Steve Earle: Fearless Heart, Outlaw Poet

Steve Earle - Fearless Heart, Outlaw Poet. (An Album-by-Album Portrait of Country-Rocks Outlaw Poet) ** By Steve Earle. Book. Softcover. 330 pages. Backbeat Books #0879308427. Published by Backbeat Books.

This book examines the life and music of Steve Earle, one of the most important and controversial singer-songwriters of our time. Through in-depth interviews with family members, producers, musicians, and with Earle himself, this volume traces Steves journey from southeast Texas to his debut No. 1 country album, Guitar Town and his descent into drug addiction, and on to his triumphant comeback with Train a-Comin and his subsequent challenging projects with co-producer Ray Kennedy. Rosanne Cash * Rodney Crowell * Peter Rowan * and Norman Blake are among the artists who offer insights into Earles music.