Steve Earle's newest, "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive". Earle has had quite a journey, from Nashville bad boy stardom, addiction, arrests, numerous marriages, rehab all the way to being clean and living in Greenwich Village NYC with his wife Allison Moorer as a sort of urban/country troubadour.
He owns his label so he can write whatever he wants (a problem in the past because of his outspoken views that didn't play well with the Nashville mafia). This new CD is very rootsy, was produced by T-Bone Burnett and has some of his trademark Southern Gothic touches. The musical chemistry between Earle's songs and Burnett's production is quite good and is something Earle has lacked in recent albums. If you like Earle, this is excellent.
