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Steve Earle Sings the Blues at KEXP

Earle KEXP

Singer-songwriter Steve Earle has been singing the blues as of late to promote his latest album Terraplane. Recently, he appeared on KEXP and played several songs from the album, including “Ain’t Nobody’s Daddy Now,” “You’re the Best Lover That I Ever Had,” and “King of the Blues.”

In the video of his performance, in between songs he also talks about his blues influences. Check it out.

Leave your two cents in the comments.

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    Steve Earle “Ain’t Nobody’s Daddy Now”

    Steve Earle Blues

    Steve Earle’s newest song is “Ain’t Nobody’s Daddy Now” from his upcoming album Terraplane (2015). The country blues of “Ain’t Nobody’s Daddy Now” reveals that Earle is going in a blues direction with his backing band the Dukes on the new album.

    A few months ago, Earle explained to Rolling Stone that “there’s a lot of sad stuff” on the album because he had recently been going through a divorce from singer-songwriter Allison Moorer. Thus, he notes, “It was a good time to make a blues record.”

    In case you are wondering what is a “Terraplane,” the title of the blues album is a nod to blues man Robert Johnson’s song, “Terraplane Blues.” In Johnson’s song, he used the car model Terraplane (a model artistically rendered on the cover of Steve Earle’s album above) as a metaphor for sex. As for Earle’s new song, you may listen to “Ain’t Nobody’s Daddy Now” below.

    Terraplane, which features 11 songs all written by Earle, will be available on Tuesday, February 17, 2015. Allison Moorer will be releasing her own new album, Down to Believing, one month later on March 17.

    What do you think of “Ain’t Nobody’s Daddy Now”? Leave your two cents in the comments.

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