The music world is mourning the death of singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle , who passed away at age 38.
"It is with tremendous sadness that we inform you about the death of our son, husband, father and friend Justin," the artist born in Nashville, Tennessee, can read in a statement that was shared on Sunday, August 23, on the official Instagram account. .
"Many of you have relied on his music and lyrics over the years and we hope that his music will continue to guide you on your travels," added in the post about singer-songwriter Steve Earle's firstborn .
"You will be missed a lot," says the emotional post , which is accompanied by a photo of Justin with his guitar and concludes with a fragment of his song "Looking for a Place to Land", from 2014.
So far no more details related to the causes of death are known.
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In 2019, Townes Earle released her album The Saint of Lost Causes, but in her entire career, spanning more than a decade, she released a total of eight studio productions.
During his teens and early adulthood, Justin battled addictions.
In 2015, the American spoke on the subject with the Scottish newspaper The Scotsman and said the following: "I was never one of those people who was confused, 'Oh, I can quit smoking in a day.' I knew that I could not stop smoking. smoking any day ... I always knew there was something different about the way I was doing drugs and drinking the way my friends did, but it's crazy to wake up when you're 16 and find you can't stop injecting. "
"The first time I did heroin, all the problems I had just didn't matter," Justin recalled that time. "Not that they left, they just didn't matter anymore. And after that I was just chasing that damn feeling that I never had again. There was a big wound inside of me and instead of doing something about it, I kept itching there and it never heals. therefore".
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However, the music helped him to overcome it, although he had two relapses.
"On my first records there are songs that I wrote during the period when I was very intoxicated all the time, but there was no way I could have made those records back then," the singer told the newspaper. "I definitely had to be sober to find out who I was as an artist and have cohesion in my life."
Without making much of a media buzz, in 2013, Justin married Jenn Marie Earle , and then in 2017, he became the father of Etta St. James Earle . According to the artist in another interview, his personal life and his professional life did not fit together so well.
"It's hard, man. I've been committed to music since I was 15," he told The Boot in 2019. "I'm a good father. I taught my daughter to swear when the Cubs lose - she's an Earle, so she'll be fine. I'm a good father, but I'm a shitty husband, "he admitted.
And, as he said, he was made to go on tour, not at home, where he never knew "what the hell to do."
"But you know what? I never said I'd be good at any of that. No one can ask me to stop what I do. If you want to do what I do, like Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, you are committed to that. All the Those around you have to understand that, "explained Townes Earle.
It is known that Justin had a desire to live and was not interested in the idea of a truncated existence.
"One day I realized that it is not good to die young," he said, according to his website , "and it is even less good to die after 30."
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