Come membro dei Flatlanders ha contribuito allo sviluppo del progressive country durante gli anni settanta. Ha poi pubblicato vari album da solista con l'etichetta indipendente Rainlight. Ha collaborato con artisti come Marce LaCouture, Jimmie Dale Gilmore e con i The Threadgill Troubadours.
Discografia Album in studio 1978: West Texas Waltzes And Dust-Blown Tractor Tunes (Rainlight) 1979: The Wind's Dominion (Rainlight) 1980: Diamond Hill (Rainlight) 1981: 1981: A Spare Odyssey (Rainlight) 1981: Fire-water…Seeks Its Own Level (Rainlight) 1986: Split & Slide II (Rainlight) 1990: No Two Alike (Rainlight) 1993: Own The Way Over Here (Sugar Hill) 1994: Eats Away The Night (Sugar Hill) 1995: Chippy (Hollywood) con Joe Ely, Terry Allen, Robert Earl Keen, Wayne Hancock, Jo Harvey Allen, e Jo Carol Pierce 1997: You Coulda Walked Around The World (Rainlight) 2006: War And Peace (Two Roads)
Raccolte 1989: Own & Own (Glitterhouse) 1993: Own the Way Over Here (Sugar Hill)
Singoli 1979: "Wild Horses Chase The Wind" / "Smokin' In The Rain" (Rainlight) 1979: "The Wind's Dominion (solo)" / "The Wind's Dominion (band)"
Nei The Flatlanders 1980: One Road More (Charly) 1990: More A Legend Than A Band (Rounder) - pubblicato originalmente nel 1976 come All American Music su cassetta in edizione limitata 1995: "Unplugged" (Sun) - recorded in March, 1972 2002: Now Again (New West) 2003: Wheels of Fortune (New West) 2004: Live at the One Knite: June 8th 1972 (New West) 2004: Live From Austin TX DVD (New West) 2009: Hills And Valleys (New West) 2012: The Odessa Tapes (New West) - unreleased 1972 recordings
Collaborazioni con Marce LaCouture 1985: Yella Rose (Rainlight) 1987: Cause Of The Cactus (Rainlight) - cassette: live 27 Feb. 1987 al Cactus Cafe
con Jimmie Dale Gilmore 1990: Two Roads: Live In Australia (Rainlight)
con the Threadgill Troubadours 1991: Threadgill's Supper Session (Watermelon)
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