Steve Earle birthday tribute w/ Brandon Luedtke, Claudia Gibson, Cory Reinisch, Ed Rogers, Graham Weber, Graham Wilkinson, John Krajicek, Matt Harlan, Nichole Wagner, Sherita Perez, Shad Blair, Terry Klein

Steve Earle, who chose his destiny in Schertz outside of San Antonio, makes a cameo in Lucinda Williams’ new memoir. In one section she ties together themselves, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, then later Nanci Griffith and Rodney Crowell. Texans write songs like dolphins swim. Jerry Jeff Walker illuminated the path and Earle’s 2022 songbook JERRY JEFF shelves next to further works J.T., GUY, and Townes. Even so, 2020’s Ghosts of West Virginia, about mining tragedy in his native state, tops ’em all. Local acolytes Brandon Luedtke, Claudia Gibson, Cory Reinisch, Graham Weber, Graham Wilkinson, Nichole Wagner, and more weigh in themselves. —73703