My Overall Chart: 501-600 by 
Romanelli 
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Produced By R.S. FIELD & STEVE POULTON
1. Hard Livin’
2. The Good Life
3. Who Am I To Say
4. Lone Pine Hill
5. South Georgia Sugar Babe
6. What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome
7. Turn Out My Lights
8. Lonesome And You
9. Ain’t Glad I’m Leaving
10. Far Away In Another Town
What do you do when you’re the son of the legendary Steve Earle, who gave you your middle name in honor of the great Townes Van Zandt? What else are you going to do except to make music? Every bit his father’s son, Justin Townes Earle does just that, and on his debut album, The Good Life, he delivers. Not completely, mind you. Not just yet. Earle was still just getting his young feet wet here, and not trying to ride the wave of his father’s success. Give the boy some credit…he’s done it his way, and in his own time. He started catching on with his audience in 2010, with his album Harlem River Blues. The Good Life is an understated, almost shy debut that exposes Earle for what he really is: he’s a folkie with an outlaw country heart. And that, my friends, is something we definitely need more of.
The centerpiece and biggest highlight of The Good Life is “Lone Pine Hill”. It’s a song about a man in Civil War times wondering what he’s fighting for, and wishing for his true love. Also of note is “Hard Livin’”, “What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome”, and “Far Away In Another Town”. This album runs unfortunately short…it barely reaches thirty minutes in length…but as a debut for an up and coming young songwriter, it still works quite well. The backing musicians are excellent, led by lap steel player Chris Scruggs, bassist Bryn Davies and Cory Younts from Old Crow Medicine Show. There’s no posturing here…just a guy and his guitar and his little band playing some of his little songs for you. It’s that intimate, and it works well that way. Earle’s career is worth following, and there’s no better place to start than here, at the beginning. [First added to this chart: 09/23/2020]
Produced By R.S. FIELD & STEVE POULTON
1. Hard Livin’
2. The Good Life
3. Who Am I To Say
4. Lone Pine Hill
5. South Georgia Sugar Babe
6. What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome
7. Turn Out My Lights
8. Lonesome And You
9. Ain’t Glad I’m Leaving
10. Far Away In Another Town
What do you do when you’re the son of the legendary Steve Earle, who gave you your middle name in honor of the great Townes Van Zandt? What else are you going to do except to make music? Every bit his father’s son, Justin Townes Earle does just that, and on his debut album, The Good Life, he delivers. Not completely, mind you. Not just yet. Earle was still just getting his young feet wet here, and not trying to ride the wave of his father’s success. Give the boy some credit…he’s done it his way, and in his own time. He started catching on with his audience in 2010, with his album Harlem River Blues. The Good Life is an understated, almost shy debut that exposes Earle for what he really is: he’s a folkie with an outlaw country heart. And that, my friends, is something we definitely need more of.
The centerpiece and biggest highlight of The Good Life is “Lone Pine Hill”. It’s a song about a man in Civil War times wondering what he’s fighting for, and wishing for his true love. Also of note is “Hard Livin’”, “What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome”, and “Far Away In Another Town”. This album runs unfortunately short…it barely reaches thirty minutes in length…but as a debut for an up and coming young songwriter, it still works quite well. The backing musicians are excellent, led by lap steel player Chris Scruggs, bassist Bryn Davies and Cory Younts from Old Crow Medicine Show. There’s no posturing here…just a guy and his guitar and his little band playing some of his little songs for you. It’s that intimate, and it works well that way. Earle’s career is worth following, and there’s no better place to start than here, at the beginning. [First added to this chart: 09/23/2020]
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| 1950s | 2 | 2% | |
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| 1970s | 20 | 20% | |
| 1980s | 24 | 24% | |
| 1990s | 36 | 36% | |
| 2000s | 12 | 12% | |
| 2010s | 2 | 2% | |
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From dihansse 04/01/2016 19:46
dihansse 04/01/2016 19:46
William Shatner next to Bob Dylan and the Stones: wonderful !
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You must have a huge record collection
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