Biography:
Joe Ely (born February 9, 1947) is an Austin, Texas, honky-tonk/country musician. Ely, born in Amarillo, spent his formative years from age 12 in Lubbock, Texas.
Shortly after high school, in 1970, with fellow Lubbock musicians Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock, he formed The Flatlanders. According to Ely, "Jimmie was like a well of country music. He knew everything about it. And Butch was from the folk world. I was kinda the rock & roll guy, and we almost had a triad.
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Other songs:
- All Just To Get To You
- Because Of The Wind
- Boxcars
- Fools Fall In Love
- Highways And Heartaches
- Honky Tonk Masquerade
- Im A Thousand Miles From Home
- Indian Cowboy
- Letter To Laredo
- Lord Of The Highway
- Me And Billy The Kid
- Row Of Dominoes
- Settle For Love
- She Never Spoke Spanish To Me
- Standing At A Big Hotel
- Tecumseh Valley
- The Road Goes On Forever
- West Texas Waltz
- Whenever Kindness Fails
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