Steve Earle backs ‘Jerusalem’ with November dates
ByOct 10, 2002 10:00 PM
Country maverick Steve Earle and singer-songwriter Garrison Starr spend November on a tour that focuses on the eastern U.S.
Country maverick Steve Earle and singer-songwriter Garrison Starr spend November on a tour that focuses on the eastern U.S.
Earle’s road work supports his new album, “Jerusalem,” which entered the Billboard 200 album chart at No. 59 last week and is his highest debut ever. The album also entered Billboard’s Top Independent Albums chart at No. 1 and the Country chart at No. 7.
Even before its release, Earle’s sixth album in six years has garnered much negative attention on conservative talk-shows for its track “John Walker’s Blues,” which was written from the perspective of so-called American Taliban John Walker Lindh, and explores how Lindh may have ended up in Afghanistan.
“Fundamentalism, as practiced by the Taliban, is the enemy of real thought, and religion too,” Earle said in a statement. “But there are circumstances.”
Among the albums other tracks is a duet with Emmylou Harris titled “I Remember You.”