 nobody gives a shit what guitar pickers think about it anyhow
@jamesmonk87593 жыл бұрын
Terrible Father, but an Incredible guy
@Bittersteamtrain4 жыл бұрын
Don't tell me Steve turned into a lefty?
@sovietchampagne3 жыл бұрын
He always had progressive views, but it's reductive to call him simply "a lefty" - do you understand that many people who consider themselves left-wing probably have the same core values as you? I'm not talking about Democrats or liberals, I'm talking about people with independent political views who identify as left-wing or socialist. Like Steve Earle. Just as a side note: if you think that a socialist is basically the same thing as a liberal, which I know many people do believe, I don't really know what to tell you except that it isn't. There's a world of difference between liberal and socialist attitudes. Liberals also fear socialism just as much as conservatives do, but they deal with it by co-opting it and diluting it down instead of openly fighting it. Liberal parties try to swoop in and steal the momentum of radical social/political movements, while at the same time neutralizing the potential threat posed by those grassroots left-wing movements. That's why liberals might APPEAR to be "allied" to socialists, or to support socialists, if you're looking at them from "the outside". But just about every socialist I know HATES the Democratic Party and liberals more than you would ever imagine, because liberals are just as much, if not more so, the enemies of socialists, just as they are the enemies of conservatives. When Steve Earle came out about his socialist political views, he still said that he understands why much of the American working-class was drawn to Trump, and he said that he felt the left needed to fix itself because it had become out of touch with many of the people. He is clearly listening to people like you who are not drawn to the left. He believes his views would also appeal to many people who are now against the left *if* those views were presented in the right way - and I don't think he's wrong. Many of the intensely "red" parts of the U.S. were, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, hotbeds of radical organizing (especially areas with growing industry, including Appalachia) - because at those times, those people's idea of "socialism" appealed to the community values and way of life they wanted to protect. If you think Steve Earle is bad, read more about Woody Guthrie and his views. Guthrie was a card-carrying Communist Party member in the 1930's and he wrote plenty of songs reflecting that. Guthrie believed that the CPUSA, not the Democrats or Republicans, were the ones who really cared about doing something for working-class people. Maybe he was wrong, but he was a Communist Party member for the same reason that many working-class people have become right-wingers and/or Trump supporters today. They feel listened to and seen by the side they support, and abandoned/hated by the side they're against. Part of the reason why politics have become so horrible in North America right now is because people (on both sides) have learned to see people on "the opposite side" as literal forces of evil (or idiots serving those forces of evil). That's *at least* as true for the right-wing as it is true for the left-wing in the U.S. There are now millions of people in the U.S. who have been radicalized into believing that their political opponents are so evil or so stupid that they don't deserve basic respect or human rights anymore. People of all ages, even people who are old enough to know better, are beginning to behave as if supporting a political party is the same thing as supporting a football team - but they're getting hateful and violent about it, and communities are falling apart. That's extremely dangerous. What if Steve Earle isn't a leftist for the reasons you think? What if his political views are informed by the same concerns and values which inform yours? Read what he has said about his politics. You don't have to agree with him or convert to his side, but you should understand him. You should know that you're probably *not* on "opposite sides" ... and question why we're beginning to think this way in the first place.
@jaja1234567890killuq5 жыл бұрын
Horrible story teller
@trippmiller61996 жыл бұрын
Steve “I have to spew my lame ass politics at every show of mine” Earle
@sovietchampagne3 жыл бұрын
plenty of country musicians from the opposite end of the political spectrum do that constantly ... people single out Steve Earle for criticism just because he's left-wing. would you care if he happened to be saying things you agree with, or do you only think he should stop because he's saying things you don't agree with?
@horsehide30397 жыл бұрын
Steve Earle is a legend in his own mind. I made the mistake of trying to listen to his show on Sirius-XM a couple times. The liberal, loudmouth can't shut up about politics. I cannot understand how he gets that gig.
@jimiverson48316 жыл бұрын
BubblegumShallow, Thank you
@HighMo6 жыл бұрын
Heh Bubblegum music......Stick it up your liberal, hippy, pot smokin' ass. Nobody wants to hear your bilge. This guy doesn't know you, and doesn't need you to defend him.
@RobHollanderMusic6 жыл бұрын
His guitar kills fascists.
@ometec6 жыл бұрын
That statement says a lot more about you than Earle, shithide.
@atombomb314586 жыл бұрын
I can love their music and not their politics. Lots of drug addicts are left wing in their politics. Gives them an excuse for their mistakes.But I still love the heartfelt music of so many with whom I am completely on the opposite side of politics. Prine, Nancy Griffith,Earle...
@tonyroy84105 жыл бұрын
submit to Jesus that is your only hope and you know it, your popular and or talent based songs won't hold water in the afterlife
@johnmartin24705 жыл бұрын
tony roy Fuck jesus Fuck all religions And...wait for it... Fuck you
@2ManyNamesTaken5 жыл бұрын
I used to love Steve Earle. Then, about 12-12 years ago, he drank the liberal Kool-Aid and seems to be battling Bruce Springsteen to be the artist that has alienated the most fans with leftist dogma.
@swfcocs15 жыл бұрын
yeah, must really alienate people to see musicians who look beyond their own wealth and position and want a fairer society
@2ManyNamesTaken5 жыл бұрын
@@swfcocs1 -- And he looked straight at socialism, which has killed over 100 million people this century.
@swfcocs15 жыл бұрын
@@2ManyNamesTaken even if you take that highly dubious figure as true its still way way less than killed by capitalism
@2ManyNamesTaken5 жыл бұрын
@@swfcocs1 -- Free market capitalism never killed anyone that wasn't threatening to take something that wasn't theirs. - Capitalism is about free choice. Socialism is about gunpoint equalization. Kind of like the difference between social justice and real justice.
@swfcocs15 жыл бұрын
@@2ManyNamesTaken the thing is you're not playing fair-according to you anyone who dies of war or hunger under what you regard as socialism is the fault of socialism but if ppl die in the same way under capitalism you dont blame that ideology in the same way.I sense youre an Ayn Rand worshipping "libertarian" which would likely be even worse than the current corporatist nightmare.you'd end up with one or two monolith companies more powerful than any govt who controlled every aspect of consumer "choice"
@tombryan13 жыл бұрын
Van Zam had one hit and every needle stabbing junkie is jubilant for this guy, like he was a messiah. Wasnt he a drunkard?
@Garrett12403 жыл бұрын
He was a drunk, a junkie, but also a schizophrenic, among other things that were poorly diagnosed. I have more sympathy for such individuals. He also underwent the now unthinkable electric shock therapy as a youth in an attempt to cure his rowdy tendencies. His parents were conservative, well-to-do professional people and in their eyes he always had something wrong with him--something in need of being cured of. They of course came to be remorseful for their son's 'afflictions' though he still chose bedlam and squalor. So, it's like the chicken or the egg paradox: Was he a lousy person most of the time because he had psychological issues or was his over-indulgent, hell-raising lifestyle stock to the brim with vices the cause for his psychological decline?
@nilradem3 жыл бұрын
@@Garrett1240 I thought it was bipolar disorder, not schizophrenia.
@Garrett12403 жыл бұрын
@@nilradem Maybe I mixed it up
@IvanLendl874 жыл бұрын
The great socialist Steve Earle - a NY Yankees fan. lol Classic Leftist.
@darinclark18534 жыл бұрын
I love Steve... but the H turned him into a socialist.