Feel closer to the truth. Get a gig at a dive in D.C with the Blue Ridge Quartet. I play steel and guitar. 1986 Record Guitar Town with Steve Earle and the Dukes. The record and tour gather momentum.
Crowds get bigger.
I get better. 1987 Record Exit O with Steve Earle. Working on Copperhead Road in Memphis with Steve Earle at the same time REM is recording Green . Mike Stipe gets a hold of a mix and invites me to sit in for a session. On tour with Steve Earle.