Butch Hancock discography

Butch Hancock is a country and folk music recording artist and songwriter. His discography consists of 12 studio albums, 2 singles, and 2 compilations. In addition, his songs have been performed on numerous albums by other artists.

Butch Hancock discography
Butch Hancock in 2010 at Cactus Cafe in Austin, Texas. Photo by Ron Baker.
Studio albums12
Compilation albums2
Singles2

Studio albums edit

  • 1978: West Texas Waltzes And Dust-Blown Tractor Tunes (Rainlight)
  • 1979: The Wind's Dominion (Rainlight)
  • 1980: Diamond Hill (Rainlight)
  • 1981: 1981: A Spare Odyssey (Rainlight) - LP only, not on CD
  • 1981: Fire-water…Seeks Its Own Level (Rainlight)
  • 1986: Split & Slide II (Rainlight) - cassette only, hand-written insert
  • 1990: No Two Alike (Rainlight) - 14 cassettes: not on CD
  • 1993: Own The Way Over Here (Sugar Hill)
  • 1994: Eats Away The Night (Sugar Hill)
  • 1995: Chippy (Hollywood) with Joe Ely, Terry Allen, Robert Earl Keen, Wayne Hancock, Jo Harvey Allen, and Jo Carol Pierce
  • 1997: You Coulda Walked Around The World (Rainlight)
  • 2006: War And Peace (Two Roads)

Compilations edit

  • 1989: Own & Own (Glitterhouse) 2LP UK release
  • 1993: Own the Way Over Here (Sugar Hill) includes two previously unissued tracks

Singles edit

  • 1979: "Wild Horses Chase The Wind" / "Smokin' In The Rain" (Rainlight)
  • 1979: "The Wind's Dominion (solo)" / "The Wind's Dominion (band)"

As a member of the Flatlanders edit

  • 1980: One Road More (Charly)
  • 1990: More A Legend Than A Band (Rounder) - initially released in 1976 as All American Music in a limited run on 8-track tape
  • 1995: "Unplugged" (Sun) - recorded in March, 1972
  • 2002: Now Again (New West)
  • 2003: Wheels of Fortune (New West)
  • 2004: Live at the One Knite: June 8th 1972 (New West)
  • 2004: Live From Austin TX DVD (New West)
  • 2009: Hills And Valleys (New West)
  • 2012: The Odessa Tapes (New West) - unreleased 1972 recordings

Collaborations edit

With Marce LaCouture edit

  • 1985: Yella Rose (Rainlight)
  • 1987: Cause Of The Cactus (Rainlight) - cassette only: live Feb. 27, 1987 at the Cactus Cafe

With Jimmie Dale Gilmore edit

  • 1990: Two Roads: Live In Australia (Rainlight)

With the Threadgill Troubadours edit

  • 1991: Threadgill's Supper Session (Watermelon)

As composer edit

1976 - 1979 edit

  • 1976: Jerry Jeff Walker - It's a Good Night for Singin' (MCA) - track 2, "Standin' at The Big Hotel"
  • 1977: Joe Ely - Joe Ely (MCA) - track 3, "She Never Spoke Spanish to Me"; track 5, "Suckin' a Big Bottle Of Gin"; track 6, "Tennessee's Not the State I'm In"; track 7, "If You Were a Bluebird"
  • 1978: Jerry Jeff Walker - Contrary to Ordinary (MCA) - track 3, "Suckin' a Big Bottle of Gin"
  • 1978: Joe Ely - Honky Tonk Masquerade (MCA) - track 3, "Boxcars"; track 4, "Jericho (Your Walls Must Come Tumbling Down)"; track 9, "West Texas Waltz"
  • 1979: Joe Ely - Down on the Drag (MCA) - track 1, "Fools Fall In Love"; track 3, "Standin' At The Big Hotel"; track 6, "In Another World"; track 8, "Down on the Drag"

1980 - 1989 edit

  • 1980: Jenny Peters - This is Jenny Peters (Redball) - track 2, "He'll Be Anybody's Darling but Mine"
  • 1981: Joe Ely - Musta Notta Gotta Lotta (MCA) - track 3, "Wishin' for You"; trasck 9, "Road Hawg"
  • 1981: Joe Ely - Live Shots (MCA) - track 7, "She Never Spoke Spanish to Me"; track 9, "Fools Fall In Love"; track 10, "Boxcars"
  • 1981: Sir Douglas Quintet - Border Wave (Chrysalis) - track 4, "I Keep Wishing for You"
  • 1987: Joe Ely - Lord of the Highway (Hightone) - track 1"Lord of the Highway"; track 9, "Row of Dominoes"
  • 1988: Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Fair & Square (HighTone) - track 7, "Just a Wave, Not the Water"; track 9, "99 Holes"
  • 1989: Emmylou Harris - Bluebird (Reprise) - track 10, "If You Were A Bluebird"
  • 1989: Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Jimmie Dale Gilmore (HighTone) - track 3, "See the Way"; track 7, "Red Chevrolet"; track 9, "That Hardwood Floor"; track 10, "When the Nights are Cold"

