Steve Earle finally makes Hole debut

(Published by Planet JH Weekly)A month after getting out of jail and rehab in 1994, Grammy-winning songwriter Steve Earle recorded the acoustic session Train a Comin’. That album is the earliest of four recording projects (some previously unreleased) as well as a concert DVD that is packaged as a new box set, Steve Earle: The Warner Brother Years. Earle is one of the more perceptive and lyrically rich singer-songwriters of his generation, at least in the country-rock vein. And for some reason, this “middle period” of appears to be under-appreciated. Definitely, this is a batch worth exploring, and Earle being staged in Jackson Hole has been a long time coming.The Mastersons are a husband-wife duo that stands on bright melodies, dark lyrics and dash of sparkle and twang, while local seven-piece outlaw country unit Major Zephyr hones-in on new material via singer-songwriter Pete Muldoon. JacksonHoleLive presents Steve Earle & the Dukes (& Duchesses) with The Mastersons and Major Zephyr, 5 p.m. Sunday at Snow King Ball Field. Free, all-ages. JacksonHoleLiveMusic.com.