Butch Hancock is a country/folk music recording artist and song writer.  He was born July 12, 1945 in Lubbock, Texas.  As Hancock is a member of the Flatlanders along with Joe Ely and Jimme Dale Gilmore but he has principally performed a solo career.

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Hancock thrives as a modern-day renaissance person.  "I was always advised not to spread myself too thin," Hancock told Steve Pond in the Los Angeles Times.  "So naturally, that's what I've done."  Hancock wore many artistic hats, but he wore none prouder than his gift as a musician, singer, and songwriter.  With a dry, world-weary voice similar to Bob Dylan's and a songwriting style filled with puns and humorous word play, his songs are wry and tender, wistful and wise.  Through a series of album releases and live performances, Hancock's music reverberated throughout the Austin music scene in the 1970's leaving its mark on the burgeoning progressive country movement.  "Here in the Republic of Texas," wrote Christopher Hess in the Austin Chronicle, "ex-Flatlander, Terlingua resident, and Lubbock Mafioso, Butch Hancock is a bona fide national treasure."