I got to know Steve and JT back in the late 80s. I turned into a big fan. Years later I had a small studio on the Row. One night Steve stopped by and Justin came in and said his dad wanted me. Steve told me he was playing the Blue Bird with some friends. And I got to be there, and was going to save me a seat. Turns out the friends were Guy Clarke and Townes Van Zant. It was a legendary show and I was on the front row. Thanks to Steve Earle.

I believe Steve Earle is the best songwriter/performer ever and he is absolutely my #1 mentor and teacher as Townes was to him with the exception of me not personally knowing him. Living legend....

This interviewer did an absolutely phenomenal job.

Like a knife to the heart, when he said, honestly, "there was a time that Nashville wanted songs of that caliber -- they don't anymore". So glad I remember growing up with Merle, Willie, Johnny, Jones, etc. Songs like Poncho & Lefty, Two More Bottles of Wine, You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma, Cherokee Fiddle, etc.

@wadecollier4757

Жыл бұрын

Great comment... loved ALL of those tunes!!!

Great interview! Love Steve Earle.

I don't know if I'm even within the right medium to comment on this. I've had the pleasure of seeing Steve Earle on a number of occasions in London England. Bizarrely, we were white collar IT industry workers who couldn't resist Steve's fervour and downright grit. Last saw him at the Shepherds Bush empire around 2004 when I smoked my last Cohiba cigar. Totally awesome. I'd seen him in Camden in the late80's when he was obviously struggling against drugs. A genuine Prince.

Steve Earle would be a great President

So handsome! I love his beard and shaggy hair.

Great interview!!!

My hero! I wish I could see Steve at HSB this weekend. Rock on Steve!

This is deep! Thank you!!!

Very good interview, both parts counted!

I was hoping there'd be an interview done by Jian with Steve Earle and I was not disappointed. Thanks Qtv.

Right on, awesome to know. We have an identical one in a closet in the studio I work at. Thanks for the knowledge!

Very good interview, and lots of great reasons not to get strung out...

Fort Worth Blues is so great. Have you heard His new song, Invisible? Its amazing!

What a great interview. In my mind Townes is Poncho and Lefty Steve!!

tom power, you are outstanding at what you do... nice job, young man.

Very, Very cool!

"...You know you're in trouble when Townes Van Zandt shows up at your house to give you a temperance lecture..." Yeah. Classic.

Put me on to Townes, which led me to Blaze and R.Dawson, Lucinda...Guy... Love Steve

Guitar Town. Cheers from Austin Tx.

Steve Earle is honest about Canadian and Australian health care;USA could improve overall Heath care, we need a National formulary and universal health for all; Congress has great health benefits, why not for all Americans ??

Yes they did - the interview is just posted separately.

The 7 people who disliked this don’t know how to play The Wabash Cannonball

@parttimeposter1998

4 жыл бұрын

B A you call yourself a songwriter and you don’t know The Wabash Cannonball?

@kuntrydevil1517

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe they're just not Marxist retards

@lastnamefirst4035

4 жыл бұрын

@Jimmy Jazz must have trump on the mind. Dems libs far left socialist marxist-lol

HEATHY AND SOBOS!!!!!! GREAT MSIC.

towns did teach him to write and kept telling him to not give up. the reasons why steve became famous was because of his voice,style and writting...so towns did that for steve and steve believe it or not in my view did help bring towns to the world through his voice,style singing and writting...so if they had not ever met what? glad they did!!! :)

♥️♥️♥️

those folks he mentions just exploded that great N. American songbook

This guy likes to talk :P Good interview.

It's the only computer in the building that can run the software Jian uses to communicate with the control room... These days it sits under the desk.

Has to be the most interesting person in this thing called singer songwriter,,, very intelligent for someone with very little formal education..... The kid ha ha kid doing the interview done ok I'd say

+Michael Murphey What makes you think Townes would reject universal health care? His family, especially the kids, relied on public assistance, especially for health care. He was not as political as Steve, but was no conservative.

Steve Early? hehe. sorry. Cool interview. I missed this one. Can't wait for Tom Waits. It will be the most epic Q ever. I hope he's on his worst behaviour.

I would like to start by saying I am a big fan of both Jian Ghomeshi and the country of Canada. As a Southerner, I was both disturbed and saddened by Billy Bob Thornton's appearance on the show. He is a not a representative of the South and Canadians should not view his behavior as representative of the South. On the other hand, Steve Earle represents the best of the South. Please keep that in mind.

@duanedavidson7219

7 ай бұрын

🙄😂

Townes was big lighting Hopkins fan

So what's with the ancient laptop at 6:14?

weird, he mentioned the same movie 4 years apart

How someone can hate his own country that has done so much for him is unfathomable to me. 18:50

Would've been nice to know this was just an interview, just saying.

@brazenlilhussy5975

2 жыл бұрын

Mark, this is just an interview man 👍

Yeah after I posted that, I figured that out. LOL

Nice job on your teeth Steve. And btw love Steve.

He crashed Mr. Bojangle's 33rd birthday party 🥳 .

Guess Michael Murphey's comments would carry more weight if he could spell Steve Earle correctly.... It's written above... US has the most expensive and least effective healthcare system in the western world..... any attempt to change that must be good for 'the greatest country on Earth'.....

Holy shit! You're (sort of) familiar with a dead language? You must be some sort of genius!!! Are you a Southern man? As I said, stereotypes are occasionally broken. The Alabama Latin club is, I'm certain, one hell of a place to party!

Steve Earl*E*

richest country in the world single payer way to go

They never got to him playing the song! Oh well! If he hadn't asked the question about the politics thing then he would have been able to....

Midnight Riders?? Left 4 Dead 2?

@chillinlikeadylan Sorry, I accidentally voted thumbs down, Imagine you're up two thumbs.

Ad hominem, ad ignorantiam. Vos nihil scient.

we have no good candidates to choose from but Hillary Clinton

and so anti American.

He only saw him as better than the alternatives and his views on that have not changed. As a socialist, he certainly is not ever going to vote Republican or Libertarian.

You lost me with Obama Care.... Boycott Steave Earl....Townes be rolling in his grave. Shame on you Steve Earl!!!

@fpopee

8 жыл бұрын

steve earle is full of fucking shit....lets put it this for this socialist...in 09 i had a fucking heart attack and had emergency open heart surgery 6 miles from my fucking house....it cost me $26 ...and that was for the goddamn television in my room for 5 days. ...the only requirement / prerequisite for this ?...I HAD A FRIGGIN JOB ...making $15 /hr.... so when these fucking mouthpieces shoot off their mouth it pissez me the fuck off....and btw....the prime minister of canada SNUCK HERE UNDER THE COVER OF DARKNESS TO HAVE HIS OHS.... fuck this fuckin guy

@Christiantodd1

5 жыл бұрын

Blah blah blah

It's a terrible interview. The guy tells you his subject's story right at the beginning while the poor guy who's there to tell his story sits there looking like "are you going to talk to me now or what?" This interviewer's rude and arrogant and loves the sound of his own voice more than he's interested to hear what his interviewees have to say. But worse than being rude and arrogant (fine if it's entertaining) he's smug and dull.

I don't know if I'm even within the right medium to comment on this. I've had the pleasure of seeing Steve Earle on a number of occasions in London England. Bizarrely, we were white collar IT industry workers who couldn't resist Styeve's fervour and dowonright grit. Last saw him at the Shepherds Bush empire around 2004 when I smoked my last Cohiba cigar. Totally awesome. I'd seen him in Camden in the late80's when he was obviously struggling against drugs. A genuine Prince.