Burning Near the Highway
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Burning near the highway. Page dedicated to a truckload of art from Terry Allen. Today's rainbow is tomorrow's tamale. Curated by @vanwinkle.bsky.social of @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social and @npcountrycovers.bsky.social.
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Red Roses, Red Roses
A girl of mystery
Her hair hangs down yellow
But her skin is Shawnee
She lives in caliche pits
Outside of town
And fires her long rifle
At the sun going down...
Gawd, Terry Allen has a brilliant mind for character creation. Spin #1 today:
A girl of mystery
Her hair hangs down yellow
But her skin is Shawnee
She lives in caliche pits
Outside of town
And fires her long rifle
At the sun going down...
Gawd, Terry Allen has a brilliant mind for character creation. Spin #1 today:
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Red Roses, Red Roses
A girl of mystery
Her hair hangs down yellow
But her skin is Shawnee
She lives in caliche pits
Outside of town
And fires her long rifle
At the sun going down...
Gawd, Terry Allen has a brilliant mind for character creation. Spin #1 today:
A girl of mystery
Her hair hangs down yellow
But her skin is Shawnee
She lives in caliche pits
Outside of town
And fires her long rifle
At the sun going down...
Gawd, Terry Allen has a brilliant mind for character creation. Spin #1 today:
O, K
L, A
H, O
M, A
Outside Oklahoma
OK, LA
-Terry Allen, "The Girl Who Danced Oklahoma" (1979) (about a move from OK to LA): www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogDv...
Below, ED RUSCHA, OK (State I), 1990 & Hollywood, 1999, exhibited in OKLA in Oklahoma City at the Oklahoma Contemporary Museum.
L, A
H, O
M, A
Outside Oklahoma
OK, LA
-Terry Allen, "The Girl Who Danced Oklahoma" (1979) (about a move from OK to LA): www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogDv...
Below, ED RUSCHA, OK (State I), 1990 & Hollywood, 1999, exhibited in OKLA in Oklahoma City at the Oklahoma Contemporary Museum.
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
O, K
L, A
H, O
M, A
Outside Oklahoma
OK, LA
-Terry Allen, "The Girl Who Danced Oklahoma" (1979) (about a move from OK to LA): www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogDv...
Below, ED RUSCHA, OK (State I), 1990 & Hollywood, 1999, exhibited in OKLA in Oklahoma City at the Oklahoma Contemporary Museum.
L, A
H, O
M, A
Outside Oklahoma
OK, LA
-Terry Allen, "The Girl Who Danced Oklahoma" (1979) (about a move from OK to LA): www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogDv...
Below, ED RUSCHA, OK (State I), 1990 & Hollywood, 1999, exhibited in OKLA in Oklahoma City at the Oklahoma Contemporary Museum.
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Born (1936) and died (2004) on this day: master of dirty realism, Lucia Berlin. Glad I found her writing. I return to it and think of it often.
November 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Born (1936) and died (2004) on this day: master of dirty realism, Lucia Berlin. Glad I found her writing. I return to it and think of it often.
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Focusing on singer-songwriters in my American Lit II class this week. Better believe this is on the list.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgsS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgsS...
November 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Focusing on singer-songwriters in my American Lit II class this week. Better believe this is on the list.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgsS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgsS...
Well, he took his first release on a highway
In a 1953 green Chevrolet
And he's carrying an awful load for just a 15 year old
Til he laid his mind on the center line & turned up the radio
-"The Wolfman of Del Rio," Terry Allen 1979
Terry Allen, "Wolfman of del Rio" (2018-19):
In a 1953 green Chevrolet
And he's carrying an awful load for just a 15 year old
Til he laid his mind on the center line & turned up the radio
-"The Wolfman of Del Rio," Terry Allen 1979
Terry Allen, "Wolfman of del Rio" (2018-19):
November 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Well, he took his first release on a highway
In a 1953 green Chevrolet
And he's carrying an awful load for just a 15 year old
Til he laid his mind on the center line & turned up the radio
-"The Wolfman of Del Rio," Terry Allen 1979
Terry Allen, "Wolfman of del Rio" (2018-19):
In a 1953 green Chevrolet
And he's carrying an awful load for just a 15 year old
Til he laid his mind on the center line & turned up the radio
-"The Wolfman of Del Rio," Terry Allen 1979
Terry Allen, "Wolfman of del Rio" (2018-19):
Album artwork by Terry Allen.
