Steve Earle - Live from Austin, TX

Starring:Steve Earle
Studio: New West Records
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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Digging deep into its vaults, the venerable Austin City Limits offers this 1986 performance by Steve Earle. The native Texan's series debut finds Earle in the midst of his headstrong breakthrough, drawing from the Guitar Town and Exit 0 albums that put him at the front of the renegade country pack. Within the former album's title track and other performance highlights such as "Good Ol Boy (Gettin' Tough)" and "Nowhere Road," Earle and his band the Dukes combine country twang with rock dynamics. In his t-shirt and blue jeans, Earle plainly draws more populist inspiration from Bruce Springsteen than George Strait, introducing a taut, riveting cover of Springsteen's "State Trooper" as a song by "a pretty good hillbilly singer from New Jersey." Working the stage with the intensity of a prizefighter in the ring, Earle revels in the emotional recklessness of "The Week of Living Dangerously," while tapping the influence of both punk rock and Elvis Presley on "I Love You Too Much." The performance showcases his softer side as well, with the reflective balladry of "My Old Friend the Blues" and the tender lullaby of "Little Rock 'n' Roller" packing as much of an emotional punch as the tougher stuff. With steel guitarist Bucky Baxter highlighting the band, the keyboards of Ken Moore mixed to the front, and the harmony vocals of Harry Stinson tempering Earle's singing, the set presents one of country's most powerful artists at his performing peak. --Don McLeese
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Track Listing: 1. Sweet Little '66 2. Good-Bye Is All We Got Left 3. Guitar Town 4. Hillbilly Highway 5. Good Ol' Boy (Getting Tough) 6. My Old Friend The Blues 7. Think It Over 8. Little Rock & Roller 9. State Trooper 10. Nowhere Road 11. Something About A Monday 12. Angry Young Man 13. Fearless Heart 14. Love You Too Much 15. San Antonio Girl 16. The Devil's Right Hand 17. Down The Road

Steve Earle - Live from Austin, TX
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unbelievable

It only shows a small aspect of his genious

I wish it was better

Steve sings and the band plays the songs

Early Earle at his best

Steve Earle - Live from Austin, TX
Starring: Steve Earle
Manufacturer: New West Records
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00064VQYE
Release Date: 2004-11-02

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Digging deep into its vaults, the venerable Austin City Limits offers this 1986 performance by Steve Earle. The native Texan's series debut finds Earle in the midst of his headstrong breakthrough, drawing from the Guitar Town and Exit 0 albums that put him at the front of the renegade country pack. Within the former album's title track and other performance highlights such as "Good Ol Boy (Gettin' Tough)" and "Nowhere Road," Earle and his band the Dukes combine country twang with rock dynamics. In his t-shirt and blue jeans, Earle plainly draws more populist inspiration from Bruce Springsteen than George Strait, introducing a taut, riveting cover of Springsteen's "State Trooper" as a song by "a pretty good hillbilly singer from New Jersey." Working the stage with the intensity of a prizefighter in the ring, Earle revels in the emotional recklessness of "The Week of Living Dangerously," while tapping the influence of both punk rock and Elvis Presley on "I Love You Too Much." The performance showcases his softer side as well, with the reflective balladry of "My Old Friend the Blues" and the tender lullaby of "Little Rock 'n' Roller" packing as much of an emotional punch as the tougher stuff. With steel guitarist Bucky Baxter highlighting the band, the keyboards of Ken Moore mixed to the front, and the harmony vocals of Harry Stinson tempering Earle's singing, the set presents one of country's most powerful artists at his performing peak. --Don McLeese

Description

Track Listing: 1. Sweet Little '66 2. Good-Bye Is All We Got Left 3. Guitar Town 4. Hillbilly Highway 5. Good Ol' Boy (Getting Tough) 6. My Old Friend The Blues 7. Think It Over 8. Little Rock & Roller 9. State Trooper 10. Nowhere Road 11. Something About A Monday 12. Angry Young Man 13. Fearless Heart 14. Love You Too Much 15. San Antonio Girl 16. The Devil's Right Hand 17. Down The Road

Customer Reviews:

unbelievable.......2007-04-16

When I first saw this DVD in Tower, I almost fainted. I bought two of them (one for me and one for a friend.) I can't believe this performance is finally available on DVD. The complete performance is here, available in 2-channel stereo or 5.1 channel surround. This dvd is a great snapshot of the most brilliant and groundbreaking country album since 1973. The songs from "Guitar Town" are all here, and some from his 2nd album (Exit 0) are also here, including a heartbreaking "Number 29." I really can't think of a single artist in country or rock who has single-handedly invigorated the genre as Steve Earle did with this album in 1986, and to have theoriginal performance available in DVD is a Godsend. At last, someone in the record industry actualy cares enough about great music to release a DVD by someone other than Brittney Spears.

It only shows a small aspect of his genious.......2006-12-25

I am a big Steve Earle fan. He gets better with age He is a much more interesting, diverse and enigmatic artist today than he was 20 years ago.

This is what is it is...an early, young, almost innocent Steve Earle. What is it missing is the political Steve Earle, the pissed off, emotional Steve Earle, the cranking electric guitar Steve Earle, the very fearless Steve Earle.

The songs here reflect the best of his catalog from the era. I cannot get that much into it because this artist grew by leaps and bounds from this point.

I find this merely amusing because it is hardly representative of what this artist grew into.

I wish it was better.......2006-02-22

Steve Earle's music ranges from the best there is anytime, anywhere to stuff that I wonder why he recorded it. This show includes the whole gamut. I've seen Earle play live twice, both times he wasted my money spouting off left wing political drivel that was ghastly and stupid. Then he played more music and it was EXCELLENT. I was looking for the latter in this DVD, and there was some excellence for sure, but it was interspersed with very ho-hum performances. Thankfully, there were no left wing diatribes about how bad Thatcher and Reagan were. If you're a socialist, you probably love anything Steve Earle does, but if you're anyone else, you are amazed with the brilliance of Earle when he's at his best and disgusted when he talks his horrid, ignorant politics. This is a middle of the road production, not worth the money. If you want to see top flight Austin City Limits stuff then get the Texas Tornados or John Hiatt Live From Austin DVDs. Those are worth the money many times over and over and over.

Steve sings and the band plays the songs.......2005-08-23

I'm a fan of the early Steve Earle, which this disk certainly is, but I played it once and will sell it. I see it as a mostly uninspired set where the band plays and Steve sings, both without much inspiration. There is just nothing exciting about it and the performance just about totally lacks spontaneity. They had a set list and they played it as they had rehearsed it with lots of competence but no inspiration that was evident to me. I was really disappointed as I bought it after reading the otherwise excellent reviews. I suggest renting it first; maybe you'll agree with the other reviewers but maybe not.

Early Earle at his best.......2005-08-18

This is a gem even for new fans. This is the 1986 Steve Earle about a year after Guitar Town hit the airwaves. He was writing fast and furious at this time and the Austin City Limits concert is well produced and catches Steve at his best. In one of his great quotes, he reminds us that " you can get through life, or LIVE it. All you need is an inquisitive mind and a fearless heart" It starts out with " Sweet Little '66 and rips through 16 more songs.
Steve and the Dukes are in great form. All us fans ought to own it.

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