Music / Justin Townes Earle

Justin Townes Earle (January 4, 1982 – August 23, 2020) was a critically acclaimed American musician and songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. He was the son of Steve Earle and was named after Townes Van Zandt. He released his first EP Yuma in 2007 and released eight albums over the course of his career. Earle died on August 23, 2020, of an accidental drug overdose at the age of just thirty-eight.

Discography

• Yuma (EP) (2007)
• The Good Life (2008)
• Midnight at the Movies (2009)
• Harlem River Blues (2010)
• Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now (2012)
• Single Mothers (2014)
• Absent Fathers (2015)
• Kids in the Street (2017)
• The Saint of Lost Causes (2019)

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Justin Townes Earle contains examples of:

• Hair-Trigger Temper: Less so after he got clean.
• I Am the Band: Didn't take a band with him when touring for The Good Life because of the pay cut.
• Motor Mouth: "Hard Livin'", "I Don't Care" (especially live)
• Perishing Alt-Rock Voice: Best example is "A Desolate Angels Blues" from Yuma, but it was more noticeable during his live performances.
  • Up to eleven on Single Mothers (the album as a whole) where he seemed to have given up caring about how he sounded.
• Singer-Songwriter: His intention with Yuma.
• Title Track: Not an album without one.
• Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: By his own admission, he began doing drugs at age twelve.
• "When I'm Gone" Song: "A Desolate Angels Blues".

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