The Flatlanders

Apr 16, 2013
8:00 pm

The Flatlanders are comprised of Texas music titans Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock.  Their diverse yet complimentary styles - Joe the street-wise rocker, Jimmie Dale the mystic with the classic country voice and Butch the cerebral folk singer - forms  one of the most extraordinary kinships in American musical history.

In January 1972 a newly formed grassroots band The Flatlanders (comprised of the nucleus of Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock) travelled to Tommy Allsup s Odessa, TX studio at the urging of a local radio DJ. The 14 songs recorded on reel-to-reel tape arguably marked the birth of alternative country music. In celebration of their 40th anniversary together, the esteemed founding fathers of Americana will release a collection of these recordings as The Odessa Tapes via New West Records.

Infinity Music Hall & Bistro
20 Greenwoods Rd
20 Greenwoods Rd
Norfolk, CT
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