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I've never been in the Cafe Lounge, but if JTE gets added (which i'm predicting), I will definetly embark on my first cafe Lounge experience.
If you don't know who he is, his dad is Steve Earle, and I think his godfather (or middle-name namesake at the least) is, my musical hero, Townes Van Zandt, great genes indeed.
His album came out today, and is currently on tour with the Felice Brothers.
wow he's only 26 and according to his bio on CMT he's already gone through quite a bit...
In some respects, Justin Townes Earle seemed destined from birth to be a musician -- his father, Steve Earle, is one of America's most acclaimed singer-songwriters, and he was named in part for Townes Van Zandt, a close friend and mentor to Earle and an equally legendary tunesmith. But Justin also grew up learning the downside of the musician's life, and came up against some of the same demons that haunted his father. Born in 1982, Justin Townes Earle didn't see much of his dad through most of his childhood; after the release of his first album in 1986, Steve was often on the road, and a serious no no word habit sidelined him through much of the early Nineties. Despite it all, Justin developed an appetite for music, and in his teens began playing and singing with two different Nashville groups, a rock band called The Distributors and a bluegrass-influenced acoustic combo, the Swindlers. Justin also spent some time as a member of his father's touring band the Dukes, and sang one of his own songs, "The Time You Waste", on Steve's 2003 live album Just An American Boy. But Justin was fired from the Dukes after a dangerous appetite for druqs began interfering with his performances, and Justin told a Los Angeles Times reporter that he suffered his fifth major no no word overdose, one which put him in the hospital for several days, when he was only 21. But that misadventure put Justin on the road to recovery, and once clean and sober he began putting a new focus on his music and songwriting. In 2007, Justin unveiled a critically acclaimed EP, Yuma, on his own J-Trane Music label, and later that year he signed with the respected "insurgent country" label Bloodshot, who released his debut album The Good Life on March 25, 2008. ~ Mark Deming, All Music Guide
Justin was the cover boy for this week's issue of Nashville's alternative free paper, the Nashville Scene. I've heard of him, mostly because of his dad, but I haven't checked out his music yet. Definitely will now. Hope he gets added to the lineup!
