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Joe Ely is one of the great American survivors. In the early 70s he was a key member of the legendary Texas alt.country trio the Flatlanders, along with Jimmy Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock, and by the end of the decade he was touring alongside his admirer Joe Strummer, whom he joined on the 1982 Clash hit Should I Stay or Should I Go? His latest venture is a return to basics, recorded live in Austin with only the fine Tex-Mex accordion player Joel Guzman to back his guitar work. The result is a brave and powerful reworking of songs from Ely's back catalogue, from the epic Up On the Ridge to All Just to Get to You, a song that was originally recorded in the mid-90s with help from Bruce Springsteen, and now re-emerges as a muscular, slowed-down rocker dressed up with subtle accordion work. Best of all, there's an exquisite treatment of Because of the Wind, a song that's 31 years old and still one of the great Texas lyrical ballads.

Tracklist 
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 

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