Joe Ely was a Lubbock icon, but behind the legend was a guy who just liked to travel and play music, according to those who ...
Joe Ely, known as the pioneer of progressive country music, with a sound that helped birth the Americana genre, died Dec. 15 ...
The Flatlanders founder succumbed to complications of Lewy Body Dementia, Parkinson's disease and pneumonia at his New Mexico ...
For decades Ely's presence has been felt from Lubbock to London, covering decades of music from country, to rock and so much in between.