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Joe Ely — Boxcars
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Posted: Mar 30, 2013 - 15:58
 
What is not to like about this song? Lyrics, melody, instrumentation, Rock. Easy 9.

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Mar 30, 2013 - 15:57
 
Another song that I'd love to know how they got that massive guitar tone. Cool bass line, too.

ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion)
Posted: Mar 30, 2013 - 15:56
 
I guess we are in the 'guys that rock and sway but can't sing well' playlist showcase.

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Nov 01, 2012 - 12:37
 
Love hearing Joe Ely on RP. He's been a fixture of the Austin scene forever, which makes some of the comments seem funny.

This still sounds fresh, and relevant, all these years on...

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Nov 01, 2012 - 12:36
 
had to turn up the amp...did that with the last song, too...any more of this and my valves will burn

spij
(Helsinki, Finland)
Posted: Oct 01, 2012 - 02:37
 
Nice combining with the previous Eilen Jewell "Dusty bocar wall"! While listening to it, I was thinking of this great Joe Ely song...

jpfueler
(Alvarado, Texas, (A Bit FurtherSouth o' Ft Worth))
Posted: Jun 28, 2012 - 17:06
 
I really dislike what passes for country on mainstream radio these days, and generally most country leaves me cold with only a few exceptions.
But Bill sure knows what to best intersperse into his playlist to make me like far more than I thought I did.

socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 17:30
 
 RocknAustin wrote:
Joe puts on a rock'n gooood show.  Catch him if you can!
 
Cool - thanks for the tip!  Love this song.  I just checked and what do you know?  He will be playing Seattle on Nov 21!  At the Triple Door no less, excellent small venue.


Dahlia_Gumbo
(San Francisco)
Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 17:26
 
Me like a lot. Had not heard before. Thank you!

{#Clap}

olivertwist
(Atlanta GA)
Posted: Sep 09, 2011 - 17:42
 
Wow, this is one of the best songs I've never heard... till now. Great meld of storytelling and musicianship.


lkovathana
(Chicago, Illinois)
Posted: Aug 16, 2011 - 21:59
 
A song for these times ...

Jazbo
(Beautiful Valparaiso IN.)
Posted: Aug 09, 2011 - 08:43
 
Saw him in 1989 at Fitzgeralds in oak park il. great show!!

spiritman
(Stumptown! Oregon)
Posted: Jun 14, 2011 - 20:44
 
Oh my. Memories of the Armadillo and Austin in the day~!! 

WayUpNorth
Posted: Jun 07, 2011 - 08:29
 
I just love Joe Ely ... so very underrated.

RocknAustin
(Austin, Texas)
Posted: Jun 07, 2011 - 08:29
 
Joe puts on a rock'n gooood show.  Catch him if you can!

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Jun 07, 2011 - 08:28
 
 KitKat wrote:
"Gave all my money to the bankers this morning..."?  So - almost - appropriate.  We're on the verge of giving all of our unborn descendants' money to the bankers!  Say hello to the boxcar, kids!

 
Quite. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose {#Frown}

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Jun 07, 2011 - 08:27
 
 mvanderford60 wrote:
Godlike live - David Grissom on guitar, Bobby Keys on sax - best shows ever. Written by Butch Hancock - but Joe does it right.

"There ain't gonna be no radial tires runnin down the streets of gold . . ."

Definitely Church of Joe
 
They have been playing each others' songs so long, they admit sometimes they forget who wrote them. Not sure if that's true or not, but seeing The Flatlanders play is a magical experience.


socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 15:58
 
 blotto wrote:
Is this song on True Blood or something. Sounds familiar.
 
I know, right?!  Every time I hear this song I think of Jace Everett's "Bad Things".  I am shocked to see this song is from 1978 — timeless and modern sounding.


marco9962
(Seattle, Washington, USA)
Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 15:48
 
so now i get psyched any time i hear the eilen jewell song because i know joe ely is coming up next!

mvanderford60
Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 15:47
 
Godlike live - David Grissom on guitar, Bobby Keys on sax - best shows ever. Written by Butch Hancock - but Joe does it right.

