My previous post on brother Paul's passing has now been updated to the text of the actual eulogy I gave at his memorial service on May 17th.
Was flipping through XM stations in the car on the weekend and hit a tune that gave me an involuntary chill, it was so great! Made me realize that doesn't happen very often. Analyzing "why" is kind of pointless but now that I've downloaded from iTunes and listened to it about 1000 times in 2 days I understand a bit better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trYtqya9MjU
Clocks in at a perfect 2:42 and recording sounds wonderful, but Steve's vocal is a sputtering sneer that blurs and runs together in places in a masterwork of phrasing and timing. Just try to sing along and deliver that line in verse 2 ("wherefore art thou Romeo you son of a Bit-chhh"). Same delivery but even more pronounced in the "live" shot prison concert video,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyRmz4jJb9I
On the list it goes of perfect Steve Earle gems, along with "Someday" and "My Old Friend the Blues"....
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