Complex sentence: He worked with Joe Ely and many other Texas artists in the 1970s and was also a member of The Maines Brothers Band in the late 1970s to early 1980s.
Split into simpler sentences: He worked with Joe Ely and other Texas musicians in the 1970s. Maines was also a member of The Maines Brothers Band in the late 1970s and early 1980s.