# Justin Townes Earle- RIP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [August 24, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-townes-earle-rip/918920 "2020-08-24T20:51:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-townes-earle-rip/918920/1 "2020-08-24T20:51:45Z")
Well, Hell and Fuck Me! Justin Townes Earle, Singer-Songwriter in Father’s Footsteps, Dies at 38 “Justin Townes Earle, an accomplished alt-country singer and songwriter who was a son of the country-rock firebrand Steve Earle, has died at age 38.” > **[Justin Townes Earle, Singer-Songwriter in Father’s Footsteps, Dies at 38...](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/24/arts/music/justin-townes-earle-dead.html)** > > He released eight alt-country albums as a solo artist, seeking to emerge from the long shadow of the outlaw country star Steve Earle. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-townes-earle-rip/918920/2 "2020-08-25T00:46:35Z")
Since this is about a celebrity, let’s move it to Cafe Society (from MPSIMS). ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-townes-earle-rip/918920/3 "2020-08-25T02:00:53Z")
I love his father’s song _Guitar Town_. I play it sometimes while waiting for buses. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-townes-earle-rip/918920/4 "2020-08-25T02:11:04Z")
This has been bumming me out off and on all day. Steve Earle posted a really sweet picture of the two of them on Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-townes-earle-rip/918920/5 "2020-08-25T04:50:59Z")
What was the cause of death? ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-townes-earle-rip/918920/6 "2020-08-25T17:16:41Z")
“Justin Townes Earle, the award-winning Americana singer-songwriter, died from a probable drug overdose, Metro Nashville police confirmed.” > **[Nashville police release details in death of Justin Townes Earle](https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2020/08/25/justin-townes-earle-cause-death/5631099002/)** > > A Metro Nashville Police Department spokesman said a preliminary investigation shows Justin Townes Earle died of a probable drug overdose. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-townes-earle-rip/918920/7 "2020-08-25T17:49:39Z")
Sad to hear this, I always liked his music. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-townes-earle-rip/918920/8 "2020-08-26T19:36:59Z")
I think he was a better songwriter and musician than his dad, who’s no slouch himself. And Justin was my age, too, and has a daughter the same age as my daughter. I thought he got clean a long time ago. It’s just really shitty. ☹