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.

Studio albums

Compilations

  • 1989: Own & Own 2LP UK release
  • 1993: Own the Way Over Here includes two previously unissued tracks

Singles

  • 1979: "Wild Horses Chase The Wind" / "Smokin' In The Rain"
  • 1979: "The Wind's Dominion " / "The Wind's Dominion "

As a member of [the Flatlanders]

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

Collaborations

With [Marce LaCouture]

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

With [Jimmie Dale Gilmore]

  • 1990: ''Two Roads: Live In Australia''

With the Threadgill Troubadours

  • 1991: ''Threadgill's Supper Session''

As composer

1976 - 1979

  • 1976: Jerry Jeff Walker - It's a Good Night for Singin' - track 2, "Standin' at The Big Hotel"
  • 1977: Joe Ely - Joe Ely - 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 - track 3, "Suckin' a Big Bottle of Gin"
  • 1978: Joe Ely - Honky Tonk Masquerade - track 3, "Boxcars"; track 4, "Jericho "; track 9, "West Texas Waltz"
  • 1979: Joe Ely - Down on the Drag - 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

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

1990 - 1999

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

2000 - 2009

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

2010 - present

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

As primary artist/song contributor

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

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