Talk:Justin Townes Earle

Skip to table of contents

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Justin Townes Earle article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

A news item involving Justin Townes Earle was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 25 August 2020.

Wikipedia

Biography: Musicians

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article is supported by WikiProject Musicians.

Tennessee Low‑importance

	Tennessee portal Justin Townes Earle is within the scope of WikiProject Tennessee, an open collaborative effort to coordinate work for and sustain comprehensive coverage of Tennessee and related subjects in the Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, and even become a member. [Project Articles] • [Project Page] • [Project Talk] • [Assessment] • [Template Usage]TennesseeWikipedia:WikiProject TennesseeTemplate:WikiProject TennesseeTennessee articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Articles for creation

	This article was reviewed by member(s) of WikiProject Articles for creation. The project works to allow users to contribute quality articles and media files to the encyclopedia and track their progress as they are developed. To participate, please visit the project page for more information.Articles for creationWikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creationTemplate:WikiProject Articles for creationAfC articles
	This article was accepted on 31 December 2008 by reviewer MSGJ (talk · contribs).

Section sizes

Section size for Justin Townes Earle (12 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	1,797	1,797
Early life	1,638	1,638
Career	776	1,903
Albums	1,127	1,127
Appearances	1,800	1,800
Honors and distinctions	3,476	3,476
Personal life and death	3,964	3,964
Discography	16	4,402
Albums	4,386	4,386
References	33	33
Further reading	475	475
External links	1,301	1,301
Total	20,789	20,789

Drug addiction at 12 years old

I know it's in print that "He first got hooked on drugs when he was barely 12 years old, he says". But this is rather vague. What drug(s) did he get addicted to when he was barely 12? How do we know he didn't make this up? Nurg (talk) 11:27, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Good question, I'll check the source.-- — Keithbob • Talk • 14:36, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Clean up and expansion

I'm going to try and clean up and expand this article. Any help or input is appreciated. -- — Keithbob • Talk • 14:36, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Godson?

I have never seen any reference to Townes being JTE's "godfather" until the last year, and I think it is being copied from here or from one review to another. I have never heard either Steve or JTE directly refer to Townes in this way, and have read many interviews with both. "Godson" has a specific religious meaning, which does not seem to apply and I have never seen reference to a christening. Also, JTE has said his mother hated Townes, and given Townes' character I think it is highly unlikely that Townes would have been named either godfather or potential guardian in the event of the death of Steve or Carol. Unless there is a reference where this term is actually used by JTE or another family member, I don't think it should be in the article. 75.186.30.144 (talk) 21:21, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to 2 external links on Justin Townes Earle. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add {{cbignore}} after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add {{nobots|deny=InternetArchiveBot}} to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true to let others know.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—^{cyberbot II}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 07:59, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

External links

I removed the following External link as it appears to violate WP:ELNO #1. I leave the reference here, formatted for potential use in future article development, i.e. as a citation for encyclopedic content. --Animalparty! (talk) 03:27, 26 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

McCall, Michael (March 27, 2008). "The Good Life From Now On". Nashville Scene. Archived from the original on May 11, 2017.

Subject of Jason Isbell's 'When We Were Close'

I don't know if there's an appropriate place to work this in as the article doesn't have a "In Popular Culture" section, but I found it interesting.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jason-isbell-jimmy-kimmel-when-we-were-close-1234837444/

- stephenyeargin (talk) 23:15, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]