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Steve Earle
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Tue Feb 2
7 pm
Steve Earle at Boulder Theater
A storied old folk singer who can name an album The Revolution Starts Now and mean it, Steve Earle has gotten increasingly political over the last decade: He got a lot of attention in 2002 for “John Walker’s Blues,” a song that dared to present American citizen and Taliban fighter, John Walker Lindh, as a human being rather than an object for ridicule and hate. His 2007 full-length, Washington Square Serenade, was a much less weighted effort, floated by loud and uplifting love songs. Last year’s Townes, an equally well-received album, pays tribute to Earles’ late friend and mentor, the legendary songwriter Townes Van Zandt.
Boulder Theater 2032 14th Street, Denver/Boulder, CO
A storied old folk singer who can name an album The Revolution Starts Now and mean it, Steve Earle has gotten increasingly political over the last decade: He got a lot of attention in 2002 for “John Walker’s Blues,” a song that dared to present American citizen and Taliban fighter, John Walker Lindh, as a human being rather than an object for ridicule and hate. His 2007 full-length, Washington Square Serenade, was a much less weighted effort, floated by loud and uplifting love songs. Last year’s Townes, an equally well-received album, pays tribute to Earles’ late friend and mentor, the legendary songwriter Townes Van Zandt.
Updated 01/11/2012
