Steve Earle to play North Bay Wednesday

The hardcore troubadour is coming to town.
Steve Earle, with backing band The Dukes, is set to play the Capitol Centre on Wednesday.
Earle rose to prominence in the mid-1980s with his album Guitar Town, a stunning debut that helped pioneer a whole new genre — twang with a raw, rocking twist. A few years later, the term alt-country was being tossed around.
He also went to jail on drug charges, married seven times (twice to the same woman), wrote a couple works of fiction, spoke out against