Steve Earle: The Country Outlaw Turns Rock Renegade
Ralph Traitor, Sounds, 15 October 1988
Not only has Steve Earle recently been on the wrong side of the law, but now he's risking his neck further by turning his back on the country mafia in Nashville. As he's set to release Copperhead Road, his first true rock LP, Ralph Traitor joins him at a TV festival in Ibiza to discover if Earle is trying to challenge his longtime hero, Bruce Springsteen.
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