Butch Hancock
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Biography
Butch Hancock, born George Hancock on July 12, 1945, in Lubbock, Texas, is an American songwriter and country singer. He co-founded the folk-country group Flatlanders with Joe Ely and Jimmie Dale Gilmore in 1971. His compositions, such as "She Never Spoke Spanish to Me" and "West Texas Waltz", gained recognition through interpretations by other artists like Emmylou Harris and Jerry Jeff Walker. His debut solo album, West Texas Waltzes and Dust-Blown Tractor Tunes, was released in 1978 under his own label Rainlight. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Hancock released albums including The Wind's Dominion (1979), Diamond Hill (1980), and Eats Away the Night (1994). In 1998, he was inducted into the West Texas Walk of Fame. In 2006, he released the album War and Peace.
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- Sittin' on Top of the World featuring Jimmie Dale Gilmore
- Dallas by Butch Hancock
- She Belongs to Me featuring Jimmie Dale Gilmore
- Damage Done
- Moanin' of the Midnight Train featuring Jimmie Dale Gilmore
- Welcome to the Real World
