Flatland Cavalry has "Landslide" covered - twice
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Flatland Cavalry has "Landslide" covered - twice

Friday, June 7, 2024 – Flatland Cavalry is releasing two new versions of Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide," today - a studio recording and "Landslide (Live at the Ryman)."

The releases come as the band celebrates their 10-year anniversary this week and marks a full circle moment for the group, as "Landslide" is one of the songs they covered in the earliest days of their career.

Lead singer Cleto Cordero said, "We've been covering 'Landslide' at our shows on the "Wandering Star Tour." Before we became a bona-fide band, writing and performing our own songs and music, we were a cover band; always having been lovers and enjoyers of a good heartfelt song. In the season before I moved to Lubbock and met my bandmates, I used to perform solo acoustic, wherever I could find a place to play in my stomping grounds of the Permian Basin."

"After work on Fridays, I would rush home, get showered and shaved, and load all my gear into my Ford Ranger and drive back to Odessa, Texas to play a humble dinner gig at a quiet bistro. There, I learned how playing the right song at the right time could invoke the audience to put their forks down, listen and 'have a moment' enjoying the message and music and that I didn't need to play louder and appear 'bigger' to be seen and heard. Until I had a song of my own that would have the same effect, my go-to was usually 'Landslide' by Fleetwood Mac. After more than 10 years of doing this, I still love singing songs that emote and move the soul inward, be it a Flatland song or one of the greats."

The band played their first show as a group on June 4, 2014. In the past year, they received their first ACM Awards nomination (Group of the Year), wrote and recorded songs for two major film soundtracks ("Twisters," out July 19 and "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes," out now), made their sold-out headline debut at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, earned their first RIAA certification ("A Life Where We Work Out," certified Gold) and released their fourth studio album, "Wandering Star," via Interscope Records, their first release in partnership with the label.

They will continue touring the U.S. and the United Kingdoim this summer.

Based in both Texas and Nashville, Flatland Cavalry is Cordero (vocals, acoustic guitar), Jason Albers (drums, percussion), Jonathan Saenz (bass, background vocals), Reid Dillon (electric guitar), Wesley Hall (fiddle) and Adam Gallegos (piano, organ, keys, mandolin, banjo, acoustic guitar, Wurlitzer, Mellotron).


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