November 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Album artwork by Terry Allen.
Ethan Hawke & Killer Mike mark out to the genius of Terry Allen at @amoebamusic.bsky.social (and talk Charley Crockett, Merle Haggard, and other cool shit).
m.youtube.com/watch?v=B-zw...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=B-zw...
Ethan Hawke & Killer Mike - What's In My Bag?
YouTube video by Amoeba
m.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Ethan Hawke & Killer Mike mark out to the genius of Terry Allen at @amoebamusic.bsky.social (and talk Charley Crockett, Merle Haggard, and other cool shit).
m.youtube.com/watch?v=B-zw...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=B-zw...
Oh, my mother
She is a mountain
And her breast
It touch the sky
And my father
He is a river
Running through her
Sweet bye and bye
Just listenin to Terry Allen's "Bloodlines (I)" on repeat, contemplatin existence: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrfs...
She is a mountain
And her breast
It touch the sky
And my father
He is a river
Running through her
Sweet bye and bye
Just listenin to Terry Allen's "Bloodlines (I)" on repeat, contemplatin existence: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrfs...
Terry Allen - "Bloodlines (I)" (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Terry Allen
www.youtube.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Oh, my mother
She is a mountain
And her breast
It touch the sky
And my father
He is a river
Running through her
Sweet bye and bye
Just listenin to Terry Allen's "Bloodlines (I)" on repeat, contemplatin existence: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrfs...
She is a mountain
And her breast
It touch the sky
And my father
He is a river
Running through her
Sweet bye and bye
Just listenin to Terry Allen's "Bloodlines (I)" on repeat, contemplatin existence: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrfs...
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Well moon lights a-falling, look at that caliche glow
And a coyotes howling, he doesn't know that he's too old
Headlights are shinin' on all we ever need to know...
Charlie Robison does Terry Allen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEsm...
And a coyotes howling, he doesn't know that he's too old
Headlights are shinin' on all we ever need to know...
Charlie Robison does Terry Allen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEsm...
Flatland Boogie
YouTube video by Charlie Robison - Topic
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Well moon lights a-falling, look at that caliche glow
And a coyotes howling, he doesn't know that he's too old
Headlights are shinin' on all we ever need to know...
Charlie Robison does Terry Allen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEsm...
And a coyotes howling, he doesn't know that he's too old
Headlights are shinin' on all we ever need to know...
Charlie Robison does Terry Allen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEsm...
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Newest episode of the AMERICANA PODCAST with @robertearlkeen is an interview with Terry and Jo Harvey Allen y’all. Good shit. www.americanapodcast.com
Americana Podcast
www.americanapodcast.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Newest episode of the AMERICANA PODCAST with @robertearlkeen is an interview with Terry and Jo Harvey Allen y’all. Good shit. www.americanapodcast.com
I had Terry Allen's radio plays wrapped around my brain as I wrote this one...
A lot of mighty fine writers are sayin mighty fine things about my gas station story and I'm mighty grateful for it.
COUNT THE DUST is out from @leftoverbooks.bsky.social in December, y'all...
COUNT THE DUST is out from @leftoverbooks.bsky.social in December, y'all...
October 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I had Terry Allen's radio plays wrapped around my brain as I wrote this one...
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Well moon lights a-fallin, look at that caliche glow
And a coyote's howling, doesn't know that he's too old
Headlights are shinin' on all we ever need to know
Charlie Robison does Terry Allen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEsm...
And a coyote's howling, doesn't know that he's too old
Headlights are shinin' on all we ever need to know
Charlie Robison does Terry Allen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEsm...
