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Article: EARLE: HE'S THE DUKE OF DIVERSITY
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 16, 1988
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STEVE EARLE AND THE DUKES -- In concert at the Paradise
Theater, Wednesday night.
Welcome to Steve Earle's marathon, a three-hour extravaganza of
country, rock, country-rock, sharp commentary, political jibing,
bar-band jamming, roots-music sampling and flat-out emotional
conviction. There's no question: Earle -- once a country-rock
crossover hopeful, now a country guy moving toward the heartland of
rock mainstream -- knows his time is now, and he's staking his
claim. Rock, country, politics -- Earle wants the whole shebang.
Which he is entitled to. Three years ago, when Earle played
the Rat, he was an acclaimed, albeit modest,
songwriter-turned-new-country-arri val. Now, he's ...