Stacey Earle
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Stacey Earle is an American
country music
singer-songwriter
. The sister of alt-country singer Steve Earle
, she has recorded six albums to date, four with her husband, Mark Stuart.
Ms. 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. Marrying at seventeen, she had two sons before the marriage ended in divorce in 1990. At that point, she and her sons moved to Nashville to live with her brother Steve, who recruited her to sing backing vocals and play rhythm guitar on his 1991 album, The Hard Way, and for the subsequent world tour (Ankeny). She would go on to appear on two more Steve Earle albums: Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator and Transcendental Blues (staceyandmark). After signing with Nashville's Ten Ten Music Group as a songwriter, Earle received notice for her song "For Years," which appeared on Sammy Kershaw's 1996 CD, Politics, Religion and Her (Ankeny).
She met her current husband, Mark Stuart, in 1991, married him in 1993, and has been singing and playing with him ever since. 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).
In January, 2000 Ms. Earle's album "Simple Gearle" was named by the New York Times among "Favorite CD's You Nearly Missed".
They have been touring and recording as Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart for over eight years, appearing at everything from festivals to clubs to private home shows to the tune of 170 concerts a year. In 2009, they announced on their web site that they would dissolve the duo early in 2010 and thenceforth pursue individual recording careers.
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Country music
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singer-songwriter
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. The sister of alt-country singer Steve Earle
Steve Earle
Stephen Fain "Steve" Earle is an American singer-songwriter known for his rock and Texas Country as well as his political views. He is also a producer, author, a political activist, and an actor, and has written and directed a play....
, she has recorded six albums to date, four with her husband, Mark Stuart.
Ms. 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. Marrying at seventeen, she had two sons before the marriage ended in divorce in 1990. At that point, she and her sons moved to Nashville to live with her brother Steve, who recruited her to sing backing vocals and play rhythm guitar on his 1991 album, The Hard Way, and for the subsequent world tour (Ankeny). She would go on to appear on two more Steve Earle albums: Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator and Transcendental Blues (staceyandmark). After signing with Nashville's Ten Ten Music Group as a songwriter, Earle received notice for her song "For Years," which appeared on Sammy Kershaw's 1996 CD, Politics, Religion and Her (Ankeny).
She met her current husband, Mark Stuart, in 1991, married him in 1993, and has been singing and playing with him ever since. 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).
In January, 2000 Ms. Earle's album "Simple Gearle" was named by the New York Times among "Favorite CD's You Nearly Missed".
They have been touring and recording as Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart for over eight years, appearing at everything from festivals to clubs to private home shows to the tune of 170 concerts a year. In 2009, they announced on their web site that they would dissolve the duo early in 2010 and thenceforth pursue individual recording careers.
Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart
- Must Be Live (2001, Gearle Records), a double live album
- Never Gonna Let You Go (2003, Gearle/Evolver)
- S&M Communion Bread (2005, Gearle/Funzalo)
- Town Square (2008, Gearle Records)
Stacey Earle solo
- Simple Gearle (1998, Gearle Records)
- Dancin' with Them That Brung Me (2000, Gearle Records)
Mark Stuart solo
- Songs from a Corner Stage (1999, Gearle Records)
- Left of Nashville (2007, Gearle Records)
External links
- http://www.staceyearle.com/ (Stacey Earle's official site)
- http://music.msn.com/music/artist-biography/stacey-earle/
- http://www.staceyandmark.com