Despite being short-lived and somewhat elusive, the Flatlanders had a profound impact on a host of country artists that chose to shun the expectations of Nashville and focus on the music's rich musical tradition. The Flatlanders--composed of future stars Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock, and Joe Ely-- were a supergroup before the fact, and produced modern country standards such as "Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown" and "Dallas." Their mythic status has made them something of an alt-country equivalent of the Velvet Underground, and like the VU, the Flatlanders would reunite, to the delight of their cult following, decades after making their initial impact.

Listen to The Flatlanders at Finetune.

• (1972)  More A Legend Than A Band

• Dallas
• Tonight I'm Gonna Go Downtown
• One Day At A Time
• One Road More
• Rose From The Mountain

• Guy Clark
• Doug Sahm
• Joe Ely
• The Gourds
• Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Freddy Fender
• Butch Hancock
• Texas Tornados
• Old 97's
• Nanci Griffith
• Pat Green
• Townes Van Zandt
• Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
• Austin Lounge Lizards
• Jack Ingram
• The Derailers
• Rosie Flores
• Rick Trevino
• Ghostland Observatory
• Emmylou Harris

• johnrz
• Myrwin
• dave5219
• iamlistening
• iznarf
• paulheetebrij
• thedudeabides