Joe Ely

From the mid-1970s, Joe Ely has issued a steady stream of albums, most on the MCA label. Ely’s energetic live performances have become legendary, and he has released a live album roughly every ten years (the last was Live at Antone’s in 2000).

In the late 1990s, Ely was asked to write songs for Robert Redford’s movie The Horse Whisperer, which led to reforming The Flatlanders with Gilmore and Hancock for an appearance on the movie soundtrack. A new album from the trio followed in 2002, with a third in 2004.