Audio Cassette review:
Joe Ely - Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely - Honky Tonk Masquerade

Band: Joe Ely Title: Honky Tonk Masquerade Rating: Release Date: 02 April, 1991 Media: Audio Cassette Tracks: 1: Cornbread Moon 2: Because of the Wind 3: Boxcars 4: Jericho (Your Walls Must Come Tumbling Down) 5: Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown 6: Honky Tonk Masquerade 7: I'll Be Your Fool 8: Fingernails 9: West Texas Waltz 10: Honky Tonkin'

Editoral Review The Texas-born Ely expanded its expression both lyrically (with the help of fellow ex-Flatlanders Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock, whose songs he covered regularly) and musically, tossing in Tex-Mex accordion and rock guitar lines that competed with the steel guitar parts. Joe Ely's second album is a classic of late-1970s progressive country--but this description hardly does justice to what he did with the music. That Ely's title song and Hancock's "Jericho," two of the record's more accessible tracks, didn't become radio smashes is criminal, but it's never too late to pick up on them yourself--that is, so long as the CD remains in print. --Rickey Wright .. You can see a complete list of all Joe Ely discography, or go back to the Joe Ely tabs