Butch Hancock
West Texas singer-songwriter Butch Hancock is one of country music’s true rugged individuals. With a vocal style and artistic stance reminiscent of such offbeat predecessors as Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan, a keen lyrical sense and a knack for evocative imagery, Hancock’s compositions have influenced a large cross-section of progressive country and Americana artists—no small feat considering that Hancock has conducted his career, for the most part, as a below the radar performer whose majority of albums were both self-recorded and released. These independent statements were, in turn, strictly word of mouth, through the grapevine phenomena, but Hancock’s often underground modus operandi also steadily built his mystique and reputation as... Read More
- City Of Origin:
- Lubbock, Texas, United States
- Genre:
- Country, Folk
- Birthdate:
- 07/12/1945