"There ain't gonna be no radial tires runnin down the streets of gold . . ."

Definitely Church of Joe

DD rabbi_phil
(beach)
Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 15:47
 
 KitKat wrote:
"Gave all my money to the bankers this morning..."?  So - almost - appropriate.  We're on the verge of giving all of our unborn descendants' money to the bankers!  Say hello to the boxcar, kids!

 
"still owe money to the money we owe'


blotto
(here, at the moment)
Posted: Mar 04, 2011 - 15:24
 
Is this song on True Blood or something. Sounds familiar.

amaynard
(The Moon)
Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 07:28
 
Ho Hum

superfido
(Sweden)
Posted: Jan 08, 2011 - 12:19
 
Isn't there something Nick Cave about this guy?  Or...after seeing the release date, something this guy about Nick Cave.


Mugro
(My body is in Dubai, my heart is in Red Sox Nation)
Posted: Nov 06, 2010 - 04:23
 
 KitKat wrote:
"Gave all my money to the bankers this morning..."?  So - almost - appropriate.  We're on the verge of giving all of our unborn descendants' money to the bankers!  Say hello to the boxcar, kids!

 

Too late. Already done.

Huey
(Netherlands)
Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 03:43
 
 lmic wrote:
Comin' into Los Angeles...
 
Exactly....


ruthless
(Midtown Memphis)
Posted: Jan 24, 2010 - 12:36
 
Thanks for a great Sunday afternoon, Bill!!!

lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny)
Posted: Dec 16, 2009 - 13:59
 
Comin' into Los Angeles...

crockydile
(I miss Excelsior!)
Posted: Oct 22, 2009 - 06:42
 
 wrangler wrote:
first time ever hearding this song.  very cool
 
Me, too!


jadewahoo
(Beautiful Earth)
Posted: Sep 20, 2009 - 16:54
 
Upped from a 9 to a 10 just now. There is something so very... perfect... about this song.

Frater_Kork
(Uppsala, Sweden)
Posted: Jun 10, 2009 - 05:28
 
Amazing sound, it's as fresh today as it was back in 78!

MrJames
(NY)
Posted: Apr 15, 2009 - 10:03
 
my favorite Joe Ely song of all time (Had My Hopes Up High being a close secon). I have not listened to this in a long time. Great upload.

ThePoose
Posted: Feb 03, 2009 - 20:21
 
 liser wrote:
Am I the only one who hears a Bob Dylan song in the background? What IS the name of that song?????
 
The Man in the Long Black Coat.

Jim__Sheila
(St. Paul, MN)
Posted: Feb 03, 2009 - 20:19
 
Thanks for playing this song!

stkman
(Texas)
Posted: Jan 03, 2009 - 04:52
 
Joe Ely is one of my favorire songwriters and preformers, I do live in Texas and have been listening to him for years  thanks RP for bringing him to other people

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Oct 30, 2008 - 19:45
 
 jadewahoo wrote:
I HATE COUNTRY WESTERN!
I love this!
It shows the distinction between the pablum/puke choked up by the money-mongering mongrels when they pervert authentic American folk music... and this awesome soulful art.
 
You nailed it, Jade.  C&W we can actually like!  {#Eyes}

And, added bonus, he's cute, too!!!


wrangler
(cliffside park, nj)
Posted: Oct 30, 2008 - 12:08
 
first time ever hearding this song.  very cool

firefly6
Posted: Oct 30, 2008 - 12:07
 
Don't check my bag if you please, Mr. Banker man...

KitKat
(Chicago & Kenosha)
Posted: Sep 30, 2008 - 13:57
 
"Gave all my money to the bankers this morning..."?  So - almost - appropriate.  We're on the verge of giving all of our unborn descendants' money to the bankers!  Say hello to the boxcar, kids!


