Joe Ely (Artist)

Joe Ely (born February 9, 1947 in Amarillo, Texas) is a singer-songwriter and guitarist. Though known primarily as a solo artist, Ely was in the pioneering alternative country band The Flatlanders.

Music
Joe Ely has released 14 studio albums, six live albums, and eight compilations during his solo career.

Discography
 Solo Studio Albums 
 * Joe Ely (1977)
 * Honky Tonk Masquerade (1978)
 * Down on the Drag (1979)
 * Musta Notta Gotta Lotta (1981)
 * Hi-Res (1984)
 * Lord of the Highway (1987)
 * Dig All Night (1988)
 * Love and Danger (1992)
 * Chippy (1995)
 * Letter to Laredo (1995)
 * Twistin' in the Wind (1998)
 * Streets of Sin (2003)
 * Happy Songs from Rattlesnake Gulch (2007)
 * Silver City (2007)
 * Satisfied At Last (2011)

Solo Live Albums

 * Live Shots (1980)
 * Live at Liberty Lunch (1990)
 * Live at Cambridge (1998)
 * Live at Antone's (2000)
 * Live Cactus! (2008)
 * Live Chicago: 1987 (2009)

Solo Compilations

 * Milkshakes & Malts (1988)
 * Whatever Happened to Maria? (1989)
 * No Bad Talk or Loud Talk 1977-1981 (1995)
 * Time for Travellin': The Best of Joe Ely, Volume 2 (1996)
 * The Best of Joe Ely (2000)
 * From Lubbock to Laredo: Best of Joe Ely (2002)
 * The Best of Joe Ely: 20th Century Masters (2004)
 * Settle For Love (2004)

Flatlanders Studio Albums

 * One Road More (1973)
 * Now Again (2002)
 * Wheels of Fortune (2004)
 * Hills and Valleys (2009)

Flatlanders Compilations

 * More a Legend Than a Band (1990)
 * The Odessa Tapes (2012)

Flatlanders Live Albums

 * Live '72 (2004)
 * Live from Austin, TX (2004)