Topic: Oh really?

[Rivers]

Steve Earle fans might want to skip this. Up until today I just plain assumed SE had at least half a clue. In this piece he pretty much torpedoes that notion. Whoops.

http://www.thenation.com/blog/202065/interview-steve-earle#

I'm referring to the early part of the article, not the personal stuff.

[Johnm]

Good title for the thread, Mark.  Enough said.
All best,
Johnm

[frankie]

I see. An expert.

[Kokomo O]

Well, in his defense, if you read past the crap he's peddling about RJ, he's going through a divorce. While I've never had that experience myself, I've babysat several friends and one brother through it, and I don't wish it on anyone, even my ex-CEO. All of the folks I knew who went through it had at least one significant period where they weren't thinking clearly at all. I'm glad none of them gave interviews that will be preserved for posterity.

[Slack]

Wow.  That is a good thread title Mark.

[Mr.OMuck]

My Guess? Blitzed out his friggin mind!

[Stuart]

Blame his handlers. I sense a lack of proper adult supervision.

[Parlor Picker]

Wikipedia says he's been married 7 times...

[Rivers]

Kokomo, good point. O'Muck, very possibly. Context is everything. For the record, I have a lot of his records and he puts on a great live show, I've been to several and hope to go to more in future. He's entitled to his opinion but still... wow.

[Mike Billo]

   On his eighth marriage and I'm sure that, at no time whatsoever, has he ever said "Maybe it's me".

   Why, oh why, are so many old Hippie, ex-addicts, pontificating loudmouths, who don't know what the f**k they're talking about, but run their mouths constantly, anyway.
   I just don't get it

   
   
   
   

[Kokomo O]

Stuart, I'm not certain I agree. After all, he plays guitar, not drums.

Mike, you raise a fair point. But all this crap about RJ being the source of all that came after isn't unique to Earle. I've read it all before, and I'm sure I'll read it again. I even read it before there was an internet, but now that there is one, it has become authoritative. No matter how many times it gets debunked it'll come back--what does Paul Krugman call them, zombie ideas?

[frankie]

The weenie oracle offers this:

"There wasn't any real blues before Blind Lemon. Blind Lemon made the blues - Roscoe Holcomb "

Maybe Lemon was the RJ of the 20s...

[blueshome]

Oops! I thought it was Eric who invented the blues.

[pete1951]

No Phil, Eric did not start The Blues, I think he did however start Rock Against Racism  ( though he didn`t mean to)
Steve E. might start something he didn`t mean to if he carries on with interviews like this
PT

[StoogeKebab]

HA! (there's more 'HA's to go there, but I find it unnecessary to make an essay out of two letters) This is a most enjoyable article. Myself and the only other blues fan I know in person have had quite a laugh at this. Thanks for sharing. This almost seems like an article from "The Onion" full of inside jokes only pre-war blues fans will get. But I agree, later on is rather interesting.