Flatland Boogie
YouTube video by Charlie Robison - Topic
www.youtube.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Well moon lights a-fallin, look at that caliche glow
And a coyote's howling, doesn't know that he's too old
Headlights are shinin' on all we ever need to know
Charlie Robison does Terry Allen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEsm...
And a coyote's howling, doesn't know that he's too old
Headlights are shinin' on all we ever need to know
Charlie Robison does Terry Allen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEsm...
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Count the Dust...the trailer.
October 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Count the Dust...the trailer.
Terry Allen, HOLDING, 1996
October 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Terry Allen, HOLDING, 1996
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3 Terry Allen quotes currently driving/inciting my WIP:
October 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
3 Terry Allen quotes currently driving/inciting my WIP:
L-Terry Allen's story of what inspired VISIONS BEHIND GLASS (BILLINGSGATE), courtesy of @laweekly01.bsky.social.
R-Terry Allen, VISIONS BEHIND GLASS (BILLINGSGATE), 1983
R-Terry Allen, VISIONS BEHIND GLASS (BILLINGSGATE), 1983
September 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
L-Terry Allen's story of what inspired VISIONS BEHIND GLASS (BILLINGSGATE), courtesy of @laweekly01.bsky.social.
R-Terry Allen, VISIONS BEHIND GLASS (BILLINGSGATE), 1983
R-Terry Allen, VISIONS BEHIND GLASS (BILLINGSGATE), 1983
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Look for Cowboy Jamboree's Terry Allen incited anthology of fiction, cnf, verse and sketches, I FEEL JUST LIKE A DOGWOOD TREE, round about November.
September 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Look for Cowboy Jamboree's Terry Allen incited anthology of fiction, cnf, verse and sketches, I FEEL JUST LIKE A DOGWOOD TREE, round about November.
And they met out on the highway
At the Paradise Motel lounge...
-"High Plains Jamboree," Terry Allen (1979)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LQ8...
Below: The Paradise (1976 installation created for The Great American Rodeo Show, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth)
At the Paradise Motel lounge...
-"High Plains Jamboree," Terry Allen (1979)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LQ8...
Below: The Paradise (1976 installation created for The Great American Rodeo Show, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth)
September 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
And they met out on the highway
At the Paradise Motel lounge...
-"High Plains Jamboree," Terry Allen (1979)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LQ8...
Below: The Paradise (1976 installation created for The Great American Rodeo Show, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth)
At the Paradise Motel lounge...
-"High Plains Jamboree," Terry Allen (1979)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LQ8...
Below: The Paradise (1976 installation created for The Great American Rodeo Show, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth)
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He just grinned and said "My friend,
I know you might think it's odd
But you got nothin to fear about drinkin a beer
If you share it with the son of God"
The Flatlanders do Terry Allen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz2Z...
I know you might think it's odd
But you got nothin to fear about drinkin a beer
If you share it with the son of God"
The Flatlanders do Terry Allen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz2Z...
The Flatlanders - "Gimmie A Ride To Heaven" [Live from Austin, TX]
YouTube video by Live From Austin TX
www.youtube.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
He just grinned and said "My friend,
I know you might think it's odd
But you got nothin to fear about drinkin a beer
If you share it with the son of God"
The Flatlanders do Terry Allen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz2Z...
I know you might think it's odd
But you got nothin to fear about drinkin a beer
If you share it with the son of God"
The Flatlanders do Terry Allen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz2Z...
"I told her she was drawing sausages, not horses
She said, 'No, they were horses'"
She said, 'No, they were horses'"
The horse part is discussed here.
@artark.bsky.social
@artark.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"I told her she was drawing sausages, not horses
She said, 'No, they were horses'"
She said, 'No, they were horses'"
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"She comes in and takes his hand. It’s time. Her fingers move lightly over his big knuckles like she is playing the piano..."
