Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Singer-songwriter Joe Ely, who brought his distinctive style of Texas music to the world, has died. (Barbara FG) There's a photo ...

The legendary alt-country singer-songwriter died on Dec. 15 Christopher Rudolph is a contributing writer for PEOPLE. He previously covered entertainment at The Advocate, HuffPost, Logo News, MTV News ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joe Ely at the 2018 Austin Music Awards (Gary Miller/Getty Images) Beloved in Texas, Ely left enough of a national footprint that ...

Joe Ely, the singer-songwriter who helped drive a new wave of Texas-based music that united rock and country fans in the 1980s and beyond, died Monday. The cause of death was complications from Lewy ...

TAOS, New Mexico -- Joe Ely, a singer and songwriter from the vast flatness of West Texas whose mastery of the South's varied musical traditions and paeans to the open road earned him the nickname ...

Joe Ely, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter who helped spearhead Texas’ progressive country movement in the 1970s, has died, his representative confirmed to Rolling Stone. Ely died from ...

Joe Ely, the Texas singer, songwriter, and guitarist who was at the forefront of the Seventies’ progressive country movement as both a solo artist and part of the group the Flatlanders, died Monday at ...

Caprock Chronicles launches the first in a four-part series on the rise and fall of Lubbock's Tornado Jams - Joe Ely's musical brainchild.

Americana and alt-country singer-songwriter Joe Ely's legacy will live on through his wife, Sharon Ely, and their daughter, Marie Elena Ely. Hailing from West Texas, Joe was born on Feb. 9, 1947, in ...

Thanks to his eclectic style and tireless touring, he was among the most influential artists in the early days of Americana and alt-country music. By Clay Risen Joe Ely, a singer and songwriter from ...