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Wednesday, September 6, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Justin Townes Earle hits Sisters
Lady Outlaws struggle
in soccer season debut
By Ceili Cornelius
Correspondent
Justin Townes Earle is an
American songwriter origi-
nally from South Nashville,
Tennessee. He is the son
of alternative country artist
Steve Earle, and his middle
name honors after his father’s
mentor, Townes Van Zandt.
Earle describes his music
as “country-soul with a lot of
elements of old-style blues.”
He has been playing for over
20 years, after dropping out
of school to tour and play
music with other musicians in
Tennessee. He played in two
bands, The Distributors and
bluegrass band The Swindlers.
He then released his own EP,
“Yuma,” in 2007, and has
been doing his own music
ever since. He has released
four full-length albums since
then.
“A lot of my inspiration
comes from the music of the
’50s, from people such as
Lightnin’ Hopkins,” Earle
told The Nugget. “I grew up
listening to a lot of blues and
swing music from the ’50s
and ’60s.” said Earle.
Earle and his family now
live in Portland, and enjoy
being on the West Coast.
“I try to stay away from the
trendy new scene of Portland.
But there’s a lot of good food
here and it’s nice and quiet
and a good place to be to have
a family as a homebase,” said
Earle about the “Portlandia
scene.”
This is not Earle’s first
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
PHOTO PROVIDED
Justin Townes Earle performs at Sisters Folk Festival next weekend.
folk festival. “I’ve played
thousands of them, but never
Sisters,” Earle said.
His most recent album,
“Kids in the Streets” was
released about six months
ago. When asked about his
inspiration behind the album,
he answered with an underly-
ing nostalgia: “I’m at the point
in my life where I am now a
‘grown up,’ and everything is
changing around us. For each
generation of kids, the pace of
things changing is much faster
than the one before, and they
have to realize that things will
never be the same. The kids
and generations to come have
to realize that the only sure
thing in this world is change.”
The album encapsulates
kids in the streets growing up
and realizing that everyone
at some point will have their
lives change.
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Kids in the Streets contains
a full band behind Earle’s
songwriting adding a swing-
bluesy feel to the album, espe-
cially in the tune “Champagne
Corolla.”
“It depends on where I am
at, but I sometimes travel with
the full band, but I always
travel with at least a guitar
player behind me. Most festi-
vals I play with the full band,”
said Earle.
He has been touring for a
couple months with his new
album and has just come off a
break in touring.
“I’ll be touring this album
for another eight months and
then take some time off and
start writing again in the new
year,” said Earle.
The Sisters Folk Festival
runs September 8-10. For
more information visit www.
sistersfolkfestival.org.
The Lady Outlaws soc-
cer team had a tough time
on Wednesday, August 30,
in their 7-0 loss to Molalla.
Sisters was scheduled to host
the Indians, but smoky, haz-
ardous conditions forced the
game to be played at Molalla.
The Outlaws played as a
team, fought hard the entire
contest, and battled through
80 minutes in very warm
temperatures. Molalla scored
all seven of their goals in
the first half. Sisters made
some adjustments after the
first 40 minutes of play, and
were able to hold the Indians
scoreless in the second half.
The Outlaws’ keepers were
unable to make the trip, and
so Sisters had to play field
players in the goal, which
made the game situation even
tougher.
Coach Jaron Jacobsen
said, “With this being our first
game, I knew nerves and jit-
ters were in the air. The result
wasn’t what we were looking
for, but the team understands
it’s a long season ahead and
pre-season is just getting us
prepared for league.”
The Outlaws plan to hit the
practice field hard and work
on improving. Sisters was to
play at Madras on Tuesday,
September 5. They will play
at home against Klamath
Union two days later.
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