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Happy Songs from Rattlesnake Gulch (2007)
1. Baby Needs A New Pair Of Shoes 3:37
Bass Guitar – Jimmy Pettit
Drums, Percussion – Little Johnny Fader
Electric Guitar – David Holt*
Horns – John Mills (3), Pat Murry*
Keyboards – Reese Wynans
Written-By – Joe Ely
2. Sue Me Sue 3:33
Bass Guitar – Gary Herman
Drums – Rafael Gayol
Written-By – Joe Ely
3. Hard Luck Saint 5:33
Drums, Percussion – Little Johnny Fader
Keyboards, Percussion – Joe Ely
Written-By – Joe Ely
4.Jesse Justice 4:26
Bass Guitar – Glen Fukunaga
Drums, Percussion – Little Johnny Fader
Keyboards, Percussion – Joe Ely
Written-By – Joe Ely
5. Miss Bonnie And Mister Clyde 4:50
Bass Guitar – Gary Herman
Drums – Donald Lindley
Written-By – Joe Ely
6. Little Blossom 3:40
Bass Guitar – Gary Herman
Drums – Rafael Gayol
Written-By – Joe Ely
7. Firewater 4:10
Bass Guitar – Glen Fukunaga
Drums, Percussion – Little Johnny Fader
Horns – John Mills (3), Pat Murry*
Written-By – Butch Hancock
8. July Blues 5:48
Bass Guitar – Jimmy Pettit
Drums – Davis McLarty
Electric Guitar – David Grissom
Written-By – Joe Ely
9. Up A Tree 4:24
Bass Guitar – Gary Herman
Drums, Percussion – Little Johnny Fader
Guitar – Mitch Watkins
Horns – John Mills (3), Pat Murry*
Written-By – Joe Ely
10. So You Wanna Be Rich? 3:38
Bass Guitar – Gary Herman, Glen Fukunaga
Drums – Rafael Gayol
Horns – John Mills (3), Pat Murry*
Written-By – Joe Ely
11. River Fever 5:58
Bass Guitar – Glen Fukunaga
Drums – Davis McLarty
Electric Guitar – Bradley Kopp
Horns – John Mills (3), Pat Murry*
Keyboards – Reese Wynans
Written-By – Joe El
Recorded At – Spur Studios
Mixed At – Spur Studios
Electric Guitar – Rob Gjersoe (tracks: 2 to 5, 7, 10, 11)
Guitar – Joe Ely (tracks: 1 to 6, 9)
Keyboards – Joel Guzman (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)
Mixed By – Jim Wilson
Producer – Joe Ely
Recorded By – Little Johnny Fader
Vocals – Joe Ely


Recorded at – Spur Studios
Mastered at – Airshow Mastering, Boulder, CO
Accordion – Joel Guzman
Artwork, Cover, Design – CZ (4)
Booking – Monterey International
Mastered By – Jim Wilson (6)
Photography By [Circus Photos] – Ronnie Lloyd (2)
Photography By [Portraits] – Dorthea Barret
Recorded By, Mixed By – Little Johnny Fader
Written-By, Producer, Vocals, Guitar, Percussion – Joe Ely
Written-By – Joe Ely
Bass Guitar – Glen Fukunaga
Drums – Davis McLarty
Electric Guitar – Bradley Kopp
Horns – John Mills (3), Pat Murry*
Keyboards – Reese Wynans
Written-By – Joe El

Live Cactus (2008)
1. Up On The Ridge
2. Slow You Down
3. Because Of The Wind
4. All Just To Get To You
5. Miss Bonnie And Mr. Clyde
6. Letter To Laredo
7. Where Is My Love
8. Rivers And Ranches
9. All That You Need
10. Wind's Gonna Blow You Away
11. Maybe She'll Find Me
12. I'm A Thousand Miles From Home
13. White Freightliner Blues
Credits
Accordion, Backing Vocals – Joel Guzman
Booking – Monterey International
Co-producer – Sharon Ely
Cover, Artwork, Design, Photography By [Front Cover] – Celeste Paulick
Design [Playlist] – Marie Ely
Guest, Vocals – Ryan Bingham (tracks: 13)
Mastered By – Jim Wilson
Photography By [Back Cover, Center Panel] – Uúis Sala
Producer – Lance Webb
Recorded By, Mixed By, Engineer – Bryan Anderton
Vocals, Guitar – Joe Ely
Written-By – Butch Hancock (tracks: 10), Joe Ely (tracks: 1 to 6, 8, 9, 11, 12), Randy Banks (tracks: 7), Townes Van Zandt (tracks: 13), Will Sexton (tracks: 4)
Copyright (c) – Rack 'Em Records
Recorded at – Cactus Cafe, Austin, TX
Produced For – Rack 'Em Records
Recorded at – Lava Studios
Mixed at – Lava Studios
Engineered at – Lava Studios
Mastered at – Airshow Mastering

