Austin City Limits"ACL 8th Annual Hall of Fame Honors Joe Ely"Saturday, March 18 at 11 pmIconic television series Austin City Limits closes out Season 48 with a special installment, Austin City
Texas Music Magazine
You know that philosophy espoused by organizational guru Marie Kondo, about improving your life by getting rid of everything that doesn’t “spark joy”? Sure, it may help tidy up your home and closet space, but hoarding can have its rewards, too at least if you’re Joe Ely. Ever since launching his Rack ’em Records label back in 2007, the Lubbock-reared roots rocker and founding member of the Flatlanders has been mining pure gold (or “Pearls from the Vault,” as he calls them) from his huge stockpile of unreleased music spanning more than five decades, most of it tracked right inside his own Spurs Studios in Austin. Last year’s meticulous rummage through that archive yielded the stunning