Steve Earle
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Language
English
Description
Doc Ebersole lives with the ghost of Hank Williams-not just in the figurative sense, not just because he was one of the last people to see him alive, and not just because he is rumored to have given Hank the final morphine dose that killed him.
In 1963, ten years after Hank's death, Doc himself is wracked by addiction. Having lost his license to practice medicine, his morphine habit isn't as easy to support as it used to be. So he lives in a rented...
Author
Publisher
New West
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Steve Earle releases the follow-up to his Grammy Award-winning 2009 album Townes, which features eleven brand new tracks as well as production from T Bone Burnett. Songs include Little Emperor; Heaven or Hell; I Am Wanderer; and This City. This CD deals with issues of mortality and has a more country sound.
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Language
English
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"Earle's narrative voice sounds like a sage in a smoky bar..." Kirkus Reviews
"[A] surprisingly fine short story collection…" The Star Tribune
"A heartfelt, beautifully observed collection of stories." The Oregonian
"[Earle's] ability to write so close to the bone…makes Doghouse Roses such an entertaining read." The Los Angeles Times
"They haven't been shaped…by the small magazines or mainstream monthly editors. There's an appealing sort...