Joe Ely performs “I Had My Hopes Up High” • FOR ‘OUTLAWS AND ARMADILLOS’

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Peter Cooper introduces Joe Ely, the Texas roadhouse country-rocker, and longtime member of the legendary Flatlanders, as a performer who “embodied the soul of progressive country.” Here, Ely performs his song “I Had My Hopes Up High” during the opening concert in 2018 for the museum’s major exhibition “Outlaws & Armadillos: Country’s Roaring '70s.”

The Outlaw phenomenon increased country music’s audience in the 1970s, led by pacesetters such as Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Guy Clark, Bobby Bare, Ely, and many others—a time defined by artists in Nashville and Austin demanding creative freedom to make their own music. In this series, we mark memorable performances from that opening concert. The exhibition closes June 7.

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