By Richard Skanse As milestone birthdays go, 70 trips around the sun certainly merits a fair amount of fuss. A nice family dinner at bare …
By Richard Skanse It’s not about nostalgia, Terry Allen insisted. “It’s about memory.” That was mid-December, and the internationally renowned artist, sculptor, and maverick songwriter …
By Thomas D. Mooney The ’70s and ’80s were boom times for the West Texas music scene, with songwriters and bandleaders like Joe Ely, Butch …
By Thomas D. Mooney Terry Allen was 36-years-old when he released his second album, the double-platter, all-encompassing monolith Lubbock (on Everything). Released in 1979, it …
By Thomas D. Mooney By all definitions, Terry Allen’s double-album, Lubbock (on Everything) is a masterpiece that defines an era of music blowing in from the Panhandle, …
LESLIE KRAFKA Onward Smallz Records Houston’s Leslie Krafka is proof that it’s never too late to find your true calling. A few short years ago, …
Terry Allen performing “Four Corners,” from his new album Bottom of the World (and also from his first album, 1975’s Juarez) with Bukka Allen (accordion), …
Terry Allen performing “Hold On to the House,” from his album Bottom of the World, with Bukka Allen (accordion), Richard Bowden (fiddle/mandolin) and Brian Standefer …
Terry Allen performing “Emergency Human Blood Courier” from his new album Bottom of the World, with Bukka Allen (accordion), Richard Bowden (fiddle/mandolin) and Brian Standefer …
By Richard Skanse (LSM Jan/Feb 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 1) In the summer of 1965, a 22-year-old art student from Lubbock, Texas, named Terry Allen walked …
