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    • Feb 9, 1947
    Joe Ely is born in Amarillo, Texas. Mixing country and rock, he becomes a fixture on the Texas red-dirt circuit. He also forms a side project, The Flatlanders, with fellow Texans Butch Hancock and Jimmie Dale Gilmore
    Apr 3, 1981
    Michael Martin Murphey's movie "Hard Country" opens. Tanya Tucker's "Texas (When I Die)" is in the soundtrack along with music by Joe Ely and Jerry Lee Lewis
    May 8, 1981
    Epic releases the "Hard Country" soundtrack, featuring Tanya Tucker's "Texas (When I Die)" and Jerry Lee Lewis' remake of "I Love You So Much, It Hurts," plus music by Joe Ely and screenplay writer Michael Martin Murphey
    Jul 4, 1985
    The Oak Ridge Boys perform the 1950s hit "Come Go With Me" with The Beach Boys during an afternoon Independence Day concert in Philadelphia. The event also features Joe Ely, Katrina & The Waves and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
    Apr 25, 1986
    Joe Ely's equipment trailer is burglarized in San Francisco. The thief gets away with all the band's gear, including two of Ely's guitars
    Jul 4, 1986
    Willie Nelson performs "Smokin' In The Boys Room" with Vince Neil in Farm Aid II at the University of Texas' Memorial Stadium in Austin. Also appearing: George Jones, John Mellencamp, Dwight Yoakam, Exile, Julio Iglesias, Huey Lewis, Alabama, Janie Fricke, Joe Ely and Rosanne Cash
    Oct 13, 1989
    Singer/songwriters Guy Clark, Joe Ely, John Hiatt and Lyle Lovett perform together for the first time at The Bottom Line in New York. They will periodically revisit their coffeehouse-style gatherings for more than 15 years
    Feb 18, 1992
    Mercury releases the soundtrack to John Mellencamp's "Falling From Grace," featuring Dwight Yoakam, John Prine, Nanci Griffith, Larry Crane, Joe Ely, Janis Ian and James McMurtry
    Jul 30, 1996
    The soundtrack to the Kevin Costner movie "Tin Cup" is released. It includes Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Let Me Into Your Heart," alongside tracks from Patty Loveless, George Jones, Keb' Mo', Bruce Hornsby, The Texas Tornados, Joe Ely, James House and Shawn Colvin
    Aug 16, 1996
    The Kevin Costner golf movie "Tin Cup" opens. On the soundtrack: Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Let Me Into Your Heart," plus Patty Loveless, Joe Ely, George Jones, Keb' Mo', Bruce Hornsby, Shawn Colvin, James House and The Texas Tornados
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