Texas songwriter Joe Ely, whose career took him from the dusty and flat landscape of the Texas Panhandle around the world, collaborating with fellow troubadours Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock ...

Joe Ely, who has died aged 78, was a singer and songwriter who became a key figure in the “progressive country” scene that ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - 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 knew him best. Born in Amarillo in 1947, Ely grew up ...

Joe Ely, the singer-songwriter who helped drive a new wave of Texas-based music that united rock and country fans in the 1980s and beyond, died Monday. The cause of death was complications from Lewy ...

Joe Ely, Austin’s musical apostle of change, is dead. The Texas musician passed away on December 15, following struggling with dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and pneumonia. A man true to his craft. A ...