Wednesday, 3 Jun 2009
One of my favorite albums of the year is Steve Earle’s musical hat tip to his hero/mentor, Townes Van Zandt. The appropriately named Townes dropped last month on New West Records and I admit my heart sank a little when the initial tour dates for the album lacked a Wisconsin date. After all, Steve put on one of my favorite concerts of 2008 with his show at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison.
I’m happy to report that Steve Earle will play the Pabst Theater on Wednesday, July 29th.
Suggested Reading: Diversions :: Steve Earle on Townes Van Zandt (Aquarium Drunkard)
Buy: Steve Earle – Townes
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Myspace: Steve Earle
MP3: Steve Earle – “To Live Is To Fly”
June 4th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Ryan -
Is it Steve solo or with a band?
June 4th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
show will be just Steve solo. there will be a tba opener.
June 4th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
I saw him (solo) last week at Berklee Performance Center in Boston. He played lots from the new album and told stories about Townes. It was a great show, but I hope to see him with a band sometime also.
His son Justin Townes Earle played in a Boston club last month also, but sadly I missed that show.
June 7th, 2009 at 9:36 am
I caught an in-store of Steve in Denver, and the performance was great. The stories he tells about Townes are probably the best thing about the performances on this tour, because he seems to have endless stories about his time with Townes.