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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.
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"A fascinating book.utterly compelling.heartfelt.insightful.and much recommended." -- Time Out London
"Shockingly honest." -- Q Magazine
"Fascinating reading...a riveting portrait." -- St Louis Playback
"Harrowing and inspirational." -- Maxim
"Steve Earle deserves any attention he gets." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"A dark and compelling tale." -- Chicago Tribune
"A sensitive and amusing book.the Earle material is particularly entertaining, confessional and full of wicked one-liners." -- Sydney Morning Herald
"St. John does a fantastic job...Earle's story is a reminder that not all addict musicians burn out and die."--Charlotte Observer
"A sympathetic look at Earle..that doesn't cover up any blemishes...an on-the-mark biography."--San Antonio Express-News
"A no-holds barred portrait of a controversial artist who came back from the brink."--Entertainment Weekly
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Howard Frank Mosher, author of A Stranger in the Kingdom writes 'The Dixie Chicks tell us in their latest album that the gritty, authentic tradition of Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash and Hank Williams Sr. is 'a long time gone' from today's sanitized studios on Music Row. But as Lauren St John makes abundantly clear in Hardcore Troubadour, her wonderfully spirited and sympathetic new biography of Steve Earle, Earle is a worthy successor to the all-time greats of country and Americana music. Hardcore Troubadour is a fast-paced, clear-eyed celebration of a superb singer/songwriter and a marvelously generous man. Over many years of tumult and triumph, Steve Earle has had the courage to explore places in his heart that most songwriters only dream of reaching.'
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- PublisherHarper Perennial
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0007161255
- ISBN 13 9780007161256
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages416
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