MCA shuttled him from its country to a rock imprint (the UNI label), and he moved his recording base to Memphis.īut nothing in Earle’s lifestyle got in the way of making a focused album where every searing note sounds fully considered. ![]() Despite his solid cult and critical status, Nashville effectively ran him out of town on a rail. ![]() He was a rebel, a notoriously difficult man to work with, and (by his own admission later on) a budding junkie. That cover also sums up Earle’s reputation in Nashville at the time. The message was clear: this one’s going to be a ride on the wild side. Then, on October 17, 1988, along came Copperhead Road, with its pirate-flag backdrop and threatening, grinning skull. Exit 0 had the familiar image of a highway sign – nothing to ruffle feathers there. On Guitar Town he’s in a Nashville storefront with a guitar over his shoulder, looking young and hungry but basically respectable. ![]() His previous two albums looked like country records. The first iconic thing about Steve Earle’s Copperhead Road is the album cover: a design that instantly changed Earle’s image.
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