Steve Earle Cover Town, Vol. 1

 

STEVE EARLE
Cover Town, Vol. 1

While Steve Earle is known primarily as one of the great singer/songwriters of his (or any) era, fans who've seen or heard his live shows know that he is also a brilliant interpreter of other artists' work.
With this in mind, I have gone through my collection of Steve's shows and extracted the best versions of his covers and put together this collection, which will be followed by at least two more volumes.

For the purposes of this collection, I have only used songs from Steve's own shows. He's done many guest appearances at other artists' concerts, doing duets, but I'll leave those. Of course there is the occasional
duet here from his shows. Also, I didn't use his  first known recorded live show (Hickory 1982), since that consists almost entirely of covers and people might as well get it in its entirety (it has been shared previously on Dime).

Technically what I did was: extraction with EAC; some trimming with CDWave (I have deleted tuning and talk that has nothing to do with the songs); and fade in, fade out, and normalizing with SoundForge.
With so many sources, I have left out the lineages, but want to thank the tapers, the people I've traded with, and the people who've uploaded Steve's shows online.

Enjoy!
Sylvia

01. Racin'In The Streets ( Springsteen)           - Chestnut Cabaret- Philadelphia PA- 1987-07-18
02. Dead Flowers ( Jagger/Richards)               - Chestnut Cabaret- Philadelphia PA- 1987-07-18                       
03. Wheels (Parsons/Hillman)                      - Chestnut Cabaret- Philadelphia PA- 1987-07-18                       
04. Limousine Blues (Hopkins)                     - McCabe's Guitar Shop- Santa Monica CA- 1987-12-18                           
05. White Freightliner( Van Zandt)                - McCabe's Guitar Shop- Santa Monica CA- 1987-12-18                           
06. Lungs (Van Zandt)                             - McCabe's Guitar Shop- Santa Monica CA- 1987-12-19 early show
07. So Different Blues (Lipscombe)                - McCabe's Guitar Shop- Santa Monica CA- 1987-12-19 early show   
08. Little Sister (Trooper)                       - McCabe's Guitar Shop- Santa Monica CA- 1987-12-19 late show
09. Saturday Night Sunday Morning (Olney)         - McCabe's Guitar Shop- Santa Monica CA- 1987-12-19 late show
10. When Will We Be Married (traditional)         - The Emerald Suite, Europa Hotel- Belfast NI- 1988-12-04
11. Nebraska (Springsteen)                        - The Emerald Suite, Europa Hotel- Belfast NI- 1988-12-04       
12. Shake Rattle & Roll (Calhoun)                 - The Arcadia Theatre- Dallas TX- 1989-03-24
13. Goodnight Irene ( traditional)                - Nightstage- Cambridge MA- 1990-01-11 late show
14. Blue Yodel #9 (Rogers)                        - Playhouse- Edinburgh UK- 1990-09-14           
15. She's About A Mover (Sahm)                    - Royal Theatre, Victoria BC- Canada- 1990-10-20
16. Sailor Man (Driftwood)                        - The Birchmere- Alexandria VA- 1995-08-27
17. I'm Looking Through You ( Lennon/McCartney)   - The Birchmere- Alexandria VA- 1995-08-27       
18. Rivers Of Babylon (traditional)               - The Birchmere- Alexandria VA- 1995-08-27           
19. Take It Or Leave It (Jagger/Richards)         - The Cabaret Metro- Chicago IL- 1996-03-25
20. Windfall (Farrar)                             - The Backyard- Austin TX- 1996-07-24
21. Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way (Jennings) - The Backyard- Austin TX- 1996-07-24

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