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Fans' Pick of Favorites


Each year a poll of the fans is conducted. In the past it was conducted on various discussion groups. This year for the first time it has been conducted on steveearle.net. To view results from each year click that year.

1996  1997  1998  1999  2003  2004 

1996


These are the results of the survey of the Steve Earle e-mail list members
completed 22 June 1996 and compiled by Kevin Hawkey (khawkey@lawtonok.net)

The Top 30 Steve Earle Songs:

(the number in parenthesis is the number of first place votes the song received)

  1   Guitar Town   (2)
  2   Copperhead Road   (2)
  3   The Other Kind   (2)
  4   I Ain't Ever Satisfied   (3)
  5   Someday   (2)
  6   The Rain Came Down
  7   Ben McCulloch
  8   Hard-Core Troubador
  9   Billy Austin   (3)
10   Goodbye   (1)
11   Angry Young Man
12   Nowhere Road   (2)
13   Fearless Heart   (1)
14   Feel Alright   (1)
15   My Old Friend The Blues   (1)
16   Devil's Right Hand
17   Tom Ames’ Prayer   (2)
18   Johnny Come Lately   (1)
19   Have Mercy   (2)
20   Justice in Ontario
21   Even When I’m Blue   (1)
22   Billy And Bonnie
23   Nothing But A Child
24   The Week Of Living Dangerously   (1)
25   You're Still Standing There
26   Ellis Unit One   (2)
27   CCKMP
28   More Than I Can Do
29   Good Ol' Boy   (Gettin' Tough)
30   Goodbye's All We've Got Left


Other songs receiving 1st place votes that didn't make the top 30 were:

A Little Bit In Love
This Highway’s Mine (Roadmaster)


Overall, Kevin was amazed at how many songs got votes - 71.
Kevin determined that Steve has released 92 songs, and 69 of those got votes.

Two songs that Steve hasn't released got votes:

You Know The Rest   (which Steve has only performed live), and
Someone's Got To Do It   (a demo from Uncut Gems - not performed by Steve)



The Top Steve albums:
 
1   Exit 0
2   The Hard Way
3   Train A Comin'
4   I Feel Alright
5   Guitar Town
6   Copperhead Road


No other albums got votes.


Best Cover Of A Steve Earle Song:
 
1   Tom Ames’ Prayer   —   Robert Earl Keen
2   Devil's Right Hand   —   Waylon Jennings
3   Sometimes She Forgets  —   Travis Tritt
4   Goodbye   —   Emmylou Harris

      tie
5   Someday  —   Shawn Colvin
5   The Other Kind  —   Brothers Phelps


Best Cover Song By Steve Earle:
 
1   Rolling Stones' Dead Flowers
2   Bruce Springsteen's State Trooper
3   Townes Van Zandt's Tecumseh Valley
4   Melodians' Rivers Of Babylon
5   The Beatles' I'm Looking Through You

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