Steve Earle
will release a new album on April 26 on New West Records,
followed by his debut novel, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in May. Both are titled
I'll Never Get Out of This
World Alive, as a nod to
Hank Williams' song, the last single released by Williams
during his lifetime. Earle's album includes "This City," which earned a Grammy nomination for best song written for a motion
picture, television or other visual media. The song was featured in the HBO series,
Treme.
Allison
Moorer, Earle's wife, appears on "Heaven or Hell." According to press materials, Earle's novel "imagines the troubled
life of Doc Ebersole as he is haunted by the ghost of his former patient and friend, Hank Williams." After several years of
solo and acoustic dates, Earle will perform with his electric band, the Dukes, on a tour to promote the album.
