In 1972, West Texas singer-songwriter Joe Ely and two bandmates traveled to Nashville to record their first album under the name Jimmie Dale & The Flatlanders. The sound, however, didn’t fit with ...
Joe Ely, the progressive country music pioneer and renowned Texas singer-songwriter, has died. He was 78. Ely died on Monday, Dec. 15, at his home in Taos, New Mexico, due to complications of Lewy ...