PinkFlamingo69
Posted: Jul 29, 2008 - 08:18
 
The music is "Spot On" this morning - I'm enjoying it immensely!  Hadn't heard this song before but it was highly entertaining....Thanks!

toterola
(Somewhere between Shipping and Receiving)
Posted: Jun 27, 2008 - 19:36
 
lwilkinson wrote:
If you like Joe Ely then try to find The Maines Brothers who had one of many local/state hits (I don't think they ever made it nationally) called Panhandling Man (named after the Texas Panhandle).

I'll try to upload it to Bill assuming I can find the vinyl from over 30 years ago.

Ely and the Maines (Natalie Maines is blood relative to them) were always noted as exemplifying the West Texas mystique.



Man, the Maines name is part of the DNA of the West TX sound!

Lloyd is still very active, but these folks had an influence on Buddy Holley, Waylon Jennings, Joe Ely, Terry Allen, Butch Hancock, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and on and on.

Not to mention the lead singer of the Dixie Chicks, Natalie Maines, is Lloyd's daughter!

Talk about your musical families!
FlamingLotus
(South Austin, baby!)
Posted: May 27, 2008 - 08:44
 
Yahoo!!! Joe Ely! :) Never heard this one, but I recognized his voice in an instant! :^D

Thanks Bill!

(I was just talking about having seen the Flatlanders at Floore's Country Store not long ago, with Kelly Willis opening. What a night!)
lwilkinson
(North Am)
Posted: Mar 25, 2008 - 08:35
 
If you like Joe Ely then try to find The Maines Brothers who had one of many local/state hits (I don't think they ever made it nationally) called Panhandling Man (named after the Texas Panhandle).

I'll try to upload it to Bill assuming I can find the vinyl from over 30 years ago.

Ely and the Maines (Natalie Maines is blood relative to them) were always noted as exemplifying the West Texas mystique.


oufason
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Jan 22, 2008 - 10:57
 
lwilkinson wrote:


Nope. In his own way better than Cash but same as.

I lived in Lubbock in West Texas for a time and he'd play at honky-tonks there and was a regular at the Annual Tornado Jam in Lubbock and was always a crowd favorite. If you listen to his lyrics some of them speak to the problems of life in cattle, agriculture, cotton and the ever present problems of drought and greedy bankers.


Worked the one in '82 dubbed the mud fest. What a mess... I think I still have a bolo tie with the TF logo on it.
lwilkinson
(North Am)
Posted: Jan 22, 2008 - 10:52
 
nigelr wrote:
Could stand to study Johnny Cash a little more closely, lacks soul for mine.


Nope. In his own way better than Cash but same as.

I lived in Lubbock in West Texas for a time and he'd play at honky-tonks there and was a regular at the Annual Tornado Jam in Lubbock and was always a crowd favorite. If you listen to his lyrics some of them speak to the problems of life in cattle, agriculture, cotton and the ever present problems of drought and greedy bankers.
oufason
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Jan 22, 2008 - 10:51
 
His version of Jimmie Dale Gilmore's Dallas is classic!
nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia)
Posted: Dec 21, 2007 - 23:54
 
Could stand to study Johnny Cash a little more closely, lacks soul for mine.
jadewahoo
(Beautiful Earth, Sedona, Az)
Posted: Oct 31, 2007 - 23:22
 
Dang... but this song gets me moving! Love it!
ninjacatpuppet
(San Diego)
Posted: Jul 17, 2007 - 21:28
 
That was a seamless transition....I thought it was the same song.

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Apr 30, 2007 - 13:00
 
I like BOTH kinds of music: Country AND Western

If you dig Joe Ely, check out:
Butch Hancock
Jimmy Dale Gilmore
The Flatlanders (Joe, Butch and Jimmy)

Also, in no particular order:
Townes Van Zandt
Jerry Jeff Walker
Gary P. Nunn
Guy Clark
Billy Joe Shaver
Blaze Foley

The Flatlanders made their first album in 1972 (!!). Roundly rejected by the C&W establishment. It only took them 30 years to make their sophomore effort.

c.