One might think, as I had, that a review of Justin Townes Earle would write itself. Because he’s a guy who is a reincarnation of two of the greatest ever—Steve Earle and Townes Van Zandt. Because he is a young, volatile and talented musician with such a turbulent past that you’d need your toes in counting his rehab visits (13, so three toes). And anybody who knows anything about JTE certainly knows this because he’s never been one to conceal his history; if he’s not explicitly telling you on the stage or in an interview, he’s telling you in his lyrics.