““It’s the only way I knew to say goodbye,” says Steve Earle of this album honouring his late son, Justin Townes Earle, a talented singer-songwriter from the same mould as his famous father: the same mix of Americana influences, the same wearied twang to his vocals, the same inspired way with a lyric. Sadly, too, the same dysfunctional family history, which meant that in boyhood Justin saw little o”
“A heartbroken father covers 10 of his son’s songs, and adds one of his own”
“On this poignant covers album, Steve Earle inhabits his late son’s songs of love and loss as a means of moving through pain.”