Live Chicago 1987 (2009)
1 Driving To The Poor House 5:01
Written-By – Joe Ely
2 Don't Put A Lock On My Heart 4:02
Written-By – Eddie Beethoven, Joe Ely
3 Me And Billy The Kid 3:43
Written-By – Butch Hancock
4 Letter To L.A. 11:27
Written-By – Joe Ely
5 Lord Of The Highway 3:18
Written-By – Joe Ely
6 Cool Rockin' Loretta 7:31
Written-By – Eddie Beethoven, Joe Ely
7 Musta Notta Gotta Lotta 3:51
Written-By – Joe Ely
8 Fingernails 7:08
Written-By – Joe Ely
9 My Baby Thinks She's French
Written-By – Joe Ely
10 Oh Boy! 3:32
Written-By – Bill Tilghman, Norman Petty, Sonny West
Credits
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals – Joe Ely
Art Direction – Kathy Marcus
Bass Guitar – Jimmy Pettit
Drums – Davis McLarty
Electric Guitar – David Grissom
Engineer – Jim Wilson (6)
Photography By [Cover] – Linda Early
Photography By [Inside] – Godlis
Saxophone – Bobby Keys
Mastered at – Airshow Mastering, Boulder, CO
Made by – EMA (3)
Published by – Eiffel Tower Music
Published by – Bug Music
Published by – Rainlight Music
Published by – ERE Music
Published by – EMI April Music
Published by – WMI (4)
Published by – April Music
Published by – Wren Music Co.

Satisfied At Last (2011)
1 The Highway Is My Home 4:45
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Joe Ely
Keyboards, Bass – Joel Guzman
2 Not That Much Has Changed 4:11
Drums – Davis McLarty
Flamenco Guitar – Teye*
Keyboards – Joe Ely
Steel Guitar – Lloyd Maines
3 Satisfied At Last 3:51
Electric Guitar – David Grissom, Fred Stitz, Mitch Watkins, Rob Gjersoe
Keyboards – Joel Guzman
Slide Guitar – Joe Ely
4 Mockingbird Hill 4:59
Classical Guitar [Spanish Guitar] – Joe Ely
Electric Guitar – Rob Gjersoe
Keyboards – Rob Gjersoe
5 You Can Bet I'm Gone 2:51
Acoustic Guitar – Joe Ely
Electric Guitar – David Holt (7)
Harmony Vocals – Pat Manske
6 Leo And Leona 3:54
Classical Guitar – Jeff Plankenhorn
Electric Guitar – Keith Davis (11), Rob Gjersoe
Guitar – Joe Ely
Written-By – Butch Hancock
10 Circumstance
Acoustic Guitar – Joe Ely
Electric Guitar, Baritone Guitar, E-Bow – Mitch Watkins
Written-By – Butch Hancock
Recorded at – The Zone Recording Studio
Recorded at – Spur Studios
Mixed at – The Zone Recording Studio
Mastered at – The Zone Recording Studio
Credits
Bass – Glenn Fukunaga* (tracks: 2 to 7, 9, 10)
Drums, Percussion – Pat Manske (tracks: 1, 3 to 7, 9, 10)
Mixed By, Mastered By – Pat Manske
Producer – Mitch Watkins
Recorded By – Mike Morgan (5), Pat Manske
Vocals – Joe Ely
Written-By – Joe Ely (tracks: 1 to 5, 8, 9)
7 Live Forever 3:47
Accordion – Joel Guzman
Acoustic Guitar – Joe Ely
Electric Guitar, Classical Guitar – Mitch Watkins
Written-By – Billy Joe Shaver, Eddy Shaver
8 Roll Again 2:42
Bass, Keyboards – Little Johnny Fader
Electric Guitar – Jeff Plankenhorn
Percussion – Pat Manske
Slide Guitar – Joe Ely
9 I'm A Man Now 3:18
Acoustic Guitar – Mitch Watkins
Electric Guitar – David Holt (7)
Electric Piano [Wurli] – Joel Guzman
Twelve-String Guitar – Joe Ely

B4 84 (2014)
B4 84 (2014)
1 Imagine Houston 4:30
Songwriter – Joe Ely
2 You Got The Broken Heart 2:23
Songwriter – Joe Ely
3 What's Shakin' Tonight 3:23
Songwriter – Eddie Beethoven, Joe Ely
4 Ride A Motorcycle 3:06
Songwriter – Joe Ely
5 My Baby Thinks She's French 3:08
Songwriter – Joe Ely
6 Cool Rockin' Loretta 3:59
Songwriter – Eddie Beethoven, Joe Ely
7 Dame Tu Mano 5:05
Songwriter – Joe Ely
8 Lipstick In The Night 2:52
Songwriter – Joe Ely
9 Madame Wo 3:21
Songwriter – Joe Ely
10 Isabella 3:53
Songwriter – Butch Hancock, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely
Recorded + Mixed at Spurs Studios, Austin, TX, 1983
CREDITS
"Pearls From The Vault - Vol. 5"
Backing Vocals – Charlie Sexton
Bass Guitar – Jimmy Pettit (tracks: 5)
Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Roscoe Beck
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Harmony Vocals, Keyboards – Mitch Watkins
Harmony Vocals – Eddie Beethoven (tracks: 3)
Keyboards – Bill Ginn
Percussion – Davis McClarty* (tracks: 5)
Producer – Joe Ely
Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion – Joe Ely

