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Happy Birthday to Joe Ely

Joe, Lee Miles Buchanan, and I began this song before Joe left us on December 15, 2025. We had always planned to release it on Joe’s birthday.

Joe sings “Tennessee Is Not the State I’m In,” a brilliant song by Butch Hancock, whom he admired deeply. Joe recorded his vocals and guitar in Austin years ago, with Lee Miles later adding his creative and engineering touch. Jim Wilson recently completed the mastering.

We share this today to honor Joe and his love for making music. — Sharon Ely

Listen now: https://30tgrs.ffm.to/notthestateimin

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TODAY AT BIG EASY. BENEFIT FOR BARRY SEELEN

Stay tuned in on Melissa Carper

I am excited to announce that I am birthing a new album into the world— Official birthdate of my new album ‘Borned In Ya’ is July 19th via Thirty Tigers — but you can Pre-Order that album right now here: https://orcd.co/bornedinya
And you can listen to my first single, “Lucky Five,” right now on your favorite streaming service: https://orcd.co/luckyfive

The new album ‘Borned In Ya’ was recorded at Bomb Shelter Studio in Nashville, TN with Andrija Tokic and Dennis Crouch producing and a stellar group of musicians.

On the first single, “Lucky Five” you can hear Dennis Crouch (bass), Jeff Taylor (piano), Rory Hoffman (guitar), Billy Contreras (fiddle), Chris Gelb (drums), Doug Corcoran (trumpet), Jenn Miori Hodges (harmony vocal), and myself singing.
Album art by Pecos McCool
Photo by Aisha Golliher