What’s Goin’ On This Summer

With warm evenings and cold beers beckoning, it’s time for a special double-dose of guitar events to put in the diary...

Although Earle has been celebrating the 30th anniversary of his landmark outlaw release Copperhead Road, this tour’s set is looking to be more of a wide ranging affair with his band The Jukes in tow. And there’s plenty of compelling material to draw from with the three-time Grammy-winner’s catalogue. But while Earle has left behind the vices of the Copperhead Road days and replaced them with an ever-growing collection of vintage acoustics, he tends to stick to more replaceable models on the road; “I carry two new, well ten-year-old, M-size Martins,” he explains, “which are an M-21 Steve Earle [signature model] with a two-tone brown shaded top, and an M-36, which I could replace tomorrow, to be honest, if it breaks.” www.steveearle.com