Audio CD review:
Joe Ely - Time for Travellin': The Best of Joe Ely, Vol. 2

Joe Ely - Time for Travellin': The Best of Joe Ely, Vol. 2

Band: Joe Ely Title: Time for Travellin': The Best of Joe Ely, Vol. 2 Rating: Release Date: 06 August, 1996 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Mardi Gras Waltz 2: Tennessee's Not The State I'm In 3: Gambler's Bride 4: All My Love 5: Jericho (Your Walls Must Come Tumbling Down) 6: I'll Be Your Fool 7: Conrbread Moon 8: Standin' At The Big Hotel 9: Crazy Lemon 10: Crawdad Train 11: In Another World 12: She Leaves You Where You ARE 13: Time For Travelin' 14: Wishin' For You 15: Hold On 16: I Keep Getting' Paid The Same 17: Road Hawg 18: Dam Of My Heart 19: Bet Me

Customer Review Classic Joe Ely, Vol. 2 Unlike No Bad Or Loud Talk, Time For Travelin' includes mostly Joe Ely songs--thirteen of the nineteen tracks. Between this CD and the previous No Bad Or Loud Talk, you have Joe Ely's first four classic MCA albums (except for four songs that were omitted). Standouts are "I'll Be Your Fool" and "Cornbread Moon" from Ely's 1978 country masterpiece Honky Tonk Masquerade. Among Butch Hancock's highlights are "Standin' At The Big Hotel" and "Tennessee's Not The State I'm In. " [All of the Jimmie Dale Gilmore songs are on the first collection. ] Ely's core band included Ponti Bone on accordian, Lloyd Maines on steel guitar, and Jesse Taylor on lead guitar. Combined with Ely's guitar and vocals this CD represents an early creative peak. (Ely would follow this up with the electrifying Live Shots, recorded while touring behind the Clash. ) If you've only started listening to Ely since 1995's Letter To Loredo, you owe it to yourself to get these two Edsel releases. You won't be disappointed. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. . You can see a complete list of all Joe Ely discography, or go back to the Joe Ely tabs