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Steve Earle & the Dukes

Jimmy Kimmel Live! Thursday night (January 7), where they performed the song “Harlem River Blues,” written by Earle’s late son Justin Townes Earle. After the song ended Earle paid additional tribute to his son: “see you when I get there, cowboy,” he said. Watch Steve Earle & The Dukes’ “Harlem River Blues” and “Far Away in Another Town” performances below. Justin Townes Earle died of an accidental overdose last summer at age 38. The elder Earle recorded a handful of his son’s songs for his new album JT. The record arrived on January 4, w...

The album Steve Earle never wanted to make: a tribute to his son By Ben Sisario Normal text size Advertisement On the evening of August 20, last year, Steve Earle spoke to his son Justin Townes Earle for the last time. Musician Justin Townes Earle died at the age of 38. Credit:Getty In a phone call initiated by Earle’s son, they caught up on family business, and Earle, the country-rock singer-songwriter who struggled with addiction for years, told his son – a lauded musician in his own right – that he would support him if he was ready to begin his own recovery.

Tweet Photo: Shervin Lainez Steve Earle has a lot of experience making tribute records to musicians he’s known, cared for deeply and learned much from. In 2009, he released Townes, in honor of Townes Van Zandt, and in 2019, there was Guy, for Guy Clark. Monday, Earle released a tribute that’s the most devastating of the three: J.T., in memory of his son Justin Townes Earle, who died in August.  J.T. consists of 10 covers plus one new original. The covers are songs Steve Earle chose to represent the best of his son’s catalog, which spans eight albums and one EP. Th...

J ustin Townes Earle won the Song of the Year prize at the 2011 Americana Music Awards for "Harlem River Blues," the title track of his excellent third full-length album and the most upbeat song about suicide you'll ever hear. It's all soaring choirs and pumping organs as the protagonist proclaims, "I know the difference between tempting and choosing my fate." When Earle played the song on David Letterman's talk show (with future star Jason Isbell accompanying on guitar) 10 years ago this month, the rootsy performance elicited an unusually effusive reaction from the host, and seemed to ma...