Stacey Earle

Stacey Earle Born In Lake Charles Louisiana On September 25 1960 Is An American Singer-Songwriter And Sister Of Musician Steve Earle Who Has Joined Her In Her Music . As Well As Solo Recordings She Records As The Duo Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart With Mark Stuart. Both Earle And Stuart Have Been Members Of Steve Earle & The Dukes . Raised In San Antonio Texas Earle First Taught Herself To Play A Ukulele. She Was Given A Guitar As A Christmas Present When She Was 16 Years Old And When She Became A Mother At 17 She Continued To Play And Sing At Home Developing Her Own Style Of Finger Picking. When She Was 29 Years Old She Moved To Nashville To Live With Her Brother Steve Earle And Sang Backing Vocals And Played Rhythm Guitar On His 1991 Album The Hard Way And For The Subsequent World Tour. She Appeared On Her Brother's Subsequent Albums Shut Up And Die Like An Aviator And Transcendental Blues. After Returning From Tour She Wrote Songs And Performed Them At Writer's Nights In Nashville. Later She Set Up Her Own Songwriters' Night To Get Some More Time On Stage. During This Time She Met Fellow Guitarist And Singer Mark Stuart Who Became Her Partner In Running The Events And Then Later Became Her Second Husband. Earle Signed A Contract With Nashville's Ten Ten Music Group As A Staff Songwriter And Received Notice For Her Song "For Years" Which Appeared On Sammy Kershaw's 1996 CD Politics Religion And Her. Her First Album Simple Gearle 1999 Was Created For Distribution At Concerts She Felt Bad That The Fans Were Going Home Empty-Handed. Albums That Followed Include Dancin' With Them That Brung Me 2000 Never Gonna Let You Go 2003 Must Be Live 2003 And Communion Bread 2005 . Much Of Her Music Is A Joint Venture With Mark Stuart Whom She Met Through Her Brother There Are Several Albums Released By Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart. Both Earle And Stuart Were Members Of Steve Earle & The Dukes As Well Performing With Their Own Band The Jewels Named After Earle's Grandmother Jewel Earle . read less