Left: Terry Allen, HITTER, 1996
Right: ending of Terry Allen's radio play DUGOUT (the story of an old ballplayer's marriage to a barrelhouse piano player)
Left: Terry Allen, HITTER, 1996
Right: ending of Terry Allen's radio play DUGOUT (the story of an old ballplayer's marriage to a barrelhouse piano player)
September 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
"She comes in and takes his hand. It’s time. Her fingers move lightly over his big knuckles like she is playing the piano..."
Left: Terry Allen, HITTER, 1996
Right: ending of Terry Allen's radio play DUGOUT (the story of an old ballplayer's marriage to a barrelhouse piano player)
Left: Terry Allen, HITTER, 1996
Right: ending of Terry Allen's radio play DUGOUT (the story of an old ballplayer's marriage to a barrelhouse piano player)
"She comes in and takes his hand. It’s time. Her fingers move lightly over his big knuckles like she is playing the piano..."
Left: Terry Allen, HITTER, 1996
Right: ending of Terry Allen's radio play DUGOUT (the story of an old ballplayer's marriage to a barrelhouse piano player)
Left: Terry Allen, HITTER, 1996
Right: ending of Terry Allen's radio play DUGOUT (the story of an old ballplayer's marriage to a barrelhouse piano player)
September 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
"She comes in and takes his hand. It’s time. Her fingers move lightly over his big knuckles like she is playing the piano..."
Left: Terry Allen, HITTER, 1996
Right: ending of Terry Allen's radio play DUGOUT (the story of an old ballplayer's marriage to a barrelhouse piano player)
Left: Terry Allen, HITTER, 1996
Right: ending of Terry Allen's radio play DUGOUT (the story of an old ballplayer's marriage to a barrelhouse piano player)
Terry Allen Really Likes Bird Imagery in His Art
Part 4
POSITIONS ON THE DESERT: Z, A, J and R (1990)
Part 4
POSITIONS ON THE DESERT: Z, A, J and R (1990)
September 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Terry Allen Really Likes Bird Imagery in His Art
Part 4
POSITIONS ON THE DESERT: Z, A, J and R (1990)
Part 4
POSITIONS ON THE DESERT: Z, A, J and R (1990)
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Look for Cowboy Jamboree's Terry Allen inspired, incited and ignited anthology of good grit, I FEEL JUST LIKE A DOGWOOD TREE, this fall...
Ah but see how the lightning
Makes cracks in your air
Tearing the clouds
Then closin the tear
Yeah but you're not surprised anymore
You're going home
To Paradise
Can't find anyone covering this, so Terry Allen does Terry Allen's "Cortez Sail" (the song): www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-ZR...
Makes cracks in your air
Tearing the clouds
Then closin the tear
Yeah but you're not surprised anymore
You're going home
To Paradise
Can't find anyone covering this, so Terry Allen does Terry Allen's "Cortez Sail" (the song): www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-ZR...
September 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Look for Cowboy Jamboree's Terry Allen inspired, incited and ignited anthology of good grit, I FEEL JUST LIKE A DOGWOOD TREE, this fall...
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Ah but see how the lightning
Makes cracks in your air
Tearing the clouds
Then closin the tear
Yeah but you're not surprised anymore
You're going home
To Paradise
Can't find anyone covering this, so Terry Allen does Terry Allen's "Cortez Sail" (the song): www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-ZR...
Makes cracks in your air
Tearing the clouds
Then closin the tear
Yeah but you're not surprised anymore
You're going home
To Paradise
Can't find anyone covering this, so Terry Allen does Terry Allen's "Cortez Sail" (the song): www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-ZR...
September 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Ah but see how the lightning
Makes cracks in your air
Tearing the clouds
Then closin the tear
Yeah but you're not surprised anymore
You're going home
To Paradise
Can't find anyone covering this, so Terry Allen does Terry Allen's "Cortez Sail" (the song): www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-ZR...
Makes cracks in your air
Tearing the clouds
Then closin the tear
Yeah but you're not surprised anymore
You're going home
To Paradise
Can't find anyone covering this, so Terry Allen does Terry Allen's "Cortez Sail" (the song): www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-ZR...