Interview: The Flatlanders Share the Songs That Bond Them
Joe Ely, Butch Hancock and Jimmie Dale Gilmore — together known as the Flatlanders — are not only bandmates, but friends, who have known each other for more than five decades. They share various common interests; they trade book recommendations. But, when you get right down to it, it's music that's the basis of their strongest bond. "It's more than just the music, but the love of the music is the real core," says Gilmore. "And it's it's still there as much now as it was when we first started." Hancock and Gilmore have known each other since the seventh grade. They were good friends at ...