Joe Ely Joe Ely (born February 9, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist, whose music touches on honky-tonk, Texas Country, Tex-Mex and rock and roll. He has had a genre-crossing career, performing with Bruce Springsteen, Uncle Tupelo ...

is an American singer-songwriter. His discography consists of 16 studio albums, 6 live albums (includes 1 EP), 20 singles, 13 compilations, 1 studio EP, and 6 music videos. In addition, he has been a performer on numerous albums by other artists.

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilations

EPs

Singles

Guest singles

Music videos

As a member of
the Flatlanders The Flatlanders are an American country music, country band from Lubbock, Texas, United States, founded in 1972 by Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely and Butch Hancock. The group garnered little success during their brief original incarnation from 1972 ...

* 1980: ''One Road More'' ( Charly) * 1990: ''More A Legend Than A Band'' (

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) - initially released in 1976 as ''All American Music'' in a limited run on 8-track tape * 1995: ''"Unplugged"'' (Sun) - recorded in March 1972 * 2002: ''Now Again'' (

New West New West Records is a record label based in Nashville, Tennessee, and Athens, Georgia. It had offices in Burbank, California, and Beverly Hills, California. The label was established in 1998 by Cameron Strang "for artists who perform real music ...

) * 2003: ''Wheels of Fortune'' (New West) * 2004: ''Live at the One Knite: June 8th, 1972'' (New West) * 2004: ''Live From Austin TX'' DVD (New West) * 2009: ''Hills And Valleys'' (New West) * 2012: ''The Odessa Tapes'' (New West) - unreleased 1972 recordings

As a member of Los Super Seven

* 1998: ''Los Super Seven'' (BMG / RCA) * 2001: ''Canto'' (Columbia) * 2005: ''Heard It On The X'' (Telarc)

As composer

* 1985: Lisa Rhodes - ''Shivers'' (Spindletop) - track 3, "I'll Be Your Fool" * 1988:

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- ''Fair & Square'' (Hightone) - track 2, "Honky Tonk Masquerade" * 1988: Guy Clark - '' Old Friends'' ( Sugar Hill) - track 7, "The Indian Cowboy" * 1988: Mack Abernathy - ''Different Situations'' (CMI) - track 10, "Honky Tonk Masquerade * 1991: Kelly Willis - ''

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'' (MCA) - track 10, "Settle For Love" * 1994: Townes Van Zandt - '' Roadsongs'' (Sugar Hill) - track 7, "The Indian Cowboy" * 1994: various artists - ''Howl... A Farewell Compilation Of Unreleased Songs'' (

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) - track 4, "Honky Tonk Masquerade" (performed by Joe Henry) * 1998: Ramblin' Jack Elliott - '' Friends Of Mine'' (HighTone) - track 2, "Me & Billy The Kid" * 2010: John Train - ''All of Your Stories'' (Chapter 7) - track 8, "Because of the Wind" * 2010: Rod Taylor - ''Here, There, Or Anywhere'' (Broken Horn) - track 10, "The Indian Cowboy" * 2012: Pat Green - ''Songs We Wish We'd Written, Vol. 2'' (Sugar Hill) - track 1, "All Just to Get to You" (co-written with Will Sexton) * 2014: Jason D. Williams - ''Hillbillies and Holy Rollers'' (MRI / Rock-A-Billy) - track 5, "Fingernails"

As primary artist/song contributor

* 1978: various artists - ''Kerrville Folk Festival 1978'' (PSG) - track 2, "Livin' On A Dry Land Farm" (with Butch Hancock) * 1992: various artists - ''Buddy's Buddys: The

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Songbook'' (Connoisseur Collection) - track 20, "Rock Me My Baby" * 1992: various artists - ''Across the Great Divide: Songs of Jo Carol Pierce'' (Deja Disc) - track 2, "Queen Of Heaven" * 1994: various artists - '' Songs from Chippy'' (Hollywood Records) producer w/ Terry Allen; performer on tracks - "Goodnight Dear Diary", "Buildin' More Fires", "Cold Black Hammer", "Whiskey And Women And Money To Burn", "Goodnight", "Cup Of Tea" w/ Jo Harvey Allen, "Oil Wells" w/ Jo Harvey Allen (narration), "Fate With A Capital F" w/ Terry Allen, "Boomtown Boogie" w/ Terry Allen and Butch Hancock and Jo Harvey Allen * 1994: various artists - ''Brace Yourself! A Tribute To Otis Blackwell'' (Shanachie) - track 11, " Great Balls of Fire" * 1994: various artists - ''Tulare Dust : A Songwriter's Tribute to Merle Haggard'' (HighTone) - track 6, "White Line Fever" * 1995: various artists - '' For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson'' (MusicMasters) - track 5, "Joy" * 1995: various artists - ''Texans Live From Mountain Stage'' (Blue Plate) - track 9, "I Had My Hopes Up High" * 1996: various artists - ''

