April - June 1971 | Munich Germany | Museum of Modern Art Performance & first album recorded in Munich "Day's Lullabye" | W/ Eberhard Schoener & Bruce Gambill
July, 1971 | Drifting in Lubbock | Flatl&ers House | Gigs w/ Jimmie Dale Gilmore
1972
January, 1972 | Odessa Texas | Flatlander First Recording-14 Songs | At Tommy Alsups Studio
May, 1972 | Kerrville TX | Kerrville Folk Festival | & Armadillo World Headquarters
October, 1972 | New York, NY | via Amarillo, Vicksburg, Toledo | Freight trains & Hitchhiking
1973
May ,1973 | New York to Lubbock | Ringling Brothers Circus | Texas, New Mexico & Oklahoma
September, 1973 | Lubbock TX | Main Street Saloon | Ely Band w/ Lloyd Maines & Rick Hulett & Don Caldwell
1974
1974 | Lubbock & Austin | Roadhouses & Honkytonks | Ely Band w/ Lloyd Maines & Rick Hulett, Don Caldwell, Curley Lawler, & TJ (Tiny) McFarland
1975
1975 | Lubbock & Austin | Roadhouses & Honkytonks - Recording Demo at Don Caldwells Studio Lubbock | Ely Band w/ Lloyd Maines, Jesse Taylor, Greg Wright, & Steve Keeton
October 8, 1976
Poster for the first of two nights at the Cotton Club in Lubbock
Art by Jim Eppler.
1976
1976 | West Texas & Nashville | Record Deal W/ MCA Produced by Chip Young - Nashville | Ely Band w/ Lloyd Maines, Jesse Taylor, Rick Hulett, Ponty Bone, Greg Wright, & Steve Keeton w/ Muscle Shoals Horns & Grady Martin
1977
January 1, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Cotton Club | Band
January 7, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Cotton Club | Band
January 8, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Cotton Club | Band
January 14, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Cotton Club | Band
January 15, 1977 | Austin TX | Soap Creek Saloon | Band
January 19, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Fat Dawgs | Band
January 21, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Cotton Club | Band
February 3, 1977 | Nashville TN | Old Time Pickin' Parlor | Band
February 4, 1977 | Nashville TN | Old Time Pickin' Parlor | Band
February 5, 1977 | Nashville TN | Old Time Pickin' Parlor | Band
February 8, 1977 | Houston TX | Opera House | Band
February 11-12, 1977 | Austin TX | Soap Creek Saloon | Band
February 19-22, 1977 | New York NY | Lone Star Café | Band
February 24-26, 1977 | Atlanta GA | Big Dipper | Band
March 2, 1977 | Beaumont TX | Mama's | Band
March 3, 1977 | New Orleans LA | Jeds | Band
March 4, 1977 | Baton Rouge LA | Kingfish | Band
March 5, 1977 | Cankton LA | Jay's Cockpit & Lounge | Band
March 11-12, 1977 | Amarillo TX | Country Bumpkin | Band
March 27, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Cotton Club | Band
April 1, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Fat Dawgs | Band
April 2, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Fat Dawgs | Band
April 8, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Cotton Club | Band
April 9, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Fat Dawgs | Band
April 15-16, 1977 | Austin TX | Soap Creek Saloon | Band
April 22-23, 1977 | San Antonio TX | Village Inn | Band
April 24, 1977 | Austin TX | Bull Creek | Band
May 4, 1977 | Wichita Falls TX | ? | Band
May 6-7, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Fat Dawg's | Band
May 8, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Stubb's "Mother's Day" Jam | Band
May 13-14, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Cotton Club | Band
May 19-22, 1977 | Atlanta GA | Rose's Cantina | Band
May 28, 1977 | Kerville TX | Kerville Folk Festival | Band
June 3, 1977 | Baton Rouge LA | Kingfish | Band
June 4, 1977 | Cankton LA | Jay's Cockpit & Lounge | Band
June 9-11, 1977 | Austin TX | Soap Creek Saloon | Band
June 16-18, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Fat Dawg's | Band
June 24, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Cotton Club | Band
July 1-2, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Cotton Club | Band
July 14, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Fat Dawg's | Band
July 17, 1977 | Lukenback TX | Lukenbach Dance Hall TV| Band
July 22-23/1977 | Los Angeles CA | The Palomino | Band
August 6, 1977 | Amarillo TX | El Raisin at Jim Hudsons | Band
August 10, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Fat Dawg's | Band
August 11, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Fat Dawg's | Band
August 13, 1977 | Big Lake TX | Flat bed Trailor | Band
August 18-20 1977 | Austin TX | Soap Creek Saloon | Band
August 26-27 1977 | Amarillo TX | Opry House | Band
August 28, 1977 | San Marcos TX | Cheatham St. Warehouse | Band
Sept 2-3, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Cotton Club | Band
September 7, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Fat Dawg's | Band
September 9, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Fat Dawg's | Band
September 15, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Cold Water | Band
September 16, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Cotton Club | Band
Sept 22-24, 1977 | Austin TX | Soap Creek Saloon | Band
