Earle started out as a protégé of legendary songwriters Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, but he quickly became a master storyteller in his own right. His songs have been recorded by a wide variety of artists, including Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Travis Tritt, The Pretenders, Joan Baez, and many more. Guitar Town, his first record, was released in 1986 and immediately became the most popular country album of all time, so establishing the genre of music known as "New Country." What followed was an extremely exciting and varied array of releases, some of which include the politically charged masterpiece Jerusalem (2002), the bitingly hard rock masterpiece Copperhead Road (1988), the minimalist beauty of Train A Comin' (1995), and the Grammy Award Winning albums The Revolution Starts...Now (2004), Washington Square Serenade (2007), and Townes Van Zandt (2004). (2009). The title of Steve Earle's first novel, also published in 2011, and his 14th studio album, I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive, share the same name. Both were released in 2011. Patti Smith has claimed that Steve Earle brings to his prose the same sincerity, poetic passion, and cinematic energy that he exhibits in his music, and this is in reference to the novel. I'll Never Get Out of This Earth Alive is like a dream that won't let go of you; it provides both beauty and guilt, as well as plenty of opportunities for forgiveness..

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