THE ECSTATIC AESTHETICS OF XTC
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Joe Ely shares a trait with another product of Texas, for like Dr. Pepper, he’s one of “America’s most misunderstood.” Similar to another fellow native of Lubbock, Buddy Holly, Ely writes songs from a country base but plays rock ’n’ roll. Yet he operates as if there’s not a hint of contradiction in anything he does.