September 30, 1977 | Amarillo TX | Opry House | Band
October 4-5, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Fat Dawg's | Band
October 8, 1977 | Amarillo TX | Opry House | Band
October 17-26, 1977 | Murfreesboro TN | Recording Honky Tonk Masquerade | Band
December 7, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Cotton Club | Band
December 14, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Cold Water | Band
December 15, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Cold Water | Band
December 21-23, 1977 | Ruidosa NM | Buckaroo | Band
December 31, 1977 | Lubbock TX | Cold Water | Band
1978
January 12, 1978 | Lubbock TX | Auditorium W/Rusty Wier | Band
January 14, 1978 | Lubbock TX | Cotton Club | Band
February 10-11, 1978 | Austin TX | Soap Creek Saloon | Band
February 13-14, 1978 | Denver TX | Barry Faye Country | Band
February 16, 1978 | Lubbock TX | Cold Water | Band
February 18, 1978 | Lubbock TX | Cotton Club | Band
February 24-25, 1978 | Lubbock TX | Cotton Club | Band
March 3-4, 1978 | St. Louis, Missouri | The Downspout w/Chuck Berry | Band
March 6-8, 1978 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | The Cabooze | Band
March 10-11, 1978 | Chicago IL | Quiet Knight w/ James Talley | Band
March 13-15, 1978 | New York NY | The Other End | Band
March 17-19, 1978 | Amhearst MA | The Rusty Nail | Band
March 20, 1978 | Flight from NY to London |
March 25, 1978 | Gothenburg, Sweden | Country Music Festival | Band
March 27, 1978 | London, England | The Wembley Festival | Band
March 28, 1978 | Rotterdam, Holland | Country Music Festival W/ Carl Perkins/BoDiddley
March 29, 1978 | London England | Dingwall's | Band
March 31, 1978 | Southhampton, England | W/ Merle Haggard | Band
April 1, 1978 | Brighton, England | W/ Merle Haggard | Band
April 2, 1978 | Coventry, England | W/ Merle Haggard | Band
April 3, 1978 | Birmingham, England | W/ Merle Haggard | Band
April 4, 1978 | Dublin, Ireland | W/ Merle Haggard | Band
April 5, 1978 | Belfast, Ireland | W/ Merle Haggard | Band
April 8, 1978 | Ipswich, England | W/ Merle Haggard | Band
April 9, 1978 | Liverpool, England | W/ Merle Haggard | Band
April 27-29, 1978 | Atlanta, Georgia | Rose's Cantina | Band
May 2, 1978 | Nashville, Tennessee | The Exit/Inn | Band
May 12-13, 1978 | Lubbock TX | Cotton Club | Band
May 19-20, 1978 | Amarillo TX | Buckinghams | Band
May 25, 1978 | Kerrville TX | Kerrville Folk Festival | Band
May 26-27, 1978 | Austin TX | Soap Creek | Band
June 10, 1978 | Amarillo TX | Somewhere | Band
June 16, 1978 | Lubbock TX | Cold Water | Band
July 20, 1978 | Palo Alto, California | The Keystone | Band
July 27, 1978 | Cotati, California | The Inn Of The Beginning | Band
July 28-30, 1978 | The Palomino | North Hollywood, CA | Band
December 2, 1978 | Seattle WA | Record 'Down on the Drag' | 3 weeks
1979
February 17-18, 1979| North Hollywood CA | The Palomino| Band
February 21, 1979 | Santa Cruz CA | | Band
February 22, 1979 | San Francisco CA | The Old Waldorf | Band
February 25, 1979 | Tempe, Arizona | Dooley's | Band
March 1-3, 1979 | Los Angeles, CA | The Roxy | w/ McGUINN CLARK & HILLMAN
March 15-17 1979 | Minneapolis MN | Cabooze| Band
March 29, 1979 | Austin TX | Armadillo World Headquarters | Band
March 31, 1979 | Dallas TX | The Palladium | Band
April 5, 1979 | Lubbock to New York's JFK | | Band
April 5-7, 1979 | New York NY | The Other End | Band
April 9, 1979 | Philadelphia PA | The Stars | Band
April 11-12, 1979 | Long Island NY | My Father's Place | w/ New Riders
April 14, 1979 | Boston MA | Paradise | w/ New Riders
April 26, 1979 | Arrive London England | |
April 28, 1979 | Bristol England | Bristol Polytechnic | Band
April 29, 1979 | Newmarket England | England's "Grand Old Opry" | Band
May 3, 1979 | Bentwaters RAF Base | BBC TV Taping | Band
May 4, 1979 | Manchester England | The Student Union | Band
May 5, 1979 | London England | The Venue | (1st Meeting w/ TheClash)
May 14-15, 1979 | New York NY | The Lone Star | Band
June 2, 1979 | Amarillo TX | Potter County Stadium | Band
June 29-30, 1979 | North Hollywood CA | The Palomino | Band
July 1, 1979 | Petaluma CA | The Petaluma County Fair | Band
July 2, 1979 | Emeryville, CA | | Band
July 9, 1979 | Lubbock, TX | 1st Rehearsal w/Robert Marquam | Band
July 12, 1979 | St. Cloud MN | Hombre Club | Band
July 13, 1979 | Fridley MN | Columbia Arena | Band
July 141979 | Minneapolis MN | Union Bar | Band
July 15, 1979 | Chrystal MN | Iron Horse | Band
September 8, 1979 | Monterey CA | 10th Ann Monterrey Pop Festival w/The Clash & Peter Tosh | Band
September 10, 1979 | North Hollywood CA | The Palomino | Band
September 15, 1979 | Santa Fe, New Mexico | The Line Camp | Band
October 4, 1979 | Austin TX | Armadillo World Headquarters | W/ the Clash
October 5, 1979 | Houston TX | Cullen Auditorium| W/ the Clash
October 6, 1979 | Dallas TX | The Palladium | W/ the Clash
October 7, 1979 | Lubbock TX | The Rox | W/ the Clash
October 11, 1979 | Hollywood CA | The Palladium | W/ the Clash
October 31, 1979 | Austin TX | Filming 1st Austin City Limits | Band
