Review: Joe Ely serves up songs of honesty, hope and healing

Joe Ely, "Love In the Midst of Mayhem” (Rack 'Em Records)

Joe Ely's leftovers are keepers, as “Love In the Midst of Mayhem” shows.

Idled by the coronavirus - the “pandamnit,” as Ely calls it - the West Texas troubadour began digging through his backlog of songs that had ...