Audio Cassette review:
Steve Earle - Train a Comin'

Steve Earle - Train a Comin'

Band: Steve Earle Title: Train a Comin' Rating: Release Date: 28 February, 1995 Media: Audio Cassette Tracks: 1: Mystery Train, Pt. 2 2: Hometown Blues 3: Sometimes She Forgets 4: Mercenary Song 5: Goodbye 6: Tom Ames' Prayer 7: Nothin' Without You 8: Angel Is the Devil 9: I'm Looking Through You 10: Northern Winds 11: Ben McCulloch 12: Rivers of Babylon 13: Tecumseh Valley

Editoral Review The low-key, charming, all-acoustic support comes from veterans Peter Rowan, Norman Blake, and Roy Huskey, while Earle's original material dates as far back as 1974--he wrote "Mercenary Song," he notes, while still working at Ciraco's Pizza. Steve Earle's first record after emerging from artistic struggles, prison, and addiction, 1995's Train A-Comin' finds an artist starting from scratch and returning to the very basics of his musical vision. The mix of covers--Beatles, Townes Van Zandt, and the "Jamaican hillbilly" of "Rivers of Babylon" (with Emmylou Harris chiming in)--proves he had one primary listener in mind: himself. With no expectations thrust upon him, no labels involved, and very few at the time bothering to listen, Earle mined a raw gem. --Marc Greilsamer .. You can see a complete list of all Steve Earle discography, or go back to the Steve Earle tabs