Steve Earle’s new album I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive will hit stores on April 26 and the first single “Every Part Of Me” is at radio now. AOL’s The Boot spoke to Steve recently about the project, his upcoming book of the same name, touring and much more.
Here’s a snippet…
They have the same name, but did you write the songs for the new album with the novel in mind?
The record wasn’t called that until I finished it. Quite frankly, I didn’t know what the record was about — and I usually know what my records are about — until I finished it. I recorded the song [‘I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive’] as a bonus track. There are only two ways you can get that track. If you download [the album] from iTunes, you’ll get it. Also, we put it out on a seven-inch single we’ll get out to record stores for Record Store Day (April 16, 2011).The songs were written over three years, and I was really stumped for a title. After we finished recording it and before it was mixed, I listened to it and said, “Oh, it’s about the same thing as the book.”
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