Steve Earle’s Washington Square Serenade

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)
 

 
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.