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- Date Released: June 6, 2000
- Genre: Country/Folk
- Style: Rock
- Label: E-Squared Records / Sheridan Square
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We Say...
The title alone indicates why Steve Earle is doomed to be an outsider. It's not the Lonesome Day Blues, it's not the Deep Sea Blues, It's the Transcendental Blues that's got Earle licked, which hands-down beats a simple dark streak. They infect everything – Earle's love is unfulfilled, so he croaks "If I pretend to hold you tight/ Out on the highway late some night/ That's alright." On "Lonelier Than This," he wanders an empty road alone, looking for solace that never comes. He spills these tales out over roughed-up country and skewed bar blues — "Everyone's In Love With You" twirls a single spiraling guitar hook over and over and over; "Steve's Last Ramble" is all barnstorming country stomp, Earle's ragged voice catching on every note. It's one of the album's brightest moments, a celebration of dedication and settling down, done up hoe-down style. The trick about having the blues, apparently, is not letting them get you down.
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They Say...
Steve Earle is a rebel. Not in the Hollywood/James Dean/Easy Rider/rebel-against-society sense, but rather in a real and personal way. Throughout his life and career he has rebelled against the very industry that surrounded him and did not find the freedom he sought until he started his own label, E-Squared. He rebelled against his common sense and his health in search of true American artistry and did not find the freedom he sought until he hit the bottom of addiction, and he continues to rebel against mainstream American culture and politics with his attitudes and songs; Transcendental Blues is no exception. Transcendental Blues walks the line between Steve Earle the country-rock rebel who gave the world Copperhead Road and Guitar Town and Steve Earle the traditionalist who opened a new chapter in bluegrass with his last release, The Mountain. This album rocks with songs like "Everyone's in Love with You" and "All My Life." It soothes with "The Boy Who Never Cried" and "Lonelier Than This," and it two-steps with new country like "The Galway Girl" and "Until the Day I Die." Fans of alternative country music sing the praises of artists like Charlie Robison, Jack Ingram, and Robert Earl Keen, Jr., but Earle proves again and again that he is the original alternative to the glossy side of Nashville. Earle cut the path that all his followers thankfully hike along, avoiding the weeds and branches that made him what he is today.
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| 01. |  |
Trancendental Blues |
4:13 |
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| 02. | |
Everyone's in Love with You |
3:32 |
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| 03. | |
Another Town |
2:24 |
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| 04. | |
I Can Wait |
3:18 |
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| 05. | |
The Boy Who Never Cried |
3:48 |
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| 06. | |
Steve's Last Ramble |
3:40 |
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| 07. | |
The Galway Girl |
3:07 |
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| 08. | |
Lonelier Than This |
3:13 |
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| 09. | |
Wherever I Go |
1:59 |
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| 10. | |
When I Fall |
4:36 |
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| 11. | |
I Don't Want to Lose You Yet |
3:24 |
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| 12. | |
Halo 'Round the Moon |
2:15 |
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| 13. | |
Until the Day I Die |
3:24 |
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| 14. | |
All My Life |
3:29 |
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| 15. | |
Over Yonder (Jonathan's Song) |
3:51 |
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15 Total Tracks, 50:13 Total Length
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Credits
- Ray Kennedy - Guitar (Electric) // Ray Kennedy - Engineer // Ray Kennedy - Mixing // Steve Earle - Guitar (Acoustic) // Steve Earle - Guitar (Acoustic) // Steve Earle - Guitar // Steve Earle - Guitar // Steve Earle - Mandolin // Steve Earle - Mandolin // Steve Earle - Guitar (Electric) // Steve Earle - Guitar (Electric) // Steve Earle - Harmonium // Steve Earle - Harmonium // Steve Earle - Vocals // Steve Earle - Vocals // Steve Earle - Main Performer // Steve Earle - Main Performer // Steve Earle - Liner Notes // Steve Earle - Liner Notes // Steve Earle - Mini Moog // Steve Earle - Mini Moog // Steve Earle - Guitar (12 String Acoustic) // Steve Earle - Guitar (12 String Acoustic) // Jim Murray - Gut String Guitar // Sharon Shannon - Accordion // Sharon Shannon - Accordion // Sharon Shannon - Accordion // Sharon Shannon - Accordion // David Angell - Violin // Benmont Tench - Organ // Benmont Tench - Piano // James Blennerhassett - Bass (Upright) // Noel Bridgeman - Drums // John Catchings - Cello // Dennis Crouch - Bass (Upright) // David Davidson - Violin // Doug Lancio - Guitar (Electric) // Kelly Looney - Bass // Tim O'Brien - Mandolin // Tim O'Brien - Vocals // Will Rigby - Percussion // Will Rigby - Drums // Kristin Wilkinson - Conductor // Kristin Wilkinson - Viola // Kristin Wilkinson - String Arrangements // Kristin Wilkinson - String Conductor // Mary Shannon - Banjo // Tom Littlefield - Vocals // Keith McDonnell - Assistant Engineer // Michael Wilson - Photography // Ciaran Byrne - Engineer // Brad Talbott - Art Direction // Brad Talbott - Design // Hank Williams - Mastering // David Steel - Bouzouki // David Steel - Guitar (Electric) // David Steel - Resonator // Bill Wright - Bouzouki // David Steele - Bouzouki // David Steele - Guitar (Electric) // David Steele - Guitar (12 String Electric) // Stacey Earle - Vocals // Stacey Earle - Vocals // Stacey Earle - Vocals // Patrick Earle - Percussion // Patrick Earle - Drums // Patrick Earle - Assistant Engineer // Patrick Earle - Mixing // Paul Smith - Engineer // Twangtrust - Producer // Twangtrust - Mixing // Liz Kane - Fiddle // Yvonne Kane - Fiddle // Dan Metz - Bass // Tony Fitzpatrick - Illustrations // Tony Fitzpatrick - Cover Art // Casey Driessen - Fiddle
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