Country Voices/Steve Earle

"This song makes me want a shot of whiskey and a Lucky Strike first thing in the morning, chase it with a nice iced Bud long-neck," writes R.P. Thomas of Phoenix, Oregon.

I can't remember RPT ever drinking anything other than a cold beer or two back in the day, but he obviously knows what the good life entailed for some of us once upon a time.

He sent this video to me this morning, a kind of wistful recognition of Steve Earle's genius and an unrecoverable past life, when living recklessly and for the moment was the ultimate.

Only a man with extremely good tastes and a heightened aesthetic like RPT could say it with such clarity.

Meanwhile, Steve Earle is in a class of his own and has been for years.

If any of you other hardcore RBP fans have a favorite country link send it to my email at roundbendpress@yahoo.com and we'll add yours to this Country Voices thang.  

Like Mr. Thomas, tell me in a line or two why you dig it.



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