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What do they yell in Copperhead Road?

Eventually, his father loses his life in the business, and Pettimore gets drafted into the U.S. Army to serve two tours in Vietnam. When he gets back to the states, he enters the marijuana business and faces the same fate as those before him, screaming the warning, "You better stay away from Copperhead Road."

Subsequently, what does it mean to be called a copperhead?

Definition of copperhead

1 : a common pit viper (Agkistrodon contortrix) of the eastern and central U.S. usually having a copper-colored head and often a reddish-brown hourglass pattern on the body. 2 disapproving : a person in the northern states who sympathized with the South during the American Civil War.

What is Copperhead Road famous for?

Songfacts®:

Copperhead Road is a real road in East Tennessee where moonshine was made and two generations later, marijuana was grown. The song tells the story of a soldier who returns home from Vietnam and starts trafficking marijuana.

What kind of mandolin does Steve Earle play?

So an essential stop-over on his way to Port Fairy was at the workshop of instrument maker Stephen Gilchrist near Camperdown. Earle has been playing Gilchrist-made mandolins since the late '90s when he recorded his album The Mountain with the Del McCoury Band – also long time fans of Gilchrist's instruments.

What year did Steve Earle Guitar Town?

Guitar Town is the debut album from singer-songwriter Steve Earle, released on March 5, 1986. It topped the Billboard country album charts, and the title song reached #7 on the country singles charts.

Why is Waukesha the guitar City?

Last summer, a group of artists began the Waukesha Gibson Guitar Project, with the mission of getting their city named as a Guitar Town. It's Gibson that chooses the cities to represent Guitar Town, along with giving the cities these massive guitars. "When you think of the other towns that are Guitar Towns it's huge.

What instrument is played in Copperhead Road?

It starts with a bagpipe-sounding synth and then morphs into a mandolin-dominated opening verses before dramatically crashing into it's loud "rock" sections later in the song.

What instruments are in Copperhead Road?

Personnel

Steve Earle – vocals, guitars, harmonica, 6-string bass, mandolin.
Donny Roberts – guitars, 6-string bass.
Bill Lloyd – acoustic guitar, 12-string electric guitar.
Bucky Baxter – pedal steel, lap steel, Dobro.
Ken Moore – synthesizer and organ.
John Barlow Jarvis – piano.
Kelley Looney – bass.
Kurt Custer – drums.

Who covered Copperhead Road?

DEVILDRIVER Releases 'Copperhead Road' Cover Featuring BROCK LINDOW Of 36 CRAZYFISTS. DEVILDRIVER's long-awaited full-length album of outlaw country-gone-metal anthems, "Outlaws 'Til The End: Vol. 1", will be released on July 6 via Napalm Records.

Consequently, what is steve earles net worth?

Steve Earle Net Worth: Steve Earle is an American musician, producer, actor and author who has a net worth of $5 million.
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Steve Earle Net Worth.

Net Worth:	$5 Million
Date of Birth:	Jan 17, 1955 (67 years old)
Gender:	Male

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