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Joe Ely

Born: Lubbock, TX, 1947

Years Active: 1986-2006

Member of: Los Super Seven

Influenced by: Merle Haggard, The Rolling Stones, George Jones, Gram Parsons, Bob Dylan, Waylon Jennings, The Beatles, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Buck Owens, The Flying Burrito Brothers

Genre: Country

Biography: In the '70s, country & western was full of artists referred to as outlaws, mavericks who bucked the stodgy Nashville music ...

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May 12 2008 4:00AM by Brian Mansfield

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The Boot: Joe Ely: Llama WranglerThe country-rock icon left Lubbock, Texas, to join the Ringing Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, but the job turned out to be less romantic than Ely imagined. He recalls getting covered in llama spit and having the World's... Read more

Musta Notta Gotta Lotta
Released: 08/28/07
Joe Ely
Released: 07/03/07
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