Steve Earle (Photo by Chad Batka)
Country rocker Steve Earle celebrates the 30th anniversary of Copperhead Road, his third studio album, with a tour that stops at The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia, tonight, April 3!
Steve Earle and The Dukes began their tour on March 16 in El Dorado, Arkansas, performing Copperhead Road in its entirety. The tour will continue through April 15 in Peekskill, New York. The live set also includes songs from his new album, So You Want Be an Outlaw, his 17th studio album, released via Warner Bros. Records in 2017.
Rolling Stone hailed the new album as āan intensely raw and often delightfully clamorous nod to the fellow outliers the young Texan gravitated toward when he arrived in Nashville in 1974.ā Rolling Stone also hailed Copperhead Road as one of the ā50 Country Albums Every Rock Fan Should Own.ā
Watch the official music video for “Copperhead Road” by Steve Earle on YouTube:
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Artists like Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris, Carl Perkins, Waylon Jennings, Vince Gill, and Joan Baez have recorded Steve Earleās songs He has written such country classics as āWhen You Fall in Love,ā āGuitar Town,ā āGoodbyeās All Weāve Got Left,ā āA Far Cry From You,ā and āNowhere Road.ā Heās collaborated with musicians including The Pogues, Lucinda Williams, Patti Smith, The Fairfield Four, The Indigo Girls, Chris Hillman, Sheryl Crow, and Shawn Colvin. Steve readily blends folk, blues, rock, country, rockabilly, and bluegrass into his Americana sound.
Only a few seats remain for tonight’s show! Buy your tickets online.
Steve Earle and The Dukes
The Birchmere
Tuesday, April 3
Show @ 7:30pm
$59.90
All ages