Johnny Too Bad
Short walk to the shop to buy booze (for dinner with friends tonight, not to drink at 2.30 on a Sunday...tempting though).
Couple of things on here I love and never listen to - Johnny Too Bad is great but this disc is especially a favourite for Steve Earle's beautiful Ellis Unit One, written for Tim Robbins' film Dead Man Walking.
Steve Earle, more than any other songwriter for me, is able to see the human angle to any story, however dark or uncomfortable and remind us that above all else we have a human responsibility to understand the elements of life we'd rather just consign to the dustbin and pretend never existed.
Moving stuff.
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