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Remembering Americana’s Joe Ely, ringing in the new year with music

New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung 25 Dec 2025
The Americana music format has taken a heavy hit these past months. First, we lost Todd Snider, then Raul Malo, and just last week, Joe Ely passed away. Of these three artists, Joe Ely’s death hit the hardest. His music ....
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Joe Ely obituary

The Guardian 22 Dec 2025
Joe Ely was a country-rock pioneer from west Texas who brought a new audience to country music ... He opened for them at concerts in the US – including a show in Ely’s home town of Lubbock – and they toured together in the UK ... “Ely is a special case.
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Joe Ely, 78, Texas-born troubadour of the open road

The Buffalo News 18 Dec 2025
Joe Ely, a singer and songwriter from the vast flatness of West Texas whose mastery of the South's varied musical traditions and paeans to the open road earned him the nickname Lord of the Highway and made him a leading ....
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Texas songwriter Joe Ely dies at 78

Albany Democrat Herald 18 Dec 2025
AUSTIN, Texas — Joe Ely, the influential Texas-born singer-songwriter whose blend of honky-tonk, rock and roadhouse blues made him a favorite among other musicians and led to collaborations with Bruce Springsteen and the Clash, has died. He was 78.
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Joe Ely, a Texas songwriter whose legacy touched rock and punk, dies age 78

The Huntsville Item 17 Dec 2025
Joe Ely, the influential Texas-born singer-songwriter ...
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Joe Ely, a Texas songwriter whose legacy touched rock and punk, dies at 78

Lockport Union-Sun 17 Dec 2025
AUSTIN, Texas — Joe Ely, the influential Texas-born singer-songwriter whose blend of honky-tonk, rock and roadhouse blues made him a favorite among other musicians and led to collaborations with Bruce Springsteen and the Clash, has died. He was 78 ...
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Obit Joe Ely

Decatur Daily 17 Dec 2025
Joe Ely performs during the "Tsunami ReliefAustin to South Asia" concert at the Austin Music Hall in Austin, Texas, on Jan. 9, 2005. [AP PHOTO/KELLY WEST, FILE] ... .
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Joe Ely, music innovator from Texas, dies at 78

NWA Online 17 Dec 2025
AUSTIN, Texas -- Joe Ely, the influential Texas-born singer-songwriter whose blend of honky-tonk, rock and roadhouse blues made him a favorite among other musicians and led to collaborations with Bruce Springsteen and the Clash, has died. He was 78 ... .
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Country rocker Joe Ely, who worked with Bruce Springsteen and the Clash, dead at 78

New York Post 17 Dec 2025
Joe Ely, the country music rocker best known for his work with Bruce Springsteen, the Clash and more, has died ... Joe Ely in Berwyn, Illinois, on Nov ... Joe Strummer and Ely backstage during a music festival in Monterey, California, on Sept.
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R.I.P. Joe Ely, Texas troubadour

AV Club 17 Dec 2025
Joe Ely, singer-songwriter and member of The Flatlanders, died Monday at his home in Taos, New Mexico, according to his publicist ... Ely left Texas for for New York, returning soon after to work as an animal wrangler for Ringling Brothers Circus.
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The music of the late Joe Ely will make a blues convert out of anyone.

Salt Lake City Weekly 17 Dec 2025
To boot, Janis worked for MCA records (Ely was on an MCA sub-label) and I was soon the possessor of the full Joe Ely music catalog—Musta Notta Gotta Lotta, Down on the Drag, the self-titled Joe Ely plus Honky Tonk Masquerade.
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Joe Ely, Progressive Texas Country Legend Who Toured With the Clash, Dead at 78

Rollingstone 16 Dec 2025
Ely, also a member of the Flatlanders, was at the forefront of Austin's eclectic country-rock scene ....
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Joe Ely, Texas Country-Rock Hero Who Grew His Fan Base Touring With the Clash, Dies ...

Variety 16 Dec 2025
Joe Ely, the singer-songwriter who helped drive a new wave of ...
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