Joe Ely

Born: Lubbock, TX, 1947

Years Active: 1986-2006

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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Worst Pre-Fame Jobs: No. 7

May 12 2008 4:00AM by Brian Mansfield

Filed under: Countdown

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