Country rocker Steve Earle tells Kurt about how his move from Nashville to New York City inspired his album Washington Square Serenade. “I’ve obviously missed the ‘live fast and leave a good-looking corpse’ thing,” says Earle, “So as I get older … I’d rather be one of those old commies in a wheelchair that run over [your] foot on Bleecker street.”
(Originally aired: July 18, 2008)
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Bonus Track: “Days Aren’t Long Enough” live at the Aspen Ideas Festival
Allison Moorer and Steve Earle perform their duet from Washington Square Serenade.
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