My favourite Steve Earle song " I Ain't Ever Satisfied.Steve Earle has lived the hard life as well. He had a terrible drug addiction that nearly killed him. He couldn't deal with fame.
He sang about Vietnam vets going into the drug trade, I assumed he was born in the late 40's but his bio says 1955...6 days older than Eddie Van Halen. He collaborated with his son Justin Earle writing songs. Justin Earle died of a drug overdose on August 20 of this shitty year. Steve has compiled songs that he wrote for a commemoration album.
From The Wire.