Joe Ely discography

EPs

As a member of [the Flatlanders]

• 1980: One Road More
• 1990: More A Legend Than A Band - initially released in 1976 as All American Music in a limited run on 8-track tape
• 1995: Unplugged - recorded in March 1972
• 2002: Now Again
• 2003: Wheels of Fortune
• 2004: Live at the One Knite: June 8th, 1972
• 2004: Live From Austin TX
• 2009: Hills And Valleys
• 2012: The Odessa Tapes - unreleased 1972 recordings

As a member of [Los Super Seven]

• 1998: Los Super Seven
• 2001: Canto
• 2005: ''Heard It On The X''

As composer

• 1985: Lisa Rhodes - Shivers - track 3, "I'll Be Your Fool"
• 1988: Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Fair & Square - track 2, "Honky Tonk Masquerade"
• 1988: Guy Clark - Old Friends - track 7, "The Indian Cowboy"
• 1988: Mack Abernathy - Different Situations - track 10, "Honky Tonk Masquerade
• 1991: Kelly Willis - Bang Bang - track 10, "Settle For Love"
• 1994: Townes Van Zandt - Roadsongs - track 7, "The Indian Cowboy"
• 1994: various artists - Howl... A Farewell Compilation Of Unreleased Songs - track 4, "Honky Tonk Masquerade"
• 1998: Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Friends Of Mine - track 2, "Me & Billy The Kid"
• 2010: John Train - All of Your Stories - track 8, "Because of the Wind"
• 2010: Rod Taylor - Here, There, Or Anywhere - track 10, "The Indian Cowboy"
• 2012: Pat Green - Songs We Wish We'd Written, Vol. 2 - track 1, "All Just to Get to You"
• 2014: Jason D. Williams - Hillbillies and Holy Rollers - track 5, "Fingernails"

As primary artist/song contributor

• 1978: various artists - Kerrville Folk Festival 1978 - track 2, "Livin' On A Dry Land Farm"
• 1992: various artists - Buddy's Buddys: The Buddy Holly Songbook - track 20, "Rock Me My Baby"
• 1992: various artists - Across the Great Divide: Songs of Jo Carol Pierce - track 2, "Queen Of Heaven"
• 1994: various artists - Songs from Chippy producer w/ Terry Allen; performer on tracks - "Goodnight Dear Diary", "Buildin' More Fires", "Cold Black Hammer", "Whiskey And Women And Money To Burn", "Goodnight", "Cup Of Tea" w/ Jo Harvey Allen, "Oil Wells" w/ Jo Harvey Allen, "Fate With A Capital F" w/ Terry Allen, "Boomtown Boogie" w/ Terry Allen and Butch Hancock and Jo Harvey Allen
• 1994: various artists - Brace Yourself! A Tribute To Otis Blackwell - track 11, "Great Balls of Fire"
• 1994: various artists - Tulare Dust : A Songwriter's Tribute to Merle Haggard - track 6, "White Line Fever"
• 1995: various artists - For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson - track 5, "Joy"
• 1995: various artists - Texans Live From Mountain Stage - track 9, "I Had My Hopes Up High"
• 1996: various artists - Not Fade Away (Remembering Buddy Holly) - track 8, "Oh Boy!"
• 2000: various artists - KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 8 - track 2-1, "Dallas" ; track 3-3, "The Indian Cowboy"
• 2001: various artists - Daddy-O Daddy! Rare Family Songs of Woody Guthrie - track 2, "Want To See Me Grow" and track 12, "Tippy Tap Toe"
• 2002: various artists - KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 10 - track 2-1, "I Had My Hopes Up High"
• 2003: various artists - Light Of Day: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen - track 2-18, "Working on the Highway"
• 2003: various artists - KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 11 - track 2-14, "Streets Of Sin"
• 2006: various artists - A Case for Case: A Tribute to the Songs of Peter Case - track 2-2, "Put Down The Gun"
• 2006: various artists - Sail Away: The Songs Of Randy Newman - track 4, "Rider In The Rain"
• 2009: various artists - Man of Somebody's Dreams: A Tribute to Chris Gaffney - track 1, "Lift Your Leg"
• 2010: various artists - KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 18 - track 1-4, "Midnight Train"
• 2011: various artists - This One's for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark - track 2-1, "Dublin Blues"

Other appearances

1978 - 1989

• 1978: Terry Allen - Lubbock (On Everything) - harmonica
• 1979: Butch Hancock - The Wind's Dominion - resonator guitar
• 1980: Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band - Smokin' the Dummy - harmonica
• 1982: The Clash - Combat Rock - backing vocals
• 1983: Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band - Bloodlines - backing vocals
• 1984: Robert Earl Keen - No Kinda Dancer - steel guitar on track 4, "Swervin' In My Lane"
• 1986: Darden Smith - Native Soil - steel guitar on track 7, "Wild West Show"
• 1988: Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Fair & Square - vocals
• 1989: Butch Hancock - Own & Own - guitar, backing vocals
• 1989: Kimmie Rhodes - Angels Get The Blues - vocals
• 1989: Syd Straw - Surprise - guest on track 12, "Learning The Game"

1990 - present

• 1993: Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne - guitar, vocal on track 15, "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way"
• 1993: Rosie Flores - Once More with Feeling - guest artist on track 3, "Love and Danger"
• 1996: Terry Allen - Human Remains - backing vocals
• 1997: Scotty Moore and D.J. Fontana - All The King's Men - track 5, "I'm Gonna Strangle You Shortly"
• 1999: Aztex - Short Stories - special guest
• 2003: The Chieftains - Further Down the Old Plank Road - track 8, "The Moonshiner/I'm A Rambler"
• 2004: Tom Russell - Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs - lead vocal on track 6, "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts"
• 2005: Original Bells Of Joy - Original Bells Of Joy and Friends - shared lead vocal on track 1, "Sinner Man"
• 2005: James McMurtry - Childish Things - vocals on track 4, "Slew Foot"
• 2015: Tom Russell - The Rose of Roscrae - vocals
• 2016: Robert Earl Keen - Live Dinner Reunion - guitar, vocals on track 2-11, "The Road Goes On Forever"