San Antonio is like a military town. It's like literally

Steve Earle
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San Antonio is like a military town. It's like literally - when I was growing up there, there were five Air Force bases, plus Fort Sam Houston. I was always sort of near the military. ✨ “Making Art in America is a Political Statement in Itself”: Grammy Award-winning Singer Steve Earle on Music, Writing and Acting. Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. May 13, 2011.
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