Today is 4/20 (happy 4/20 to all those who celebrate!), and Steve Earle’s 1988 marijuana grower ballad “Copperhead Road” has been named an official state song of Tennessee — where weed happens to ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Tennessee lawmakers may soon officially enshrine Steve Earle’s 1988 hit “Copperhead Road” as a piece of state history. Another bill filed for introduction in the latest ...

BRISTOL, Tenn. (WJHL) – Acclaimed singer-songwriter Steve Earle, whose 1988 song “Copperhead Road” became an official Tennessee State Song in 2023, will perform in Bristol, Tennessee in June.

With its tale of moonshine and pot farming, Steve Earle’s “Copperhead Road” embraces outlaw themes that span generations of American history. The irony isn’t that the 1988 song was a top 10 hit — it’s ...

Marijuana remains illegal in the state of Tennessee, where presently only low-THC products skirt the state’s confusing and hyper-restrictive laws. But that nugget didn’t stop legislators from making a ...

Following its 1988 release, Steve Earle’s “Copperhead Road” became an unexpected line-dancing phenomenon. “I wasn’t even aware of [it] until long after I got out of jail,” the singer-songwriter once ...

BUTLER, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Johnson County Tourism Office will host a Music Fest over Memorial Day Weekend to celebrate the unveiling of the Copperhead Road Landmark, the office announced in a release.

Steve Earle was a man out of time in the ‘80s, what with his traditional songwriting values bucking up against the heavily produced music that dominated the airwaves. He soon became a man out of genre ...