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Joe Ely, Pioneer of Texas’ Progressive Country Sound, Dies at 78


Texas singer/songwriter Joe Ely died Monday in Taos, New Mexico, from complications of Lewy Body Dementia, Parkinson’s disease and pneumonia.

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