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This week's Baker's Dozen highlights 13 albums from the 1970s that often go unmentioned when discuss
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Biography Joe Ely
Joe Ely (born February 9 1947 in Amarillo, Texas) is an American singer,
songwriter and guitarist whose music touches on honky-tonk, country and
rock and roll.
He has had a genre-crossing career, performing with Bruce Springsteen, Los
Super Seven, and James McMurtry in addition to his early work with The
Clash and more recent acoustic tours with Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, and Guy
Clark.
Biography
Early life and career Ely 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. We hit it off and started playing a lot together. That
opened up a whole new world I had never known existed."
In 1972
