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''Joe Ely'' is the 1977 debut album by Texas singer-songwriter, Joe Ely. The album includes several tracks written by Ely's bandmates from The Flatlanders.〔 ''Joe Ely'' and the follow-up album, ''Honky Tonk Masquerade'', helped establish Ely as a solo artist. Although the reissued CD doesn't credit Ely's backing musicians, the original LP included a one-page insert containing lyrics and musician credits. The core of the backing band that Ely had assembled for his debut was the same Lubbock-based crack team that appeared with him the following year on ''Honky Tonk Masquerade'' and continued to follow him on the road until 1982.〔〔 Years later Ely would recall that the band had not initially made plans for a recording career: "We had recorded some songs at () Caldwell's studio," Ely said. "Don took that tape to Jerry Jeff Walker, and Jerry Jeff recorded one of the songs and played it for a guy with MCA Records. Then one night in 1975 at the Cotton Club, an A&R guy with MCA asked, 'Do y'all want to make some records?'" "I told him we'd sure never planned on it. But we hadn't planned anything else either, so why not?"〔William Kerns, "After painful circus stint, Ely soared with new band", ''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal'', February 10, 2007 ((link ))〕 ==Track listing== ;Side 1 #"I Had My Hopes Up High" (Joe Ely) - 3:32 #"Mardi Gras Waltz" (Joe Ely) - 2:50 #"She Never Spoke Spanish To Me" (Butch Hancock) - 3:34 #"Gambler's Bride" (Joe Ely) - 2:35 #"Suckin' A Big Bottle Of Gin" (Butch Hancock) - 3:15 ;Side 2 # #"If You Were A Bluebird" (Butch Hancock) - 2:59 #"Treat Me Like A Saturday Night" (Jimmie Dale Gilmore) - 3:02 #"All My Love" (Joe Ely) - 3:09 #"Johnny Blues" (Joe Ely) - 4:10 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joe Ely (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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