"He sings of distance, about rivers and ranches, of smoldering passions and sad laments, of faraway longing and unrequited love."

----by Joe Nick Patoski

Everybody else romances the road. Joe Ely lives it. Call him what you want - a wandering minstrel, gypsy cowboy, visionary song poet, or houserocker on fire - whatever he is, Ely's covered a lot of ground in his time...