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

Other cover versions

Bruce on the artist

2003-03-02 - FRANK ERWIN CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
 
"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.."
 
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.
Joe Elly had occasionally 17 performances together with Bruce Springsteen : 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.
    All appearances with Springsteen:

    1993-05-19 - NATIONAL STADIUM, DUBLIN, IRELAND 
    1993-05-20 - RDS ARENA, DUBLIN, IRELAND
    1993-06-24 - BRENDAN BYRNE ARENA, EAST RUTHERFORD
    1993-06-26 - MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK CITY

    1995-04-00 - SPUR STUDIOS, AUSTIN
    Joe Ely recording session

    1995-09-14 - THE VIPER ROOM, WEST HOLLYWOOD
    1996-01-25 - AUSTIN MUSIC HALL, AUSTIN
    1996-03-17 - THE MEAN FIDDLER, DUBLIN, IRELAND 

    1996-09-29 - SEVERANCE HALL, CLEVELAND, OH
    Woody Guthrie Tribute Concert

    2000-04-17 - FRANK ERWIN CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN

    2001-10-18 - COUNT BASIE THEATRE, RED BANK
    Alliance of Neighbors Benefit

    2001-10-19 - COUNT BASIE THEATRE, RED BANK
    Alliance of Neighbors Benefit

    2003-03-02 - FRANK ERWIN CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN
    2008-04-14 - TOYOTA CENTER, HOUSTON
    2012-03-14 - AUSTIN MUSIC HALL, AUSTIN
    2012-03-15 - MOODY THEATER, AUSTIN
    2014-05-06 - CYNTHIA WOODS MITCHELL PAVILION, HOUSTON
     

    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