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August 22, 2002
So maybe he's not father of the year... Steve Earle went On the Record with Greta Van Susteren Monday night to premiere his much talked about song "John Walker Lindh's Blues" from his upcoming Jerusalem album. He wrote it sympathetically in the voice of the infamous American Taliban.
The good news is that it is at least a somewhat better song than Bruce Springsteen's contemptible "Paradise." It is also probably more realistic emotionally, being built on some of Lindh's own words.
The interesting thing to me was that in the course of five minutes talking, he explained probably at least six times that he was motivated to write this song because he has a son Walker's age [20]. Granted Earle the elder has been a heroin addict and convicted felon, but does he really feel that he has been that bad a father? I could see how he might imagine himself having a son getting busted for dope or a DUI, but how bad would his boy have to hate him to go take up arms against his country with the Taliban to get back at him?
