the Flatlanders
USA
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Styles: Progressive Country, Country-Folk, Alternative Country, Americana, Alt-Country, Contemporary Country, Outlaw Country, Honky Tonk, Alternative Country-Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Country-Rock, Neo-Traditionalist Country
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The 1990 compilation of the Flatlanders' entire recorded history wasn't called More a Legend Than a Band for nothing. Although the Lubbock, TX-based group had the worst business luck this side of Badfinger and never did manage a full-fledged release of their unique take on traditional country music during their early-'70s existence, the three key members -- Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, and Butch Hancock -- went on to become three of Texas' most respected singer/songwriters. Lubbock, a smallish college town in the middle of the cotton-growing f...
See also
- Joe Ely (22)
- Jimmie Dale Gilmore (5)
- Butch Hancock (1)
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- Willie Nelson (198)
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Influenced by
- Beatles (252)
- Willie Nelson (198)
- Bob Dylan (148)
- Waylon Jennings (69)
- Buddy Holly (23)
- Clifton Chenier (15)
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- Freddy Fender (4)
- Lefty Frizzell (2)
- Bob Wills (1)
- Jimmie Rodgers (0)
Followers
- Old Crow Medicine Show (38)
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