American singer, songwriter and guitarist whose music touches on honky-tonk, country and rock and roll (born February 9, 1947 in Amarillo, Texas). He has had a genre-crossing career, performing with Bruce Springsteen, Uncle Tupelo, Los Super Seven, The Clancy Brothers and James McMurtry in addition to his early work with The Clash and more recent acoustic tours with Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, and Guy Clark.
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October 27, 2022
ACL Live at The Moody Theater
Austin, Texas, United StatesFinal live solo performance before passing away on December 15th, 2025
1. All Just to Get to You
August 21, 2020
Private Venue
Unknown City, United StatesA Song for Joe: Celebrating the Life of Joe Strummer live stream via YouTube on what would have been his 68th birthday.
1. I Fought the Law(The Crickets cover)
February 29, 2020
Gruene Hall
New Braunfels, Texas, United States1. Fingernails
2. I Had My Hopes Up High
3. Honky Tonk Masquerade
4. Midnight Shift(Buddy Holly cover)
5. Johnny's Blues
6. Wishin' for You(The Flatlanders cover)
7. Fools Fall In Love(Butch Hancock cover)
8. Crazy Lemon
9. She Never Spoke Spanish to Me(Butch Hancock cover)
10. Treat Me Like a Saturday Night(Jimmie Dale Gilmore cover)
11. Cornbread Moon
12. Honky Tonkin'(Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys cover)
13. Boxcars(Butch Hancock cover)
14. If You Were a Bluebird(Butch Hancock cover)
15. Dallas(Jimmie Dale Gilmore and The Flatlanders cover)
16. Long Snake Moan([traditional] cover)
17. Live Forever(Billy Joe Shaver cover)
18. Not Fade Away(The Crickets cover)
September 21, 2019
Gruene Hall
New Braunfels, Texas, United States1. Ranches and Rivers
2. Wind's Gonna Blow You Away
3. I Had My Hopes Up High
4. She Never Spoke Spanish to Me(Butch Hancock cover)
5. Dallas(Jimmie Dale Gilmore and The Flatlanders cover)
6. Streets of Sin
7. Hard Livin'(Keith Whitley cover)
8. Magdalene(Guy Clark cover)
9. All Just to Get to You
10. Row of Dominoes(Butch Hancock cover)
11. I Ain't Living Long Like This(Rodney Crowell cover)
12. Borderless Love(The Flatlanders cover)
13. When the Nights Are Cold(Robert Earl Keen & Butch Hancock cover)
14. The Highway Is My Home
15. Where Is My Love?
16. Down on the Drag
17. If You Were a Bluebird(Butch Hancock cover)
18. Boxcars(Butch Hancock cover)
September 6, 2019
Cactus Theater
Lubbock, Texas, United StatesJuly 20, 2019
Antone's
Austin, Texas, United States1. I Had My Hopes Up High
2. She Never Spoke Spanish to Me(Butch Hancock cover)
3. Dallas(Jimmie Dale Gilmore and The Flatlanders cover)
4. Rock Salt & Nails(Utah Phillips cover)
5. Johnny's Blues
6. Magdalene(Guy Clark cover)
7. All Just to Get to You
8. Wishin' for You(The Flatlanders cover)
9. Down on the Drag
10. Cold Black Hammer
11. Road Hawg
12. Streets of Sin
13. Borderless Love(The Flatlanders cover)
14. Cool Rockin' Loretta
15. I Ain't Living Long Like This(Rodney Crowell cover)
16. Boxcars(Butch Hancock cover)
17. Fingernails
May 11, 2019
Gruene Hall
New Braunfels, Texas, United States1. A Flood on Our Hands
2. Up on the Ridge
3. I Had My Hopes Up High
4. She Never Spoke Spanish to Me(Butch Hancock cover)
5. Wishin' for You(The Flatlanders cover)
6. Down on the Drag
7. Streets of Sin
8. All Just to Get to You
9. Borderless Love(The Flatlanders cover)
10. If You Were a Bluebird(Butch Hancock cover)
11. Fingernails
12. I Ain't Living Long Like This(Rodney Crowell cover)
13. BBQ & Foam
14. Johnny's Blues
15. Magdalene(Guy Clark cover)
16. Hard Livin'(Keith Whitley cover)
17. Live Forever(Billy Joe Shaver cover)
18. Cool Rockin' Loretta
March 30, 2019
Old Quarter
Galveston, Texas, United States1. All Just to Get to You
2. When the Nights Are Cold(Robert Earl Keen & Butch Hancock cover)
3. Wishing for a Rainbow(The Flatlanders cover)
4. Tennessee's Not the State I'm In
5. I Had My Hopes Up High
6. You Can Bet I'm Gone
7. I'm Gonna Strangle You Shorty(The Flatlanders cover)
8. Honky Tonk Masquerade
9. Standin' at the Big Hotel
10. Tecumseh Valley(Townes Van Zandt cover)
11. Waitin' Around to Die(Townes Van Zandt cover)
12. Dallas(Jimmie Dale Gilmore and The Flatlanders cover)
13. Old Dusty Road
14. Homeland Refugee(The Flatlanders cover)
