(vocals, guitar, b. 1945) and Butch Hancock (vocals, guitar, b. 1945) were teenage pals in the West Texas cotton town of Lubbock when they formed The Flatlanders by combining the music of such local heroes as Buddy Holly and Bob Wills with the songwriting of such adopted heroes as Bob Dylan and Townes Van Zandt. The trio ...
1990 by co-founding the Texas Tornadoes supergroup with Flaco Jimenez, Augie Meyers and Doug Sahm. Styles & Forms | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country Personalities | The Flatlanders | Country Rock & The Outlaws | Country ...
(Vocals, guitar, 1944–97) Van Zandt, the bohemian son of Texas aristocracy, spent much of his life drifting from place to place and battling alcoholism, but he became a songwriting mentor for Steve Earle, Guy Clark, Susanna Clark, Nanci Griffith, Rodney Crowell and The Flatlanders. His small, roughened voice limited the appeal ...
Thomas King, The Cox Family, Norman Blake and The Whites, as well as natural allies such as Ricky Skaggs, Patty Loveless, Del McCoury, the Flatlanders, Rosanne Cash and Rodney Crowell. There was a live album called Down From The Mountain. Suddenly everyone wanted to make a retro, acoustic album. Once it had been ...
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