Steve Earle will perform Aug. 18 at the Brown County Music Center in Nashville.
Steve Earle has been called one of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters of his generation.
A protege of legendary songwriters Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, he quickly became a master storyteller in his own right, with his songs being recorded by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris, The Pretenders and countless others.
But he is far more than a top songwriter.
At the moment, he’s writing two books, his second play, and hosts his long running “The Steve Earle Show: Hardcore Troubadour Radio” on Sirius XM. Throughout the pandemic, he also hosted “Steve Earle’s Guitar Town,” a YouTube series about his massive instrument collection.
“I’m just trying to stay out of trouble,” he said with a laugh. “If I stay busy, then I’m OK.”
Earle has been busy most recently with his “Alone Again Tour” which comes to Nashville’s Brown County Music Center at 8 p.m. Aug. 18. As the title suggests, he’s by himself, and also in a stripped-down, acoustic format.
The year 1986 saw the release of his record, “Guitar Town,” which shot to No. 1 on the country charts and is now regarded as a classic of the Americana genre.
Subsequent releases like “The Revolution Starts … Now” in 2004, “Washington Square Serenade” in 2007, and “TOWNES” in 2009 received consecutive Grammy Awards.
Restlessly creative across artistic disciplines, Earle has published both a novel and collection of short stories; produced albums for other artists such as Joan Baez and Lucinda Williams, and acted in films, television (including David Simon’s acclaimed “The Wire”), and on the stage.
In 2009, Earle appeared in the off-Broadway play “Samara,” for which he also wrote a score that The New York Times described as “exquisitely subliminal.”
Earle wrote music for and appeared in “Coal Country,” a Public Theater play that dives into the deadliest mining disaster in U.S. history. For that work, he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.
Earle also was recently inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
