I want you to imagine a resume for a second and try to picture the actual human being attached to it. So on one hand, this person has been married seven times, which, by the way, includes being married twice to the exact same woman. And they dropped out of school at 16, and they actually spent time in jail for heroin, cocaine, and weapons possession.

sit in a cubicle with a guitar, write a song with a catchy hook by noon and pitch it to a clean cut country star by 3 p. And Steve Earl is trying to fit into this highly corporate machine. He's working blue collar day jobs, playing music at night, even playing bass for Guy Clark for a bit. But he's constantly chafing against the executives.

• Steve Earle's career feels more like It's kind of like a controlled burn in forestry
• Yeah, the sources mentioned the story about his  ...