West Texas Waltzes & Dust Blown Tractor Tunes (studio album) by Butch Hancock

West Texas Waltzes & Dust Blown Tractor Tunes by Butch Hancock
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 59,904th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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Award Top albums of 1978 (570th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (5,549th)
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West Texas Waltzes & Dust Blown Tractor Tunes is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Butch Hancock on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Butch Hancock is Eats Away The Night which is ranked number 43396 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15.

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"West Texas Waltzes and Dust-Blown Tractor Tunes" is Butch Hancock's first album.

He is a notable member of The Flatlanders, with Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Joe Ely. Hancock is the strongest songwriter, Gilmore is the strongest vocalist and Ely has the strongest stage presence.

Perhaps Hancock's greatest achievement are the four tracks he contributed to Ely's excellent self-titled album: "If I Were a Bluebird," "Tennessee Is Not the State I'm In," "Sucking a Bottle of Gin" and "She Never Spoke Spanish to Me."

West Texas Waltzes will sound like a demo album. It's just Hancock and his vocals and guitar. I think there is an accordion on one track but that is all. It's just Hancock and his songs here, and that is Hancock at his strongest.

Apparently Hancock composed these tunes after dropping out of college and moving back home to help his father on his flatland farm. Apparently the farm stretched for miles, so Hancock would set the tractor in gear and learn the guitar and write his songs as he plowed.

Hancock's voice is reminiscent of Dylan and the content could be pulled out of a Guthrie notebook. But the underlying style is all Hancock.

Track Pick: You've Never Seen Me Cry
Gem: West Texas Waltz
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