Stacey Earle

Doors open at 6pm AN EVENING HONORING STEVE EARLE Featuring: Buddy Miller, Elizabeth Cook, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Jackson Browne, Hot Tuna, Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams, Molly Tuttle, Shawn Camp, Stacey Earle, Steve Earle, Victoria Williams Musical Direction: Buddy Miller with Reckless Kelly, featuring Greg Liesz Proceeds to benefit Sweetwater Spectrum More artists to be announced soon PRESENTED BY HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS ARTISTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE Stacey Earle is the sister of country music's Steve Earle (who often joins her in her music.) She arrived in Nashville in 1990 after her divorce--to help Steve with his children while he went on tour. After Steve heard her tinkering around at home with music one day, he asked her to help him record; later, she joined Steve on tour as back-up. From there, she started her own music career. Her music has been described as acoustic folk, her lyrics as emotional, and her melodies as pretty. She has been compared to Nanci Griffith and Iris Dement. Her first album, Simple Gearle (1999), was created for distribution at concerts; she felt bad that the fans were going home empty-handed. Albums that followed include: Dancin' With Them That Brung Me (2000), Never Gonna Let You Go (2003), Must Be Live (2003), and Communion Bread (2005). Most of her music is a joint venture with Mark Stuart, whom she met through her brother.