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{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}
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| birth_name = Stacey Carol Earle
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|09|25|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Lake Charles, Louisiana]]
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| genre = {{flatlist|
* [[Americana (music)|Americana]]
* [[Folk music|folk]]
* [[Country music|country]]
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| occupation = Singer-songwriter, musician
'''Stacey Earle''' (born 1960) is an [[United States|American]] [[singer-songwriter]]. The sister of [[alt-country]] singer [[Steve Earle]], she has recorded six albums, including four with her husband, musician Mark Stuart.
| instrument = Vocals, guitar
| label = Gearle Records
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* [[Steve Earle]]
* [[Steve Earle and the Dukes|Dukes]]
* Mark Stuart
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'''Stacey Earle''' (born September 25, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Hardcore Troubadour|last=St John|first=Lauren|publisher=Fourth Estate|year=2002|isbn=978-1-84115-611-8|pages=14}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Earle was born in Lake Charles, LA, and raised in San Antonio, TX. She began playing guitar at the age of fifteen, learning on an instrument left behind by her musician brother.
Earle was born in [[Lake Charles, Louisiana|Lake Charles]], Louisiana, and raised in [[San Antonio]], Texas. She first taught herself to play a [[ukulele]] and then began playing a gut string guitar, left behind by her musician brother, [[Steve Earle]]. She was given her own guitar as a Christmas present when she was 16 years old, but became a mother at 17 and played and sang at home, developing her own style of finger picking.<ref name=triste />


==Career==
==Career==
Earle moved to Nashville to live with her brother Steve, 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''. 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''.
When she was 29 years old, Earle moved to [[Nashville]] to live with her brother Steve, and sang backing vocals and played rhythm guitar on his 1991 album ''[[The Hard Way (Steve Earle album)|The Hard Way]]'', and for the subsequent world tour.<ref name="triste">{{cite web|author1=Steve Wilcox|title=Stacey Earle – Not Such A Simple Gearle|url=http://www.triste.co.uk/artstacey.htm|website=Triste magazine UK: Triste Archive|accessdate=November 3, 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref name=triste /> 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.<ref name=triste />
In January, 2000 she released the album "Simple Gearle" and appeared on the New York Times' "Favorite CD's You Nearly Missed" list.


Earle signed a contract with Nashville's Ten Ten Music Group as a staff songwriter<ref name=triste /> and received notice for her song "For Years", which appeared on [[Sammy Kershaw]]'s 1996 CD ''[[Politics, Religion and Her]]''.<ref name="bio">{{cite web|author1=Jason Ankeny|title=Stacey Earle biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/stacey-earle-mn0000165051/biography|publisher=[[Allmusic]] website|accessdate=November 3, 2017}}</ref>
She has appeared at festivals, clubs and private homes performing up to 170 concerts a year.


In 1998 she released the album ''Simple Gearle'' which later appeared on ''[[The New York Times]]'' "Favorite CD's You Nearly Missed" list. Reviewer [[Jon Pareles]] stated: "On an album completed in four days, Stacey Earle's songs came out homespun and pristine. She examines marriage, divorce and starting over in quiet, folky vignettes full of tears and determination."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/13/arts/the-pop-life-favorite-cd-s-you-nearly-missed.html|title=The Pop Life; Favorite CD's You Nearly Missed|last=Strauss|first=Neil|date=2000|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 6, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Marrying at 17, she had two sons before the marriage ended in divorce in 1990. She met her current husband, Mark Stuart, in 1991, married him in 1993. They were both members of her brother's band, Steve Earle and the Dukes, as well as her own band, the Jewels (named after her grandmother Jewel Earle).


==Discography==
==Discography==


===Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart===
===Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart===
*''Must Be Live'' (2001, Gearle Records), a double live album
*''Must Be Live'' (2001, Gearle Records), a double live album
*''Never Gonna Let You Go'' (2003, Gearle/Evolver)
*''Never Gonna Let You Go'' (2003, Gearle/Evolver)
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===Stacey Earle solo===
===Stacey Earle solo===
*''Simple Gearle'' (1998, Gearle Records)
*''[[Simple Gearle]]'' (1998, Gearle Records)
*''Dancin' with Them That Brung Me'' (2000, Gearle Records)
*''[[Dancin' With Them That Brung Me]]'' (2000, Gearle Records)


===Mark Stuart solo===
===Mark Stuart solo===
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.staceyearle.com/ Official web site]
* [http://staceyearle.com/ Official web site]
* Ankeny, Jason.[http://music.msn.com/music/artist-biography/stacey-earle/ Stacey Earle: Biography] ''All Music Guide''. at ''MSN Music''
* Strauss, Neil, "Poplife: Favorite CD's You Nearly Missed", New York Times, January 13, 2000


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Latest revision as of 02:52, 19 August 2023

Not to be confused with Stacy Earl.

Stacey Earle
Birth nameStacey Carol Earle
Born (1960-09-25) September 25, 1960 (age 63)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, musician
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
LabelsGearle Records
Websitestaceyearle.com

Stacey Earle (born September 25, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter.[1]

Early life

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Earle was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and raised in San Antonio, Texas. She first taught herself to play a ukulele and then began playing a gut string guitar, left behind by her musician brother, Steve Earle. She was given her own guitar as a Christmas present when she was 16 years old, but became a mother at 17 and played and sang at home, developing her own style of finger picking.[2]

Career

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When she was 29 years old, Earle moved to Nashville to live with her brother Steve, and sang backing vocals and played rhythm guitar on his 1991 album The Hard Way, and for the subsequent world tour.[2] 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.[2] 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.[2]

Earle signed a contract with Nashville's Ten Ten Music Group as a staff songwriter[2] and received notice for her song "For Years", which appeared on Sammy Kershaw's 1996 CD Politics, Religion and Her.[3]

In 1998 she released the album Simple Gearle which later appeared on The New York Times "Favorite CD's You Nearly Missed" list. Reviewer Jon Pareles stated: "On an album completed in four days, Stacey Earle's songs came out homespun and pristine. She examines marriage, divorce and starting over in quiet, folky vignettes full of tears and determination."[4]

Discography

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Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart

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  • Must Be Live (2001, Gearle Records), a double live album
  • Never Gonna Let You Go (2003, Gearle/Evolver)
  • S&M Communion Bread (2005, Gearle/Funzalo)
  • Town Square (2008, Gearle Records)

Stacey Earle solo

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Mark Stuart solo

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  • Songs from a Corner Stage (1999, Gearle Records)
  • Left of Nashville (2007, Gearle Records)

References

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  1. ^ St John, Lauren (2002). Hardcore Troubadour. Fourth Estate. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-84115-611-8.
  2. ^ a b c d e Steve Wilcox. "Stacey Earle – Not Such A Simple Gearle". Triste magazine UK: Triste Archive. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  3. ^ Jason Ankeny. "Stacey Earle biography". Allmusic website. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  4. ^ Strauss, Neil (2000). "The Pop Life; Favorite CD's You Nearly Missed". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
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