Joe Ely News

PRESTON JONES Telegraph Canyon had a pretty good June. Along with the officially official announcement that they'll be opening for the Old 97's at Bass Hall on Aug.

The venerable FitzGerald's Night Club in Berwyn is known for its outstanding live music, from singer-songwriters to jazz orchestras to rock bands and country.

The trio's latest album, Hills & Valleys , fits perfectly in the Obama era, one begun with a serious push to deal with the plethora of problems facing us the people.

Texas' original super group, the Flatlanders, unites acclaimed Lone Star singer-songwriters Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock.

Braced by the intellectual energy of a 40-year friendship, members of the Flatlanders set their impressive solo careers aside long enough to write and record their most moving and impressive album to date.

Last night a DJ saved my bank account The bad news: Joe Ely summed up the current economic situation 20-plus years ago, "Prices keep rising every day and I keep getting paid the same." The good news: there's so much free music on the Internet, you can go crazy trying to keep track of it, as long as you can afford to pay your Internet bill.

I f there was such a thing as a "supergroup" of west Texas singer-songwriters, the Flatlanders would have to be it.

The May 28 show with the Flatlanders - the trio featuring alt-country icons Butch Hancock, Joe Ely and Jimmie Dale Gilmore - at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz has been canceled, according to the presenter, Snazzy Productions.

Every genre of music has its Ur-band, those lesser-known dudes who create the sound that goes mainstream without them.

If one measure of a great artist is the ability to transform topical themes into timeless statements, the Flatlanders are shoo-ins for the songwriters' hall of fame.

AUDIO: Listen to The Flatlanders perform "Homeland Refugee" The Texas band Flatlanders, playing Salt Lake City on Sunday, come by their name honestly.

Producing a movie and producing an album really aren't that different, when you think about it.

It has been 20 years since Jim Heath become Reverend Horton Heat. The alter ego hasn?t gotten old, only more comfortable.

Joe Ely & Joel Guzman Live Cactus ely.com Though he hails from the same West Texas environs that birthed Buddy Holly and he practices the same roots regimen as his fellow Flatlanders Butch Hancock and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely is still an original.

More than 35 years after they recorded their first album , The Flatlanders -- Texas singer-songwriters Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely and Butch Hancock -- are back together.

A common reverie: Wouldn't it be great to work with friends that you've known for most of your life? Wouldn't it be great if you could earn a living by writing songs, singing those songs and traveling the world with guys who know you better than anyone? Well, yeah.

Hills and Valleys Review Posted by James McGee on 04.15.2009 The Legend of the Flatlanders continues with their latest album--a poignant piece of alt-country magic... 1. Homeland Refugee 2. Borderless Love 3. After the Storm 4. Wishing for a Rainbow 5. No Way I'll Never Need You 6. Just About Time 7. Love's Own Chains 8. Cry For Freedom 9. The Way ...

The Flatlanders qualified as a country music supergroup even though no one realized it at the time - even the members themselves.

Flatlanders Hills and Valleys Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely and Butch Hancock are three of Texas' most respected and reliable names in music.

Before closing Saturday's Centennial Legends Concert at United Spirit Arena with a massive sing-along version of "I Believe in Music," Mac Davis introduced the next to last song.