Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Presents Songwriter Session Encore: Joe Ely

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Courtesy of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Recorded on May 26, 2018, this program features a special performance by Joe Ely during the opening weekend of the museum’s major exhibition Outlaws & Armadillos: Country’s Roaring ʼ70s.

Ely began his musical career in Lubbock, Texas, where he joined Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock in 1970 to form country-folk group the Flatlanders. Four years later Ely started his own band with guitarist Jesse Taylor and pedal steel player Lloyd Maines. He signed a recording contract with MCA Nashville and brought a distinctly Texan style to roadhouse country-rock. Ely opened tours for acts ranging from Merle Haggard to the Clash. He has released more than twenty albums and the Americana Music Association gave him a Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance in 2007.

Presented by SunTrust. Streamed on the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Facebook page and YouTube channel.