Panhandle Rambler (2015)
1 Wounded Creek 3:27
2 Magdalene 3:35
Written-By – Guy Clark, Ray Stephenson
3 Coyotes Are Howlin' 4:18
4 When The Nights Are Cold 2:53
Written-By – Butch Hancock
5 Early In The Mornin' 3:14
6 Southern Eyes 4:15
7 Four Ol' Brokes 2:56
8 Wonderin' Where 4:35
9 Burden Of Your Load 4:48
10 Here's To The Weary 3:33
11 Cold Black Hammer 3:42
12 You Save Me 3:45
Credits
Acoustic Guitar – Gary Nicholson
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar, Resonator Guitar – Rob Gjersoe
Bass – Dave Roe, Gary Herman, Glen Fukunaga, Jimmy Pettit
Drums – Davis McLarty
Drums, Percussion – Lynn Williams (2), Pat Manske
Electric Guitar – David Holt (7), Kenny Vaughan (2)
Fiddle – Warren Hood
Flamenco Guitar – Teye Wijnterp
Guitar, Mandolin – Jeff Plankenhorn
Keyboards, Accordion – Joel Guzman
Pedal Steel Guitar, Bass Harmonica – Jim Hoke
Slide Guitar – Lloyd Maines
Vocals, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Harmonica – Joe Ely

Full Circle (2018)
1 Windmills And Water Tanks 2:45
Written-By – Butch Hancock
2 Because Of The Wind 3:50
Written-By – Joe Ely
3 Road Hawg 2:43
Written-By – Butch Hancock
4 Standin' At A Big Hotel 4:09
Written-By – Butch Hancock
5 Gambler's Bride 2:45
Written-By – Joe Ely
6 Fools Fall In Love 3:55
Written-By – Butch Hancock
7 If You Were A Bluebird 2:57
Written-By – Butch Hancock
8 B.B.Q. & Foam 3:44
Written-By – Ed Vizard
9 Down On The Drag 3:59
Written-By – Butch Hancock
10 Tennessee Is Not The State I'm In 3:40
Written-By – Butch Hancock
11 I'll Be Your Fool 2:53
Written-By – Joe Ely
12 I Keep Gettin' Paid The Same 2:10
Written-By – Joe Ely
13 Joe's Cryin' Schottiche 2:15
Written-By – Joe Ely
14 I Had My Hopes Up High 3:42
Written-By – Joe Ely
15 All My Love 3:03
Written-By – Joe Ely
16 Maria 3:22
Written-By – Joe Ely
Coordinator [Project Coordinator] – Lance Webb, Sharon Ely
Cover, Design – DJ Stout, Jeff Wolverton, Pentagram
Engineer – Don Caldwell, Lloyd Maines
Liner Notes – Deb*, Lloyd Maines, Paul*, Sharon*
Mastered By – Ray Kennedy
Photography By – Milton Adams
Producer – Joe Ely, Lloyd Maines
Notes
Recorded at Don Caldwell Studio, Lubbock, Texas.
© 2018 Rack 'Em Records

Love in the Midst of Mayhem (2020)
1 Soon All Your Sorrows Be Gone 4:30
Written-By – Joe Ely
2 Garden Of Manhattan 5:36
Written-By – Joe Ely
3 A Man And His Dog 2:38
Written-By – Joe Ely
4 There's Never Been 3:20
Written-By – Joe Ely
5 Your Eyes 3:21
Written-By – Joe Ely
6 All You Are My Love 2:22
Written-By – Butch Hancock, Jimmie Gilmore*, Joe Ely
7 Cry 4:38
Written-By – Joe Ely
8 Don't Worry About It 4:12
Written-By – Joe Ely
9 You Can Rely On Me 2:53
Written-By – Joe Ely
10 Glare of Glory 5:01
Written-By – Joe Ely
Credits
Accordion – Joel Guzman
Bass – Gary Herman, Glen Fukunaga, Jimmy Pettit, Roscoe Beck
Drums – Davis McLarty, Joe Ely, Pat Manske, Steve Meador
Engineer – James Tuttle, Jim Wilson (6), Joe Ely, Pat Manske
Guitar – Bradley Kopp, Joe Ely, Mitch Watkins, Rob Gjersoe
Keyboards – Bill Ginn, Joel Guzman, Reese Wynans
Photography By [Cover] – Mark Seliger
Vocals – Joe Ely
Notes
Recorded at Spur Studio, Zone Recording Studio.
© ℗ 2020 Rack 'Em Records