Steve Earle

Quick Facts

Full Name	Steve Earle
Occupation	Rock Singer
Date Of Birth	Jan 17, 1955(1955-01-17)
Age	69
Birthplace	Hampton
Country	United States
Birth City	Virginia
Horoscope	Capricorn

Steve Earle Biography

Steve Earle is one of the most popular and richest Rock Singer who was born on January 17, 1955 in Hampton, Virginia, United States. Grammy Award-winning artist whose smash album Guitar Town of 1986 kicked off a varied and long-running career.

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In 1974 at the age of 19 Earle moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and began working blue-collar jobs during the day and playing music at night. During this period Earle wrote songs and played bass guitar in Guy Clark’s band and sang on Clark’s 1975 album Old No. 1. Earle appeared in the 1975 film Heartworn Highways, a documentary on the Nashville music scene which included David Allan Coe, Guy Clark, Townes van Zandt and Rodney Crowell. Earle lived in Nashville for several years and assumed the position of staff songwriter at the publishing company Sunbury Dunbar. Later Earle grew tired of Nashville and returned to Texas where he started a band called The Dukes.

In the 1980s Earle returned to Nashville once again and worked as a songwriter for the publishers Roy Dea and Pat Carter. A song he co-wrote, “When You Fall in Love”, was recorded by Johnny Lee and made number 14 on the country charts in 1982. Carl Perkins recorded Earle’s song “Mustang Wine”, and two of his songs were recorded by Zella Lehr. Later Dea and Carter created an independent record label called LSI and invited Earle to begin recording his own material on their label. Connie Smith recorded Earle’s composition “A Far Cry from You” in 1985 which reached a minor position on the country charts as well.

The sister of his Stacey Earle became a respected musician and music producer. Seven times he was divorced to wives, and even married one of them twice.

Steve Earle Net Worth

Steve Earle is one of the richest Rock Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Steve Earle 's net worth $10 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a winner of the school talent contest playing guitar at the age of 13. He was a huge fan of Townes Van Zandt and departed the comforts of home to join him touring when he was 14. He didn’t get to be able to meet the singer until a few years later.

He was a prominent political figure opposed to capital punishment.

Stephen Fain Earle (/ɜːr l / ) (born January 17, 1955) is an American rock, country and folk singer-songwriter, record producer, author and actor. Earle began his career as a songwriter in Nashville and released his first EP in 1982.

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Who is Steve Earle Dating?

According to our records, Steve Earle married to Allison Moorer. As of December 1, 2023, Steve Earle’s is not dating anyone.

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His 1990 album The Hard Way had a strong rock sound and was followed by “a shoddy live album” called Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator. In August 1991 Earle appeared on the TV show The Texas Connection “looking pale and blown out”. In light of Earle’s “increasing drug use” MCA Records did not renew his contract and Earle didn’t record any music for the next four years. By July 1993 Earle was reported to have regained his normal weight and had started to write new material. At that time a writer for the Chicago Sun-Times called Earle “a visionary symbol of the New Traditionalist movement in country music.”

Facts & Trivia

Steve Ranked on the list of most popular Rock Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Steve Earle celebrates birthday on January 17 of every year.

In 1994, two staff members at Warner/Chappell publishing company, and Earle’s former manager, John Dotson, created an in-house CD of Earle’s songs entitled Uncut Gems and showcased it to some recording artists in Nashville. This resulted in several of Earle’s songs being recorded by Travis Tritt, Stacy Dean Campbell and Robert Earl Keen. After his recording hiatus, Earle released Train a Comin’ on Winter Harvest Records and it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1996. The album was characterized as a return to the “folksy acoustic” sound of his early career.

How many wives Steve Earle had?

He married Sandra “Sandy” Henderson in Houston at the age of 18, but left her to move to Nashville a year later where he met and married his second wife, Cynthia Dunn. Earle married his third wife, Carol-Ann Hunter, who is the mother of their late son, singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle (1982–2020).

What is Steve Earle famous for?

Steve Earle, in full Stephen Fain Earle, (born January 17, 1955, Fort Monroe, Virginia, U.S.), American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who bridged the genres of rock and country music.

What was Steve Earle biggest hit?

1. “ Guitar Town ” This early career classic remains Earle’s highest- charting single (a No. 7 hit) on the US and Canadian charts.

What Steve Earle doing now?

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.

Who was Justin Townes Earles wife?

Jenn Marie Earle