Steve Earle was born as Stephen Fain Earle on January 17 1955 in Virginia but moved to Texas at a very young age. He’s an American singer-songwriter in the country, rock and folk genre.

Earle has been married seven times and has three sons from three different woman.

He’s known for his controversial songs and his outspoken views on the death penalty and war.

After a rebellious youth, Steve moved to Houston with his uncle at the age of 19. Here, he met his later hero and role model Townes van Zandt. Later, he’d even named his first son, Justin Townes Earle, after Van Zandt.

Steve moved to Nashville, Tennessee, played the bass in Guy Clarke’s band and wrote a few of the songs on Old No. 1. He quickly grew tired of Nashville and returned to Texas and created his own band, The Dukes.

Later, Steve came back to Nashville and started writing songs for publishing duo Pat Carter and Roy Dea. Later on, he released his own EP.

In 1986, Steve released his own studio album, Guitar Town, which had two songs that reached the singles Top Ten.
He also released a compilation album of earlier recorded songs called Early Tracks and an album called Exit 0, which he released with The Dukes.

In 1990, Steve released The Hard Way, which had a rougher sound.

Because of Earle’s increased drug use, his recordlabel didn’t renew his contract and Steve didn’t record any music for several years.

After his release from the rehab center, Steve returned with an acoustic album, Train a Comin', in 1995, which was followed by I Feel Alright and El Corazón.

Steve regained the love of country fans and released The Mountain in 1998 and Transcendental Blues in 1999.

in 2002, Steve released Jerusalem. An album with a very controversial view on war and the death penalty.

“Inspired” by the war in Iraq and the abuses of the George W. Bush administration, Steve came with The Revolution Starts Now in 2004.

After the release of Washington Square Serenade, Steve made an album full of Van Zandt covers, called Townes.

In 2011, Steve released, for the first time since 2007, an album full of original work, I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive.

After being busy with writing a few books, Steve kept involved in the music world. in 2015 Terraplane was released.