27-01-2015, 03:15
I am huge Steve Earle fan, but my fandom begins and ends with his music. Musical honesty is something I value above all else when it comes to artists, and Earle doesn't have it. Our idols are often not the men we believe them to be though, Johnny cheated on June (with her sister, while she was pregnant), Dylan is a terrible father, and George Jones was a drunk. These things don't make me any less of a fan of their work, I just don't see them as the heroes I once did. Earle writes and sings about all his military service, when in truth he was as anti-war as they come, he is a draft dodger that uses experiences that aren't his own to sell records.