nedjelja, 03.09.2006.
STEVE EARLE - Shut Up And Die Like An Aviator (1991)
Released on MCA in 1991, Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator was recorded live in Ontario, Canada, in October of 1990. The live hits collection was the last for Earle on MCA, as the songwriter was released after his contract with the label ran out despite having issued a string of critically acclaimed, Grammy-nominated records. Shortly afterward, the singer's addictions got the best of him and he ended up in prison for a while and out of the music scene completely for four years. So this live collection could be considered the last of Earle's pre-prison and personally dark years. Culled from the track lists of the songwriter's seminal MCA catalog, which includes monumental releases like Guitar Town and Copperhead Road, the songs on this live effort are unrepentant, almost effusive odes to hard-living, blue-collar American life, rich with their perfectly drawn characters and tragic narratives. Along with his band the Dukes, Earle blasts through country-rock (in the greatest sense of the term) anthems and heartbreakers like "Devil's Right Hand" and "Copperhead Road." A couple upbeat rockabilly numbers like "Snake Oil," twangy ballads like "Billy Austin," and nice covers (most notably the Jagger/Richards-penned "Dead Flowers") get tossed in to add to the live show's dynamic, making the whole thing one big rootsy riot that's just about as good as contemporary American music can get.
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