15. Live Forever(Billy Joe Shaver cover)
16. Boxcars(Butch Hancock cover)
March 29, 2019
Main Street Crossing
Tomball, Texas, United States1. Queen of Heaven
2. Treat Me Like a Saturday Night(Jimmie Dale Gilmore cover)
3. Standin' at the Big Hotel
4. Carnival Bum
5. Indian Cowboy
6. Tennessee's Not the State I'm In
7. The Highway Is My Home
8. You Can Bet I'm Gone
9. Silver City
10. I Had My Hopes Up High
11. Ranches and Rivers
12. I'm Gonna Strangle You Shorty(The Flatlanders cover)
13. When the Nights Are Cold(Robert Earl Keen & Butch Hancock cover)
14. Gimme a Ride to Heaven Boy(Terry Allen & The Panhandle Mystery Band cover)
15. Because of the Wind
16. Love Is the Beating of Hearts
17. Cool Rockin' Loretta
18. Rave On!(Sonny West cover)
19. Not Fade Away(The Crickets cover)
20. Old Dusty Road
January 29, 2019
Norwegian Pearl
Tampa, Florida, United States1. All Just to Get to You
2. Up on the Ridge
3. Streets of Sin
4. Dallas(Jimmie Dale Gilmore and The Flatlanders cover)
5. Wind's Gonna Blow You Away
6. Rider in the Rain(Randy Newman cover)
7. Midnight Train(The Flatlanders cover)
8. White Freight Liner Blues(Townes Van Zandt cover)
9. Are You Listenin' Lucky?
January 19, 2019
The Kessler Theater
Dallas, Texas, United StatesNovember 24, 2018
The Saxon Pub
Austin, Texas, United States1. Ranches and Rivers
2. Up on the Ridge
3. Tennessee's Not the State I'm In
4. Are You Listenin' Lucky?
5. Slow You Down
6. The Highway Is My Home
7. Honky Tonk Masquerade
8. Carnival Bum
9. Wind's Gonna Blow You Away
10. Borderless Love(The Flatlanders cover)
11. Because of the Wind
12. Homeland Refugee(The Flatlanders cover)
13. Wishin' for You(The Flatlanders cover)
14. My Eyes Got Lucky
15. Where Is My Love?
16. I Ain't Been Here Long
17. If You Were a Bluebird(Butch Hancock cover)
18. Down on the Drag
October 1, 2018
Auditorium Shores
Austin, Texas, United StatesSetlist incomplete
1. Borderless Love(The Flatlanders cover)
2. All Just to Get to You
August 4, 2018
Red Dragon Listening Room
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States1. I Had My Hopes Up High
2. Treat Me Like a Saturday Night(Jimmie Dale Gilmore cover)
3. Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown(The Flatlanders cover)
4. The Highway Is My Home
5. Tennessee's Not the State I'm In
6. All Just to Get to You
7. The Road Goes On Forever(Robert Earl Keen cover)
8. Hard Livin'(Keith Whitley cover)
9. Up on the Ridge
10. You Can Bet I'm Gone
11. If You Were a Bluebird(Butch Hancock cover)
12. Dallas(Jimmie Dale Gilmore and The Flatlanders cover)
13. Ain't No Trouble to Me(Guy Clark cover)
14. Pay the Alligator(The Flatlanders cover)
15. Live Forever(Billy Joe Shaver cover)
16. Sowing on the Mountain(The Flatlanders cover)
17. Gallo del cielo(Tom Russell cover)
June 30, 2018
FitzGerald's Nightclub
Berwyn, Illinois, United StatesJune 8, 2018
Levitt Pavilion
Arlington, Texas, United StatesNovember 6, 2017
BOK Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United StatesAugust 23, 2017
The Ark
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United StatesJune 24, 2017
Red Dragon Listening Room
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United StatesJune 10, 2017
Granada Theater
Dallas, Texas, United Statessolo, acoustic performance
1. It's a Little Like Love
2. Treat Me Like a Saturday Night(Jimmie Dale Gilmore cover)
3. Queen of Heaven
4. Not That Much Has Changed
5. Letter to Laredo
6. Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown(The Flatlanders cover)
7. Dallas(Jimmie Dale Gilmore and The Flatlanders cover)
8. Magdalene(Guy Clark cover)
9. Indian Cowboy
10. Tennessee's Not the State I'm In
11. The Highway Is My Home
12. All Just to Get to You
13. Borderless Love(The Flatlanders cover)
14. Silver City
15. Boxcars(Butch Hancock cover)
16. Live Forever(Billy Joe Shaver cover)
1. I'm a Thousand Miles From Home
2. White Freight Liner Blues(Townes Van Zandt cover)
Some of Joe Ely's most popular tracks include The Road Goes On Forever, Boxcars, She Never Spoke Spanish To Me, Honky Tonk Masquerade, Me And Billy The Kid. Listen to these songs and discover more from their extensive catalog.
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