Justin Townes Earle, the son of singer Steve Earle, has died. He was 38.
The singer-songwriter’s family confirmed the news in a statement posted on Instagram and Facebook Sunday.
"It is with tremendous sadness that we inform you of the passing of our son, husband, father and friend Justin," the announcement read.
"So many of you have relied on his music and lyrics over the years and we hope that his music will continue to guide you on your journeys,” the family continued. “You will be missed dearly Justin.”
The statement concluded with a lyric from Earle's 2014 song "Looking for a Place to Land" from his “Absent Fathers” record: "I've crossed oceans/ Fought freezing rain and blowing sand/ I've crossed lines and roads and wondering rivers/Just looking for a place to land.”
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Earle’s cause of death was not made known in the statement.
Earle was born in Nashville and played in local bands the Distributors and the Swindlers. He released his first EP, titled “Yuma,” in 2007. He went on to release several albums, including 2019’s “The Saint of Los Causes.”
In 2010, Charleston City Paper reported that Earle began using drugs at 13 and had survived five heroin overdoses by the age of 21. At one point, Earle was fired from his father’s band, the Dukes, due to his drug abuse. However, the outlet noted Earle sought help “after a 14-day coke and dope binge that ended in respiratory failure.”
"At the time, I'd been a junkie for a good portion of my life," Earle told the outlet at the time. "It's kind of one of those things you just grow to expect when you have that lifestyle. You get fired. You lose things. You go to jail. You just kind of get used to it. It happens, even if it is family. When I'm drinking and using drugs, I think that all my actions are perfectly normal and okay, and somehow I wake up in jail."
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Singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle performs on the Mustang Stage during day 1 of 2017 Stagecoach California's Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 28, 2017, in Indio, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Stagecoach)
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Earle also got candid about facing his personal battles and writing while in rehab.
“I definitely write better when I'm not using drugs or drinking," he explained. "When I'm using, it's hard to keep me out of a bar or hard to get me off the dope spot. When I do go off, I go off the deep end. I was completely clean for six years. When I use drugs, I don't do anything else. I am a drug addict.”
People also reported Earle spoke out in 2017 on Chris Shiflett's "Walking the Floor" podcast about what it was like creating music while sober.
"I got all my craziness out of the way as a coffeehouse musician and a roadie," he revealed.
The star is survived by his wife Jenn Marie and their 3-year-old daughter Etta St. James.
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