Steve Earle Memoir to Reflect on Musical Ups and Downs
Musician Steve Earle, who rose to mainstream country stardom as part of the new traditionalist movement in the mid-1980s, has revealed to an Australian website that he is currently writing his memoirs. The singer-songwriter, who scored both country and rock hits for himself and others and enjoyed widespread critical acclaim, battled drug addiction in the '90s and earned a jail sentence, serving ou