A girl who would murder her own true love Would kill a little bird like me

Their faces gaunt Their eyes were blurred Their shirts all soaked with sweat They're riding hard to catch that herd But they ain't caught 'em yet... White Rose Motor Oil do Bob Geddins' Cavaliers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQwD...

She took him by his long yellow hair And also by his feet She plunged him into well water where It runs both cold and deep Dylan does Dick Justice: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKK7...

These are the words that cry out of me in the night Like a buffalo herd from a shotgun blast scattered in flight I got a one track mind Going down a one train line Living on dreams half the time Going west Jimmie Dale Gilmore does John Hiatt: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e276...

"I'd like to do a song now that was recoded by a pretty pearly country group known as the Beatles. I know you heard them many times from the Grand Ole Opry..." Willie does the Beatles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_HL...

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)

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.

I've been throwin' horseshoes Over my left shoulder Seems I spent all my life Searchin' for that four-leaf clover Hayes does Lefty: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf6F...

I don't want my hair to fall out I don't wanna be filled with doubt I don't wanna be a good boy scout I don't wanna have to learn to count I don't wanna have the biggest amount I don't wanna grow up Hayes Carll does Tom Waits: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzDw...

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...

Drinking black market vodka in the back of the Scottsman's saloon Then it's red meat and whiskey like a coyote drunk on the moon Nanci Griffith does Tom Russell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9VZ...

Joe Ely does Buddy Holly (song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant)

Though they might have tried their best They never caught the sun... I saw James McMurtry a couple of weeks. After he sang this song he said, "That's the Robert Earl Keen song I wrote." REK does McMurtry: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G62Z...

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill He sounds too blue to fly The midnight train is whinin low And I'm so lonesome I could cry Jimmie Dale Gilmore does Hank Williams: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uTr...

Ry Cooder performing the traditional "Billy the Kid" live in 1973. Song is on his 1972 album Into the Purple Valley. m.youtube.com/watch?v=0x4e...

"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)

When the wind don't blow in Amarillo And the moon along the Gunnison don't rise Shall I cast my dreams upon your love, babe And lie beneath the laughter of your eyes? Joe, Jimmie Dale, and Butch do Townes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg0Y...

You will start out standing Proud to steal her anything she sees You will start out standing Proud to steal her anything she sees But you will wind up peeking through her keyhole Down upon your knees Joe, Jimmie Dale, and Butch do Bob: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6yR...

You will start out standing Proud to steal her anything she sees You will start out standing Proud to steal her anything she sees But you will wind up peeking through her keyhole Down upon your knees Joe, Jimmie Dale, and Butch do Bob: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6yR...

When the wind don't blow in Amarillo And the moon along the Gunnison don't rise Shall I cast my dreams upon your love, babe And lie beneath the laughter of your eyes? Joe, Jimmie Dale, and Butch do Townes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg0Y...

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...

Three days that I dread to see arrive Three days that I hate to be alive Three days filled with tears and sorrow Yesterday, today and tomorrow k.d. does Willie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMOf...

Staggered to the Greyhound station L.A. ma'am my destination Put me on that dog take me away Mobile blue Lord, I can't make it Got me down Lord, I can't take it Here in Alabama for one more day Dave Alvin does Mickey Newbury: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbFJ...

The name she gave was Caroline A daughter of a miner And her ways were free And it seemed to me That sunshine walked beside her Steve does Townes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=26ZG...

He's big around the middle and he's broad across the rump Makin ninety-miles-an-hour, takin thirty-feet-a-jump He ain't never been caught, he ain't never been treed Some folks say he looks a lot like me James McMurtry and @therealjoeely.bsky.social do Johnny Horton: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpE6...

My momma's in the kitchen rattlin' pans and the baby cries On the TV news, somebody died He was a crazy biker in a motorcycle ridin' daredevil show In Merry England, oh, twenty seven years old Nanci Griffith does Richard Dobson: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMfP...

