Joe Ely - All Just To Get To You

First performance: 14/09/1995

Coverinfo

Bruce played the song 7 times: Always together with Joe Ely
 
 
2008-04-14 Toyota Center, Houston, TX
The song featured a guest appearance by Joe Ely. During this show Bruce was also joined onstage by Alejandro Escovedo for "Always A Friend"
  
 
2003-03-02 Frank Erwin Center, Austin, TX
 
2001-10-19 Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ
Alliance of Neighbors Benefit
Alliance of Neighbors benefit concert with, as well as Bruce, Bon Jovi, Phoebe Snow, Joe Ely, and more. Garry Tallent, the night's musical director, Max Weinberg, and Patti Scialfa are all present. Members of the Pilgrim Baptist Church Celestial Choir of Red Bank, including The Alliance Singers, featuring Michelle Moore, participate in Bruce's set. The shows are to benefit local victims of the September 11 tragedy.

2000-04-17 Frank Erwin Center, Austin, TX
The Reunion Tour 
  
 
1996-03-17 Mean Fiddler (The), Dublin, Ireland
First performances in Europe of "All Just To Get To You" and "Oh, Boy!", as well as "Long Tall Sally". "Fingernails" is played in a medley with snippets of "That Black Snake Moan", "Matchbox", and "Buddy Brown's Blues" .
 
1995-09-14 Viper Room (The), West Hollywood, CA 
  
 

Songinfo

All just to get to you is a song written by Joe Ely and Will Sexton and released on Ely's 1995 album Letter To Laredo. Bruce also contributed to the studio recording of this song providing back-up vocals, also on 'I’m a thousand miles from home' ( the album was called 'Letter To Laredo' ). Springsteen travelled to Austin around spring 1995 and joined Ely in studio to record his parts. The album was recorded at Spur Studios (Joe Ely's home studio) in Austin, TX. 
 
 
 

Other cover versions

Bruce on the artist

Joe Ely (born February 9, 1947, Amarillo, TX) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist whose music touches on honky-tonk, Texas Country, Tex-Mex and rock and roll. He has had a genre-crossing career, performing with Bruce Springsteen, Uncle Tupelo, Los Super Seven, The Clancy Brothers and James McMurtry in addition to his early work with The Clash and more recent acoustic tours with Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, and Guy Clark.
 
In 1995, Bruce contributed to Joe Ely's album Letter to Laredo, providing back-up vocals. He sang on two songs, "All Just to Get to You" and "I'm a Thousand Miles from Home." Springsteen travelled to Austin around spring 1995 and joined Ely in studio to record his parts.
       
       
       
       
      Bruce had 16 live performances with Joe Ely: 
       
      2014-05-06 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX
      2012-03-15 Moody Theater, Austin, TX
      2012-03-14 Austin Music Hall, Austin, TX
      2008-04-14 Toyota Center, Houston, TX
       
      2003-03-02 Frank Erwin Center, Austin, TX
      "Gonna bring out my good friend Joe Ely down and play with us, come on up....out of a great city of songwriters, the talent that´s come out of Texas, Joe´s one of my very favorites, man.."

      2001-10-19 Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ
      2001-10-18 Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ
      2000-04-17 Frank Erwin Center, Austin, TX
      1996-09-29 Severance Hall, Cleveland, OH
      1996-03-17 Mean Fiddler (The), Dublin, Ireland
      1996-01-25 Austin Music Hall, Austin, TX
      1995-09-14 Viper Room (The), West Hollywood, CA
      1993-06-26 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY
      1993-06-24 Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ

      1993-05-20 RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland
      Joe Ely was also on stage with Bruce on May 20, 1993. singing together in Dublin, Ireland, when they got on stage with Jerry Lee Lewis and Shane MacGowan and sang 'Great Balls of Fire.' During an extended encore, Ely appeared to perform his 1988 tune "Settle for Love" with Springsteen, and then returned to the stage a bit later with Lewis for "Great Balls of Fire" and "Whole Lotta’ Shakin’ Goin’ On."

      1993-05-19 National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
        

      Lyrics

      I have stumbled on the plains
      Staggered in the wind
      Stood at a crossroad or two
      Cried to a river
      Swept to the sea
      All just to get to you

      I have jumped a yellow cab
      Hopped a rusty freight
      Sang till my lips turned blue
      Flown a silver bird
      On tops of the clouds
      All just to get to you

      I ran too hard, I played too rough
      I gave my love not near enough
      I bled too red, I cried too blue
      I beat my fist against the moon
      All just to get to you

      I have run from Saint Paul
      To Wichita Falls
      Called you from sunny Baton Rouge
      I hocked everything
      From my watch to my ring
      All just to get to you

      I ran too hard, I played too rough
      I gave my love not near enough
      I bled too red, I cried too blue
      I beat my fist against the moon
      All just to get to you

      From the California Shore
      Where the mighty ocean roars
      To the lands of the Hopi and the Sioux
      Ely and Springsteen: I walked the desert sands
      Crossed the Rio Grande
      All just to get to you

      I have stumbled on the plains
      Staggered in the wind
      Stood at a crossroad or two
      Cried to a river
      Swept to the sea
      All just to get to you

      I ran too hard, I played too rough
      I gave my love not near enough
      I bled too red, I cried too blue
      I beat my fist against the moon
      All just to get to you
      All just to get to you
      All just to get to you
      All just to get to you