Regular readers will recall New Mexico-based trucker and songwriter Will Beeley from our coverage of his return to recorded music after four decades off with “Highways & Heart Attacks,” a new disc from the Tompkins Square record label.
If you missed the podcast conversation that took a bit of a tour through that record and Beeley’s history in music and trucking, take a listen via this link or in the player here:
Reason I bring him up again is there’s a new dialogue that’s been published by the folks at TalkHouse.com that shows Beeley catching up with the well-known singer-songwriter, actor and much else besides in the person of Mr. Steve Earle.
Beeley and Earle both came up in music circles in San Antonio, with Beeley the elder of the pair and having offered some crucial advice to Earle at a young age. Earle briefly told the tale of …
… the night you told me that I needed to go back and finish school before I could play [at a local venue] again. So I took that to heart and I dropped out the next day. You said to come back when I was out of school so I dropped out of high school the next day.
Will: That’s great advice. It turned out well for you.
Steve: Yeah, it turned out pretty good.
