Steve Earle and The Mastersons

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Steve Earle

In matters of the heart, Steve Earle has always been an optimist. There are several better-known tunes on the "Guitar Town" album, but when it comes to young(er) love all you really need is "Fearless Heart." With Whitmanesque exaltation of his own resiliency, the singer sings: "I got me a fearless heart/ strong enough to get you through the scary part/ its been broken many times before/ a fearless heart just comes back for more." Whatever happens, he'll bounce back; all previous failures are only recon so as to guide His Own True Love Of the Moment across the "scary part." Back then, Steve had faith in his ability to fall in love again, no matter what. It was a strange dichotomy. With an unmatched talent to describe the heartbreaking (as with the doomed Billy Austin, "twenty-nine years old, quarter Cherokee I'm told") the singer largely avoided his own heartbreak.

"I'm patient, but I'm focused. There's a lot to do. I'd like to write a musical, I'm working on a country record. I think a lot people this age feel like this. And if there's one thing I know about songwriting, it doesn't matter if it's a love song, a song for my kid, or about an issue, something I saw on TV - people don't give a f*** what I think about it, what they do give a f*** about is what experiences we have in common. As a songwriter, that's where I want to go, to touch that place between me and you."

The Mastersons

Don't bother asking The Mastersons where they're from. Brooklyn, Austin, Los Angeles, Terlingua; they've called each home in just the last few years alone. If you really want to get to know this husband-and-wife duo, the better question to ask is where they're going. Perhaps more than any other band playing today, The Mastersons live on the road, perpetually in motion and always creating. Movement is their muse. On tour, in the unpredictable adventures and characters they cross, in the endless blur of skylines and rest stops and dressing rooms and hotels, that's where they find their greatest inspiration, where they hone their art, and where they crafted their brilliant new album, Transient Lullaby.

Though it's a deeply personal album, Transient Lullaby is not without its political moments. The Mastersons found themselves on tour in Lexington, KY, during the height of Kim Davis' obstinate stand against the Supreme Court's same sex marriage decision, and so they penned the infectious "You Could Be Wrong" in a dressing room before taking the stage with "Love Wins" draped across their guitars. "This Isn't How It Was Supposed To Go"'”a cosmic country duet written in Cologne, Germany—has taken on new layers of political meaning in 2017, while "Don't Tell Me To Smile" is a tongue-in-cheek feminist anthem, and the gorgeous, slow-burning "Fire Escape"'”which came to life in a hockey rink locker room in Alberta, Canada”suggests that the only solution to a polarized world of fear and distrust is to find strength and guidance in our loved ones.

THU· JULY 13, 2017
DOORS: 6:30 PM / SHOW: 7:30 PM
$35.00 TIER 3 | $45.00 TIER 2 | $55.00 TIER 1

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