Six years ago, Hancock and Gilmore reteamed with their old Lubbock running buddy Joe Ely to re-form The Flatlanders, their legendary early '70s band. That year, they did a song for "TheHorse Whisperer ...

If you recognize Butch Hancock’s name, you probably know him as a member of the Flatlanders, the legendary trio from Lubbock that is now a cornerstone of Texas country music. What you may not know is ...

When Johnny Rotten was squawking, “There’s no future for you,” on the Sex Pistols’ 1977 hit single “God Save the Queen,” he seemed to be implying that there was no past either. That same year Joe ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joe Ely, the Texas singer, songwriter, and guitarist who was at the forefront of the Seventies’ progressive country movement as ...

It’s been 40 years since three young singer-songwriters from Texas made the drive from Lubbock to Odessa to cut a record, but one of them remembers that night with vivid clarity. Butch Hancock, Joe ...

Three Flatlanders and a Hillbilly: (counter-clockwise from top left) Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock, and Chronicle interlocutor Doug Freeman chat it up over Zoom Credit: Screenshot by ...