One of Texas music’s most original and fiercely independent voices has passed away. Joe Ely, often described as Austin’s musical apostle of change, died on December 15 after a long illness that included complications from Parkinson’s disease, Lewy body dementia, and pneumonia. He was 78. Born in Amarillo in 1947 and raised in Lubbock, Ely…
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