#joe-ely

#joe-ely

Joe Ely performed American roots music with the fervor of a true believer who knew music could transport souls, said Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

Ely had an expansive vision for country and rock, heard on singles like "All My Love," "Honky Tonk Masquerade," "Hard Livin'," "Dallas" and "Fingernails." Born in 1947 in Amarillo, Texas, Ely was raised in Lubbock before moving to Austin and kicking off a new era of country music in the region, one that reflected both punk and the heartland rock of the era back into the roughhousing country scenes they came from.