Name: More a Legend Than a Band
Brand: Rounder Select
SKU: 18975
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More a Legend Than a Band

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Album: More a Legend Than a Band
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Dallas
2)	Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown
3)	You've Never Seen Me Cry
4)	She Had Everything
5)	Rose from the Mountain
6)	One Day at a Time
7)	Jol‚ Blon
8)	Down in My Hometown
9)	Bhagavan Decreed
10)	Heart You Left Behind, The
11)	Keeper of the Mountain
12)	Stars in My Life
13)	One Road More

Performer Notes

The Flatlanders: Jimmie Dale Gilmore (vocals, guitar); Joe Ely (vocals, harmonica, dobro, guitar); ; Butch Hancock (guitar, background vocals); Tony Pearson (mandolin); Tommy Hancock (fiddle); Syl Rice (acoustic bass); Steve Wesson (musical saw).
Producer: Royce Clark.
Reissue producer: Colin Escott.
Recorded at Singleton Studio, Nashville, Tennessee in March 1972. Includes
liner notes by Colin Escott.
Digitally remastered by Dr. Toby Mountain at Northeastern Digital Recording, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.
Personnel: Jimmie Dale Gilmore (vocals, guitar); Joe Ely (guitar, dobro, harmonica); Butch Hancock (guitar); Tony Pearson (mandolin); Steve Wesson (musical saw).
Recording information: Singleton Studio, Nashville, TN.
Recorded in 1972, this album wasn't properly released until 1990 (it appeared briefly only on 8-track tape). As if the solidly honest folk and country grounding of this music weren't enough, the band also included Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely and Butch Hancock. By the late eighties all of their reputations were such that there was a clearly delineated demand for this music to be made available (the title alludes to the Flatlander's brief existence and long shadow).
Gilmore's "Dallas" and "Tonight I'm Gonna Go Downtown" made their first appearance here, as did Hancock's "You've Never Seen Me Cry." The guitars of the aforementioned participants are joined variously by fiddle, string bass, mandolin and musical saw. This Lubbock, Texas band journeyed to Nashville to record the album, hoping for a more significant response from the music business than the one they eventually received. The easy camaraderie of this music was as far removed from the Nashville country music scene of the early '70s as could be. However, it is those very attributes that have made this a lasting work.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone - 3.5 Stars - Very Good - "...notable both for its compelling version of the `high and lonesome' country style and for the band's creative core..."