HANCOCK, BUTCH
(*1945)
HANCOCK, BUTCH (b. George Norman H., Lubbock, Tex., July 12, 1945) Along with boyhood friends JOE ELY and JIMMIE DALE GILMORE , Hancock is a semilegendary, eccentric Texas SINGER/SONGWRITER. Born and raised in BUDDY HOLLY 's hometown, Butch heard FIDDLE and squaredance music as a youth; he also attended junior high and high school with Ely and Gilmore. The trio would form the seminal group The Flatlanders to showcase their own material around 1970; two years later they recorded a legendary…