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2Justin Townes Earle (January 4, 1982 – August 23, 2020) was a critically acclaimed American musician and songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. He was the son of Music/SteveEarle and was named after Music/TownesVanZandt. 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.
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4!!Discography
5* ''Yuma'' (EP) (2007)
6* ''The Good Life'' (2008)
7* ''Midnight at the Movies'' (2009)
8* ''Harlem River Blues'' (2010)
9* ''Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now'' (2012)
10* ''Single Mothers'' (2014)
11* ''Absent Fathers'' (2015)
12* ''Kids in the Street'' (2017)
13* ''The Saint of Lost Causes'' (2019)
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16!! Justin Townes Earle contains examples of:
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18* HairTriggerTemper: Less so after he got clean.
19* IAmTheBand: Didn't take a band with him when touring for ''The Good Life'' because of the pay cut.
20* MotorMouth: "Hard Livin'", "I Don't Care" (especially live)
21* PerishingAltRockVoice: Best example is "A Desolate Angels Blues" from ''Yuma'', but it was more noticeable during his live performances.
22** Up to eleven on ''Single Mothers'' (the album as a whole) where he seemed to have given up caring about how he sounded.
23* SingerSongwriter: His intention with ''Yuma''.
24* TitleTrack: Not an album without one.
25* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: By his own admission, he began doing drugs at age twelve.
26* WhenImGoneSong: "A Desolate Angels Blues".

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