1990 - 1999 edit

  • 1990: Joe Ely: Live at Liberty Lunch (MCA) - track 5, "Row of Dominoes"; track 13, "If You Were a Bluebird"
  • 1990: Texas Tornados - Texas Tornados (Reprise) - track 8, "Bonito Es El Español"
  • 1991: Jimmie Dale Gilmore - "After Awhile" (Elektra Nonesuch) - track 2, "My Mind's Got a Mind of Its Own"
  • 1992: Flaco Jiménez - Partners (Reprise) - track 8, "West Texas Waltz"
  • 1993: Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Spinning Around the Sun (Elektra / Rhino) - track 7, "Nothing of the Kind"; track 8, "Just a Wave, Not the Water"
  • 1995: Joe Ely: Letter to Laredo (MCA) - track 8, "She Finally Spoke Spanish to Me"
  • 1995: Rosie Flores - Rockabilly Filly (HighTone / Shout!) - track 5, "Boxcars"
  • 1995: Texas Tornados - Live From Austin TX CD, DVD versions (New West) - track 10, "She Never Spoke Spanish To Me"
  • 1995: Toni Price- Hey (Antone's) - track 10, "Bluebird"
  • 1997: Albert & Gage - Jumpin' Tracks (MoonHouse) - track 11, "Boxcars"
  • 1997: Mark Insley - Good Country Junk (Country Town) - track 10, "Just a Wave, Not the Water"
  • 1998: Don McCalister, Jr. - Down in Texas (Appaloosa) - track 2, "Bluebird"
  • 1999: Jesse Taylor - Texas Tattoo (Appaloosa) - track 4, "Naked Light of Day"

2000 - 2009 edit

  • 2000: Bill & Bonnie Hearne - Watching Life Through a Windshield (Back Porch) - track 8, "She Never Spoke Spanish to Me"
  • 2000: Jimmie Dale Gilmore - One Endless Night (Rounder) - track 2, "Banks Of The Guadalupe"; track 10, "Ramblin' Man"
  • 2000: Joe Ely: Live at the Cambridge Folk Festival (Strange Fruit) - track 2, "She Never Spoke Spanish to Me"; track 5, "Boxcars"
  • 2000: Joe Ely - Live @ Antone's (Rounder) - track 12, "Road Hawg"
  • 2000: The Piners - The Piners (Orchard) - track 12, "Boxcars"
  • 2002: Tom Holliston - I Want You to Twist with Me (Spider Invasion) - track 10, "Boxcars"
  • 2003: Joe Ely - Streets of Sin (Concord / New Rounder) - track 1, "Fightin' for My Life"; track 11, "Wind's Gonna Blow You Away"
  • 2004: Rosie Flores - Single Rose (Durango Rose) - track "15, "Boxcars"
  • 2004: Rosie Flores - Bandera Highway (HighTone / Shout!) - track 9, "Boxcars"
  • 2005: Willie Nelson - Songs for Tsunami Relief: Austin to South Asia (Lost Highway) - track 4, "Boxcars" (with Joe Ely)
  • 2006: Sir Douglas Quintet - Live From Austin TX CD or DVD (New West) recorded 1981 - track 6, "I Keep Wishing For You"
  • 2006: Joe Ely and Joel Guzman - Live Cactus! (Rack 'Em) - track 10, "Wind's Gonna Blow You Away"
  • 2006: Ärräpää Orchestra - On The Loose (Major Leidén) - track 4, "She Never Spoke Spanish To Me"
  • 2007: John Train - Mesopotamia Blues (Chapter) - track 10, "Already Gone"
  • 2007: Joe Ely - Happy Songs from Rattlesnake Gulch (Rack 'Em) - track 7, "Firewater"
  • 2008: Eleanor McEvoy - Love Must Be Tough (Market Square / Moscodisc) - track 11, "He Never Spoke Spanish to Me"

2010 - present edit

  • 2010: John Train - All of Your Stories (Chapter 7) - track 14, "Boxcars"
  • 2011: BettySoo and Doug Cox - Across The Borderline: Lie To Me (Borderline Talent) - track 4, "Boxcars"
  • 2011: Joe Ely - Satisfied at Last (Rack 'Em) - track 6, "Leo and Leona"; track 10, "Circumstance"
  • 2012: Marley's Ghost - Jubilee (Sage Arts) - track 10, "If You Were a Bluebird"
  • 2014: Rootbeats with Bill Öhrström - Line Of Fools (Turenki Records) - Finland - track 2, "Fools Fall In Love"
  • 2015: Joe Ely - Panhandle Rambler (Rack'em) - track 4, "When the Nights Are Cold"
  • 2016: Flaco Jiménez - Live at Breminale, 2001 (MIG) - track 2, "She Never Spoke Spanish to Me"
  • 2016: Bill Kirchen and Austin DeLone - Transatlanticana (Red House) - track 4, "Oxblood"

As primary artist/song contributor edit

  • 1978: various artists - Kerrville Folk Festival 1978 (PSG) - track 2, "Livin' on a Dry Land Farm" (with Joe Ely)
  • 1993: various artists - KGSR Broadcasts, Vol 1 (KGSR) - track 11, "Moanin' of the Midnight Train"
  • 1994: various artists - Pastures of Plenty: An Austin Celebration of Woody Guthrie (Dejadisc) - track 15, "Belle Starr"
  • 2002: various artists - KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 10 (KGSR) - track 2-1, "I Had My Hopes Up High" (with the Flatlanders)

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