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'' ( Decca / MCA) - track 8, "Oh Boy!" (with Todd Snider) * 2000: various artists - '' KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 8'' (KGSR) - track 2-1, "Dallas" (with the Flatlanders); track 3-3, "The Indian Cowboy" * 2001: various artists - ''Daddy-O Daddy! Rare Family Songs of Woody Guthrie'' (Rounder) - track 2, "Want To See Me Grow" and track 12, "Tippy Tap Toe" (both with Jimmie Dale Gilmore) * 2002: various artists - '' KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 10'' (KGSR) - track 2-1, "I Had My Hopes Up High" (with the Flatlanders) * 2003: various artists - ''Light Of Day: A Tribute to

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'' (Schoolhouse) - track 2-18, " Working on the Highway" * 2003: various artists - '' KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 11'' (KGSR) - track 2-14, "Streets Of Sin" * 2006: various artists - ''A Case for Case: A Tribute to the Songs of Peter Case'' (

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) - track 2-2, "Put Down The Gun" * 2006: various artists - ''Sail Away: The Songs Of

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'' (Sugar Hill) - track 4, "Rider In The Rain" (with

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) * 2009: various artists - ''Man of Somebody's Dreams: A Tribute to Chris Gaffney'' (

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) - track 1, "Lift Your Leg" * 2010: various artists - '' KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 18'' (KGSR) - track 1-4, "Midnight Train" * 2011: various artists - ''This One's for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark'' (Icehouse) - track 2-1, "Dublin Blues"

Other appearances

1978 - 1989

* 1978: Terry Allen - '' Lubbock (On Everything)'' (Fate) - harmonica * 1979: Butch Hancock - ''The Wind's Dominion'' (Rainlight) - resonator guitar * 1980: Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band - '' Smokin' the Dummy'' (Fate) - harmonica * 1982: The Clash - ''

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'' (CBS / Epic) - backing vocals * 1983: Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band - ''

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'' (Fate) - backing vocals * 1984: Robert Earl Keen - '' No Kinda Dancer'' ( Philo) - steel guitar on track 4, "Swervin' In My Lane" * 1986: Darden Smith - ''Native Soil'' (Redi-Mix / Watermelon) - steel guitar on track 7, "Wild West Show" * 1988:

- ''Fair & Square'' (Hightone) - vocals * 1989: Butch Hancock - ''Own & Own'' (

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/ Sugar Hill) - guitar, backing vocals * 1989: Kimmie Rhodes - ''Angels Get The Blues'' (Heartland) - vocals * 1989:

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- ''Surprise'' (Virgin) - guest on track 12, "Learning The Game" (bonus track on 2000 reissue)

1990 - present

* 1993: Uncle Tupelo - '' Anodyne'' (Rhino / Sire) - guitar, vocal on track 15, "

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" (bonus track) * 1993:

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- ''Once More with Feeling'' (HighTone) - guest artist on track 3, "Love and Danger" * 1996: Terry Allen - ''

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'' (Sugar Hill) - backing vocals * 1997: Scotty Moore and

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- ''All The King's Men'' (Polydor) - track 5, "I'm Gonna Strangle You Shortly" (with Lee Rocker) * 1999: Aztex - ''Short Stories'' (HighTone) - special guest * 2003: The Chieftains - ''

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'' (Victor / Arista) - track 8, "The Moonshiner/I'm A Rambler" * 2004:

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- ''Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs'' (HighTone) - lead vocal on track 6, "

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" * 2005: Original Bells Of Joy - ''Original Bells Of Joy and Friends'' (Dialtone) - shared lead vocal on track 1, " Sinner Man" * 2005:

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- ''

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'' (Lightning Rod / Compadre) - vocals on track 4, "Slew Foot" * 2015: Tom Russell -

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( Proper) - vocals * 2016: Robert Earl Keen - ''Live Dinner Reunion'' (

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) - guitar, vocals on track 2-11, "The Road Goes On Forever"

References

Sources

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