Steve Earle Music

Origin: Fort Monroe, VA

Decades: 1980's, 1990's, and 2000's

In the strictest sense, Steve Earle isn't a country artist, he's a roots rocker. Earle emerged in the mid-'80s, after Bruce Springsteen had popularized populist rock & roll and Dwight Yoakam had kick-started the neo-traditionalist movement in country music. At first, Earle appeared to be more toward the rock side than country. He played stripped-down neo-rockabilly that occasionally verged on outlaw country. His unwillingness to conform to the rules of Nashville or to rock & roll meant that he never broke t... Read More

Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Hank Williams, and Waylon Jennings