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"Goodbye Earl" is a country murder ballad written by Dennis Linde. Initially recorded by the band Sons of the Desert for an unreleased album in the late 1990s, the song gained fame when it was recorded by Dixie Chicks on their fifth studio album , Fly .
Following the release of its first album, Sons of the Desert discovered a song called "Goodbye Earl", which they began to perform in concert. Written by Dennis Linde, "Goodbye Earl" told of a domestic abuse victim who enlisted a friend's help to kill her abusive husband. [7] The group then recorded the song for a planned second album on Epic.
Some publications compared the composition of "No Body, No Crime" to the work of other country musicians, including Martina McBride's "Independence Day" (1994), the Dixie Chicks' "Goodbye Earl" (2000), Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats" (2006), and the music of Miranda Lambert. [14] [17] [23]
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Train a Comin' was the first album recorded after Earle overcame his addiction to drugs in the fall of 1994, after being convicted for possession. Earle's last studio album had been the 1990 album The Hard Way, and he essentially stopped touring by 1992 as his addiction worsened.
Linde wrote other songs featuring an undesirable character named Earl; e.g., "Queen of my Double-Wide Trailer" (Sammy Kershaw). Linde kept a self-created map depicting a fictional town where the characters in his songs lived. [7] It includes the referential water tower from "John Deere Green", as well as the location that led "Earl" to his demise.
Americana details pervade the lyrics as the song details the correspondence as a relationship forms between the two, despite the insurmountable distance. The last letter from the soldier mentions that "it's gettin' kinda rough over here" and he "won't be able to write for a while" before skipping ahead to a football game at the girl's high school.