Cleto Cordero | Performance Studio
Oct 17, 2025, 2:54 PM | Updated: 3:09 pm
Cleto Cordero, frontman of Flatland Cavalry, sang “Never Coming Back,” “Unglued” and “Bird’s Eye View” – all unreleased – in KYGO’s Performance Studio.
Flatland Cavalry’s five members – Cordero, drummer Jason Albers, bassist Jonathan Saenz, guitarist Reid Dillon and Wesley Hall on the fiddle – started as two, Cordero and Albers, who formed the band in 2012 as roommates at Midland College. Two years later, after the duo moved to Lubbock, the rest of the members fell into place.
The roots of the quintuplet go even further back – Albers and Cordero jammed together since they were in junior high. Cordero learned how to play the guitar at 14 and started songwriting at 17, acting as the group’s main songwriter to this day.
In 2015, the group released their first EP, “Come May,” and followed up with their first full-length album in 2016, “Humble Folks.” The latter reached number 17 on the “Billboard” Americana/Folk Albums chart and 38 on Top Country Albums. Since then, they have released three more albums: “Homeland Insecurity” (2019), “Welcome to Countryland” (2021) and “Wandering Star” (2023).
The five are set to perform at Red Rocks on Monday, October 20. They’ll be accompanied by Kaitlin Butts, a frequent collaborator of the group and Cordero’s wife.
