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Steve Earle, as ever, satisfies at the Cohn

Steve Earle’s ongoing quest to play every stage in Halifax continued on Wednesday night when he added the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium to a list that includes the late, lamented Misty Moon, Halifax Metro Centre, Dalhousie Student Union Building’s McInnes Room and St. Matthew’s United Church.

The latter venue was the site of Earle’s last appearance here three years ago, an acoustic evening with his wife Allison Moorer, but with the release of his latest album, I’ll Never Get Out of the World Alive, the Texas-bred troubadour is out to raise the volume again with a revamped version of his band the Dukes.

The Cohn show sold out quickly, and those who snapped up tickets were lucky ducks as Earle and the Dukes (and Duchesses) treated fans to a three-hour show covering three decades of songs that seemed to be over in the blink of an eye. He leaned heavily on the new record, playing nine of its 11 tracks, but that’s hardly a complaint when they show the songwriter in such fine form, as in Little Emperor’s snarling farewell jab at George W. Bush or an elegy to lost ways of life on Gulf of Mexico.

"This is a good song to sing in this part of Canada ’cause I think a lot of people will get it," said Earle in his intro. "It’s a sea shanty, but for a sea to the south." The song was sad for fishermen and oil workers alike in the wake of the massive spill off Louisiana, and he made the most of chilling lines like "I saw the devil crawl out of his hole/and pull the guts of Hell into the Gulf of Mexico."

While bearded, bespectacled Earle looks like a country music version of the late poet Allen Ginsberg these days; the Dukes (and Duchesses) are a mix of young blood and veteran players, with Moorer on keyboards, guitar and accordion, bassist Kelly Looney, who first became a Duke on 1988’s Copperhead Road, and Will Rigby, also known as the drummer for Winston-Salem’s pioneers of indie pop, the dBs. Completing the picture is Texas duo the Mastersons — guitarist Chris Masterson and his wife Eleanor Whitmore on violin, mandolin and guitar — who provide Earle with a mix of earthy roots, pop verve and smart rock elements that help his tunes snap into focus on stage.

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If you’re an avid reader of bestselling books, especially those that focus on how to be successful in life, you’ve most likely heard of Michael Masterson . Some books he has written are Automatic Wealth: The Six Steps to Financial Independence, Changing the Channel: 12 Easy Ways to Make Millions for Your Business and Ready, Fire, Aim: Zero to $100 Million in No Time Flat to name a few.

It’s normal for everyone to stumble and fall, but his books make us realize that if we ever want to reach our goal in life then we have to be willing to accelerate failure because success is just on the other side of the fence where challenges are opposite from. If you feel like it’s impossible because all you have is a job that gives you mediocre pay biweekly, then he gives advice on getting a job (or maybe two) so you can save enough money for a business capital. Test your business ideas every month as well as your market.

A large number of businesspeople who have read Michael Masterson’s books swear by his strategies and advice. Some even have testimonials on the web and have written given advice to others who want to be financially stable to just read Michael Masterson’s work to be able to find the success they’ve been looking for their entire life.

Aside from writing several books on how to fulfill one’s dream of financial independence, Michael Masterson is the founder of a free online newsletter, EarlyToRise.com. He also has a copywriting course that teaches a person the skills of a copywriter who can market and sell with words. Some of those who take part in the course are people who look to improve their current level of copywriting skills. If you want to learn more about Michael Masterson’s writing style, you can visit his online journal at EarlyToRise.com/michael-masterson-journal.

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