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The younger sister of country renegade Steve Earle and a gifted singer/songwriter in her own right, Stacey Earle was born and raised in San Antonio, TX; she began playing music at 15, picking up a guitar Steve left behind at the family's home, but after marrying two years later and giving birth to her first child she seemed fated to a domestic life far removed from show business. In 1990 Earle divorced her husband and moved with her kids to Nashville, where they took up residence in Steve's home; after he heard her singing in the kitchen, she was recruited to lend backing vocals to his 1991 LP The Hard Way. A world tour followed, and Earle soon began writing her own songs; she became a fixture at writers' showcases across Nashville, eventually agreeing to host a weekly showcase of her own at Jack's Guitar Bar. There she met another aspiring singer/songwriter, Mark Stuart, whom she married in 1994; Stuart later joined Steve's band the Dukes, appearing in Stacey's group the Jewels (named in honor of her grandmother) as well. After signing with the Nashville publishing company Ten Ten Music Group, Earle garnered attention when her song "For Years" was recorded by Sammy Kershaw on his 1996 LP Politics, Religion and Her; when no record deals were forthcoming, however, she instead released her superb debut Simple Gearle on her own Gearle Records label in 1998. Dancin' With Them That Brung Me followed two years later. A follow up with husband Mark Stuart, Never Gonna Let You Go, appeared in June and captured Earle's most dynamic work yet.
Wikipedia:
Stacey Earle (born 1960) is an American singer-songwriter. The sister of alt-country singer Steve Earle, she has recorded six albums, including four with her husband and musician, Mark Stuart.
Early life [edit]
Earle was born in Lake Charles, LA, and raised in San Antonio, TX. She began playing guitar at the age of fifteen, learning on an instrument left behind by her musician brother.
Career [edit]
Earle moved to Nashville to live with her brother Steve, and sang backing vocals and played rhythm guitar on his 1991 album, The Hard Way, and for the subsequent world tour. She appeared on her brother's subsequent albums: Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator and Transcendental Blues. Earle signed a contract with Nashville's Ten Ten Music Group as a staff songwriter and received notice for her song "For Years," which appeared on Sammy Kershaw's 1996 CD, Politics, Religion and Her.
In January, 2000 she released the album "Simple Gearle" and appeared on the New York Times' "Favorite CD's You Nearly Missed" list.
She has appeared at festivals, clubs and private homes performing up to 170 concerts a year.
Personal life [edit]
Marrying at seventeen, she had two sons before the marriage ended in divorce in 1990. She met her current husband, Mark Stuart, in 1991, married him in 1993. They were both members of her brother's band, Steve Earle and the Dukes, as well as her own band, the Jewels (named after her grandmother Jewel Earle).
