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Steve Earle

Guitar Town

1986 · via Steve Earle

Steve Earle wrote “Guitar Town” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1986. Also recorded by Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers (released 1992), Nashville Numbers (released 1998) and Bobby Mitchell (released 2023), among 28 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. It is on the album Guitar Town (1986).

Steve Earle – Guitar Town
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Earle wrote it and cut it first, and then Emmylou Harris took it on, once with The Nash Ramblers behind her. Hear what happens to a song when somebody else decides it belongs to them too.

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Credited writer: Steve Earle.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1986.

On the album Guitar Town (1986).

Other recordings on file · first release year

28 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Steve Earle wrote "Guitar Town" and made it the title track of his debut album. Which singer later picked it up and recorded it?Emmylou Harris
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