Flatlanders: Wheels of Fortune

By GRAHAM REID

The legendary Flatlanders (Joe Ely, Butch Hancock and Jimmie Dale Gilmore) broke up after one album but carved their names individually. Wheels of Fortune (New West/Elite) is their second "re-formation" album but is more in the nature of a song-swap as each dips into the others' bags and turns in distinctive and familiar, if sometimes slightly unadventurous, performances. One for the many faithful.