The next day was hangin' day the sky was overcast and black Big Jim lay covered up killed by a penknife in the back And Rosemary on the gallows she didn't even blink... Tom Russell, Joe Ely & Eliza Gilkyson do Dylan: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk4R...

She had a boy With some guy from Fresno But oh, where he is now Well, none of us know... Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Dave Alvin do Terry Allen. (Alvin co-wrote the song with Terry & Jo Harvey Allen) youtube.com/watch?v=spZ5...

Some say you're dead in Heaven Others say you're dead in Hell They don't know what it means To be stuck in-between In the RED ANGEL MOTEL -RED ANGEL MOTEL by Terry Allen (2019; graphite, pastel, gouache, colored pencil, press type, collage)

The silent night is shattered By the sounds inside my mind I'm one too many mornings And a thousand miles behind Jerry Jeff does Dylan: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlwb...

If I had a nickel, I'd find a game If I won a dollar, I would make it rain If it rained an ocean, I'd drink it dry And lay me down dissatisfied Guy does Townes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6O6...

Half the world is screwed Other half’s insane So better break out the bottle Bring on the glass And fill it up with the good stuff Cause everything must pass …Just like Moby Dick "Sailin on Through" by Terry Allen artwork by Terry Allen from album below

"No affection" were the words stuck on my mind When she walked out on me for the very last time Oh Mama, sweet Mama Can you tell me what to say? I don't know what I done to be treated this way Charley Crockett does the Flying Burrito Brothers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY_E...

Terry Allen does Terry Allen...

Well my Daddy said to me "Son it's hard as you will see To find someone upon whom to rely" And in the kitchen Mama sneezed And he grinned big as you please He said "Bless you" and a tear come to his eye Guy does Townes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZum...

THEY UNDERSTOOD EACH OTHER COMPLETELY. NEITHER WOULD ADMIT IT. THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. -Terry Allen, "The Night Gorgeous George Died" from RING (1976-1981)

I'm gonna live forever I'm gonna cross that river I'm gonna catch tomorrow now You're gonna wanna hold me Just like I always told you You're gonna miss me when I'm gone Joe does Billy Joe.

How you used to say the highway was your home But we both know that ain't true It's just the only place a man can go When he don't know where he's travelin' to Guy Clark does Steve Earle: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7FG...

Hey kids, check out CJ's latest music review. @willpayneharrison.bsky.social's newest album, STILL FEELIN' THE PAYNE, is out tomorrow and this is one to know. www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/cj-music-rev...

Charley Crockett does Bob Dylan: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCPv...

And I've got swinging doors, a jukebox, and a barstool And my new home has a flashing neon sign Stop by and see me anytime you want to 'Cause I'm always here at home till closing time Buck does Merle: youtube.com/watch?v=V4oP...

Won't you give me my flowers while I'm livin' And let me enjoy them while I can? Don't wait 'til I'm ready to be buried And then slip some lilies in my hand... Terry Allen does Flatt and Scruggs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9Ni...

So step inside where love has died and you'll sure find me With sadness and a haunted face that's bound to be Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked In the corner, at the table, by the jukebox Charley Crockett does James Hand: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8meU...

So step inside where love has died and you'll sure find me With sadness and a haunted face that's bound to be Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked In the corner, at the table, by the jukebox @ConnollyAgs does James Hand: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nwe...

Lloyd Maines does Joe Ely (he played on the original as well).

Started drinkin' in El Paso He was drunk in San Antone Tellin' strangers who were sleepin' How he hated goin' home McMurtry does Kristofferson: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymn-...

Terry Allen incited anthology call for subs: fiction, nonfiction and verse accepted. Deadline is July 15th.

‼️ Playlist for WHERE DARK THINGS RISE - think Appalachian horror meets Carrie meets Stranger Things - set in 1987 Asheville, NC ‼️ #playlist open.spotify.com/playlist/6V0...