Tommy Hancock Dances His Way to Heaven (1929-2020)

The godfather of West Texas music was 90

"...“I am the patriarch of a large family,” Tommy Hancock told Margaret Moser in 2004 for a Chronicle..."

Jan. 2, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Tommy Hancock Reports the News!

June 9, 2006 Postmarks

Playback: Smiling Your Way to Heaven

Supernatural advice by West Texas sage Tommy Hancock, tears from Billy Gibbons, and Casual Strangers coupling

"...Tommy Hancock beams a blissful grin in my direction...."

July 18, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Roadside Playboys and Texana Dames

The Hancock Family's long, strange, supernatural musical journey

"...visitor. Who could resist this invitation to dance? Not Tommy Hancock...."

Dec. 31, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Born Traveler

Traci Lamar Hancock accepts hospice care

"...also, with four other doctors in Houston, Traci Lamar Hancock decided to accept the help of hospice in her..."

April 2, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Rock This Way

The Semi-Annual, Whenever-We-Feel-Like-It Rock & Roll Books Section

"...problems that created, how songwriters like Ely, Allen, Butch Hancock, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Ol' Waylon Jennings of Littlefield..."

March 20, 1998 Books Feature

Faster Than Sound: Unlocking Oblivion Access

Leaving the Austin Terror Fest title behind, Oblivion Access partners Dusty Brooks and Dorian Domi reach for new horizons

"...Tommy Hancock, heralded as the Godfather of West Texas Music,..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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Our readers talk back.

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June 16, 2006 Column

Freda & the Firedogs Reviewed

"...up in Nashville with Steve Runkle, Jimbeau Walsh, and Tommy Goldsmith to form the Contenders, from 1976 to 1978...."

Dec. 13, 2002 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Austin Music Awards Gallery, 1988-2007

"...on the Austin music institution. Pictured here: Chris Layton, Tommy Shannon '99..."

Nov. 27, 2019 Photo Gallery

Playback: Friday the 13th Reaps Austin Music

Joe Valentine, Ponty Bone, Fai Jow all pass on the same day

"...Texas Tech, he fell in with Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Tommy Hancock, Terry Allen, Butch Hancock, and bandleader Joe Ely,..."

July 20, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Terry Allen Revisits His Definitive Albums

Lubbock musician on Juarez and Lubbock (On Everything)

"...includes the Flatlanders, Maines brothers Lloyd and Kenny, and Tommy Hancock, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

The Wind in Your Face

Jaston Williams explains why life in Lubbock blows

"...the others: Gary Nunn and Kimmie Rhodes and Butch Hancock and all the Maines family and Tommy Hancock and..."

May 28, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Dylan Deserves Nobel

"...lyrics are literature. And in that same league, Butch Hancock also has my nomination...."

Oct. 8, 2004 Postmarks

Sending Off SXSW 2003

Film Reviews

"...is not necessarily a bad thing, as the Butch Hancock, Joe Ely, and Jimmie Dale Gilmore supergroup is more..."

March 21, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Esther's Gene Pool

"...Sharon Ely John Henry Faulk Jimmie Dale Gilmore Butch Hancock Tommy Hancock & the Supernatural Family Band Rich Harney..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Arts Feature

Faster Than Sound: Recapping the Year SXSW Got Canceled

Venue closures, fundraising, and industry layoffs headlined Austin music's difficult 2020

"...sage Billy Joe Shaver, "Godfather of West Texas Music" Tommy Hancock, Willie Nelson drummer/accomplice Paul English, Tejano innovator Manuel..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Lockhart Western Swing & BBQ Festival Kicks Off the Weekend

Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame centers event’s second year

"...Two Wishes Ranch just north of Lockhart. Honorees include Tommy Hancock, patriarch of Austin’s iconic Supernatural Family Band; steel..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Chieftains Chief Paddy Moloney

On why Dublin’s trad masters didn’t become the Beatles

"...Lamar, where he leapt onstage and played pennywhistle with Tommy Hancock and family...."

Feb. 26, 2014 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Hot for Teacher

History's sexy at UT Informal Classes

"...Ernie Mae Miller, Esteban Jordan, Tommy Hancock, Shirley Ratisseau, Carolyn Hester: Central Texas' undocumented past..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Moser 101

"...austinchronicle.com/music/2003-07-04/166659 Tommy Hancock..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Music Feature

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"...Tommy Hancock writes, "Shut up and dance." Not bad advice...."

Oct. 13, 2006 Column

'Shut Up and Dance'

"...maybe by being turned off by inconsiderate people talking! Tommy Hancock writes, “Shut up and dance.” Not bad advice...."

Oct. 4, 2006 Postmarks

Apeman Hop

An extended music haiku for 2004

"...Holly, Waylon Jennings, and Sonny Curtis for home – Tommy Hancock, Joe Ely, Monte Warden. We were "Wild-eyed and..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Rock Around the Biological Clock

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

"...Charlene Hancock, Traci Lamar, and Conni Hancock photograph by Todd V...."

May 7, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Right Where They Belong

Raoul Hernandez goes on tour with the Flatlanders

"...Jimmie Dale Gilmore, center, and Butch Hancock, stage right, step forward into amplification, and with Ely,..."

July 26, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Texas in the Title

"...Sinclair (lyrics) Year Released: 1903 First sung at Austin's Hancock Opera House on May 12, 1903, at a minstrel..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature by Greg Beets

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Open Records Good

"...Chris Downey Hancock Deserves Coverage..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Column

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...(Walt Disney Pictures) P: Mark Johnson; D: John Lee Hancock; S: Mike Rich; with Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Lubbock Lights

Gift guide

"...roller and then having someone state on screen that Tommy X Hancock was more important isn't an improvement. That..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

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