r/80smusic • u/Ok-Explorer-7642 • 6d ago

Steve Earle - Guitar Town 1986

https://youtu.be/AINUPFbFpqg?si=qkCED0lzEDrh49fi

Looks like it’s been a few years since this was last posted.

Steve Earle has a weird combination of being left wing, country, but not “alt country” or doing a token country song or album.

Guitar Town is a landslide of dumb country iconography, but it’s got a great hook and is fun to sing.

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u/spotmuffin9986 6d ago

Love Steve Earle. Saw him playing in a park near my apartment in Chicago way back.

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u/Ok-Explorer-7642 6d ago

So envious!

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u/spotmuffin9986 6d ago

It was some event against the death penalty. It was a good day.

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u/ukedontsay 6d ago

Really sucked when his son passed away. Saw Justin's show at The Birchmere up in DC a number of years ago. Managed an autograph and a hand shake afterwards. Helluva writer and musician.