Joe Ely, Bruce Springsteen and Clash
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The musician, a native of Texas, worked with such legends as Bruce Springsteen, the Clash and the Rolling Stones
County singer Joe Ely, was best known for his work with The Clash and Bruce Springsteen, died on Tuesday at the age of 78. The Texan toured both the U.S. and the U.K. with genre-melding shows spanning punk to honky-tonk.
Ely, a homegrown Texas musician with a bluesy, rock-country style, often performed shows at Fitzgerald's, McGonigel's Mucky Duck and other Houston spots.
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Bruce Springsteen and fellow musicians are remembering Joe Ely after the genre-defying Texas music pioneer’s death at age 78.