Steve Earle is a real-life person who appeared in "Dove In An Iron Cage" & "Muscadine Wine".
History[]
"Dove In An Iron Cage"[]
In that episode, at a Steve Earle concert with a large audience, Steve Earle say's "Rusty Cuyler is disadvantaged, mired in poverty and they set him up!, This young man has no money, no public defender, He had no priors!, They coerced a confession, But we're all gettin' together today so we can set Rusty free!", the audience cheers, Steve say's "Now I'm gonna pass this mic to Rusty's daddy to say a few words", Early say's "How we feelin' tonight?", "Whoo!", "When I yell, "What you wanna do?", "Y'all yell, "Get Fuck Up!", the audience stops, Early say's "And when I say, "When do you wanna do it?", "Y'all say, "Right sombitchin' now!", "Let's do this!, whooo!", "What do you wanna do?", Steve Earle say's "Uh, but, but let's not forget that a young man's life is at stake, That's the real reason wh-why we're here", Early say's "No, no, no, Pearl Jam's right, y'all", Steve Earle say's "I'm not pearl jam", Early say's "As y'all know, my son is on death row, and I'm very emotional at this emotional time, What, with my emotionally afoot, So, when I point to you and say, "What do y'all wanna do?", "What do y'all wanna do?", "just quietly, in a respectful manner, just say, "Get Fuck Up!", "Please respect out privacy, okay?", Steve Earle say's "That was, That was very moving", Early flirts with a woman & her boobies, Steve Earle say's "Whoo!, Thank you, Mr. Cuyler, we've written a song about this young man's plight it's called "Dove In An Iron Cage", the audience cheers, Early say's "But he's a squid, ain't he?", Steve Earle say's "The dove is a metaphor for innocence", Early say's "He's guilty, I done proved it in court", Steve Earle replies "J-Just let us do the song", Steve Earle sings "Dove In An Iron Cage", Steve Earle later reappears singing "Amazing Grace", with a bunch of other people for wait Rusty's execution, One year later, Rusty texted Steve Earle.
"Muscadine Wine"[]
In the episode, "Muscadine Wine", during a cruise, after Early rock-climbs & cries, Steve comes up & say's "Well, that's some impressive climbing considering how drunk you appear to be", Early say's "Hell, Steve Earle, I can get me a toehold on this rock-climbing wall, but in my music career, I'm a goddamn failure!", Steve Earle say's "I-I would say that, I caught your very brief set next to the shrimp buffet, and you and that girl sounded good together, until she ran off", Early say's "She is out of the goddamn band!, she is out of my life!, hell!, I'm out of my life!, I'm out of my goddamn mind!", Early attempted to kill himself, Steve Earle stops him, he say's "Hold up, brother, Y-- you aren't thinking of ending it, are you?", Shooter Jennings down on the ground say's "Jumping off a rock-climbing wall on a cruise ship?, That ain't outlaw", Early say's "What the hell do you know about being an outlaw, Shooter Jennings?, I've been arrested for armed robbery 37 times at the same Goddamn convenience store, I never learn!", Early hangs himself & starts choking, Steve Earle say's "Outlaw", ain't about doing things against the law, It's about artistic freedom, workin' outside the machine doing your own thing", Mojo Nixon shows up, Nikki Lane climbs & say's "Not playin' by the rules and listening to your gut, That's outlaw", Early mentioned "Nikki Lane?", Lucinda Williams climbs up the wall, she say's "Swimmin' upstream, breakin' away from the pack, That's outlaw", Early say's "Lucinda Williams?", Shooter Jennings say's "Marrying and divorcing seven different women, Smoking crack, weapons possession, failure to appear in court, That's all pretty outlaw, too, Right, Steve?", Steve Earle replies "Ain't you supposed to be hostin' the coozie swap on deck 16?", Shooter Jennings replies "Coozie swaps can be outlaw, Steve", Steve Earle then replies "Yeah!, Whatever helps you sleep at night!", Shooter Jennings replied "Whatever helps your face sleep at night", Lucinda William say's "You might be an outlaw, Early, but you sure don't look it", Nikki say's "What are you wearing on your head anyways?", Lucinda say's "By God, Is that real cad-var hair?", Early sighs & replies "Your right, everyone's right, I've been workin' against my gut this whole time!, staying within the lines!, following all the rules!, Well I say, no damn more!", Early throws his wig into the ocean, everyone agreed, Steve Earle say's "There you go!", Nikki & Lucinda say "All right, now That's outlaw!, Right on man", Early replied "That's right, I'm an outlaw, I've been following my pecker instead of my artistic vision, I've got to be true to who I am!, A foot-lickin' freak who sangs for attention!, yeah!", Lucinda replies "Well, that ain't outlaw, sugar, that's just weird", Early licks Nikki's foot, he replies "Don't you kink shame me!", he continues to lick her foot, Later Steve Earle sings his familiar "Dove In An Iron Cage" song from the previous 22-minute special, at a concert, after the song is done, he say's "Thank, ya, y'all like outlaw country?, Well, this sum bitch is the biggest outlaw I know, He's a good friend of mine, and he's willing to grace us with a song, Mr. Early Cuyler!", Early comes & say's "Thank you, Steve, when I said I wanted to play a song with you, I (Fucking) [Bleep] lied!", Early pulls out his shotgun & shoots it in the air, Steve Earle goes on the floor, Steve Earle mentioned "I'll admit, this is pretty outlaw", he gives Early his wallet & Early replies "Shut up and unhook your wallet chain, I ain't shootin' skeet here!", he points his shotgun at him.
Appearances[]
- "Dove In An Iron Cage" (Debut)
- "Muscadine Wine" (Last Appearance)
Trivia[]
- This is one of the few characters who made a debut in a 22-minute special episode, to appear in a another episode also that episode has many similarities to the previous 22-minute episode, other being the Red Whiskered Shalemander who made a cameo as a picture in "The Knights of the Noble Order of the Mystic Turquoise Goblet".