Joe Ely - I'm A Thousand Miles From Home

First performance: no live dates


Coverinfo

1995-04-00 Spur Studios, Austin, TX
 
Springsteen travels to Joe Ely's home studio and contributes vocals and synthesizer on two tracks, both of which were first issued on Ely's album Letter To Laredo on August 29, 1995. A promotional-only video of "All Just To Get To You (produced by Adrian Pasdar) features Springsteen, as does an obscure, twenty-minute promotional mini-documentary about Ely that was broadcast in Europe (but not shown in the U.S.A.) in late 1995.
 
 
  

Songinfo

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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

      Travelin' down this weary road
      Travelin' down this weary road
      Travelin' down this weary road
      A troubled mind is a heavy load
      Travelin' down this weary road
      Hold my ticket in my hand
      Hold my ticket in my hand
      Hold my ticket in my hand
      And headed for the promised land
      I hold my ticket in my hand
      I'm a thousand miles from home
      I'm a thousand miles from home
      I'm a thousand miles from home
      Georgia rain blows through my bones
      I'm a thousand miles from home
      I told my love, my last good bye
      My very, very last good bye
      Told my love, my last good bye
      I hang my head and the tears just cry
      Told my love, my last good bye
      I'm a thousand miles from home
      I'm a thousand miles from home
      I'm a thousand miles from home
      Georgia rain blows through my bones
      I'm a thousand miles from home