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.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
November 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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.
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.
Terry Allen, HOLDING, 1996
October 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Terry Allen, HOLDING, 1996
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
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)
"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)
Terry Allen Really Likes Bird Imagery in His Art
Part 3
Left: THE CORTEZ SAIL, mixed media on Strathmore paper and acrylic box frame
Right: Text from the radio play, REUNION (A RETURN TO JUAREZ)
Part 3
Left: THE CORTEZ SAIL, mixed media on Strathmore paper and acrylic box frame
Right: Text from the radio play, REUNION (A RETURN TO JUAREZ)
September 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Terry Allen Really Likes Bird Imagery in His Art
Part 3
Left: THE CORTEZ SAIL, mixed media on Strathmore paper and acrylic box frame
Right: Text from the radio play, REUNION (A RETURN TO JUAREZ)
Part 3
Left: THE CORTEZ SAIL, mixed media on Strathmore paper and acrylic box frame
Right: Text from the radio play, REUNION (A RETURN TO JUAREZ)
Terry Allen Really Likes Bird Imagery in His Art
Part 2
Below: SEVERAL DISTURBING THINGS IN THE FUTURE (2009) from the GHOST SHIP RODEZ installation
Part 2
Below: SEVERAL DISTURBING THINGS IN THE FUTURE (2009) from the GHOST SHIP RODEZ installation
September 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Terry Allen Really Likes Bird Imagery in His Art
Part 2
Below: SEVERAL DISTURBING THINGS IN THE FUTURE (2009) from the GHOST SHIP RODEZ installation
Part 2
Below: SEVERAL DISTURBING THINGS IN THE FUTURE (2009) from the GHOST SHIP RODEZ installation
Terry Allen Really Likes Bird Imagery in His Art
Part 1
from the ANTERABBIT/BLEEDER installation:
FEATHER WISHBONE
1943, A PET BIRD
NITE OWL
Part 1
from the ANTERABBIT/BLEEDER installation:
FEATHER WISHBONE
1943, A PET BIRD
NITE OWL
September 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Terry Allen Really Likes Bird Imagery in His Art
Part 1
from the ANTERABBIT/BLEEDER installation:
FEATHER WISHBONE
1943, A PET BIRD
NITE OWL
Part 1
from the ANTERABBIT/BLEEDER installation:
FEATHER WISHBONE
1943, A PET BIRD
NITE OWL
I've been born and I'm gonna die
Blood red wing, you gonna make me fly
-Terry Allen, "Red Bird"
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpsH...)
Below L: Terry Allen, WING, 1970-71
Below R: Terry Allen, RED WING, 2019
Blood red wing, you gonna make me fly
-Terry Allen, "Red Bird"
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpsH...)
Below L: Terry Allen, WING, 1970-71
Below R: Terry Allen, RED WING, 2019
September 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I've been born and I'm gonna die
Blood red wing, you gonna make me fly
-Terry Allen, "Red Bird"
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpsH...)
Below L: Terry Allen, WING, 1970-71
Below R: Terry Allen, RED WING, 2019
Blood red wing, you gonna make me fly
-Terry Allen, "Red Bird"
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpsH...)
Below L: Terry Allen, WING, 1970-71
Below R: Terry Allen, RED WING, 2019
Terry Allen, JUAREZ DEVICE, 1969 – 1975
mixed media on paper and plexiglass
mixed media on paper and plexiglass
September 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Terry Allen, JUAREZ DEVICE, 1969 – 1975
mixed media on paper and plexiglass
mixed media on paper and plexiglass
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)
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)
August 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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)
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)
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
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
August 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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
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
"In the dark, he mentions his mother.
But then he tells her all about Japan…his tattoos.
She kisses the ships on his arms..."
from REUNION (A RETURN TO JUAREZ) by Terry Allen, 1992
below: WHEN SHE KISSES THE SHIP by Terry Allen, 1996
But then he tells her all about Japan…his tattoos.
She kisses the ships on his arms..."
from REUNION (A RETURN TO JUAREZ) by Terry Allen, 1992
below: WHEN SHE KISSES THE SHIP by Terry Allen, 1996
August 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"In the dark, he mentions his mother.
But then he tells her all about Japan…his tattoos.
She kisses the ships on his arms..."
from REUNION (A RETURN TO JUAREZ) by Terry Allen, 1992
below: WHEN SHE KISSES THE SHIP by Terry Allen, 1996
But then he tells her all about Japan…his tattoos.
She kisses the ships on his arms..."
from REUNION (A RETURN TO JUAREZ) by Terry Allen, 1992
below: WHEN SHE KISSES THE SHIP by Terry Allen, 1996
THEY UNDERSTOOD EACH OTHER COMPLETELY.
NEITHER WOULD ADMIT IT.
THAT WAS THE PROBLEM.
-Terry Allen, "The Night Gorgeous George Died" from RING (1976-1981)
NEITHER WOULD ADMIT IT.
THAT WAS THE PROBLEM.
-Terry Allen, "The Night Gorgeous George Died" from RING (1976-1981)
August 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
THEY UNDERSTOOD EACH OTHER COMPLETELY.
NEITHER WOULD ADMIT IT.
THAT WAS THE PROBLEM.
-Terry Allen, "The Night Gorgeous George Died" from RING (1976-1981)
NEITHER WOULD ADMIT IT.
THAT WAS THE PROBLEM.
-Terry Allen, "The Night Gorgeous George Died" from RING (1976-1981)
Guy Clark wanted his ashes put in a Terry Allen sculpture when he died. Allen created--w/ Guy's ashes included--CAW CAW BLUES, recalling Guy's fascination w/ a barb wire crow's nest.
Rodney Crowell wrote a song about the nest, also called CAW CAW BLUES: www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Sb...
Rodney Crowell wrote a song about the nest, also called CAW CAW BLUES: www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Sb...
August 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Guy Clark wanted his ashes put in a Terry Allen sculpture when he died. Allen created--w/ Guy's ashes included--CAW CAW BLUES, recalling Guy's fascination w/ a barb wire crow's nest.
Rodney Crowell wrote a song about the nest, also called CAW CAW BLUES: www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Sb...
Rodney Crowell wrote a song about the nest, also called CAW CAW BLUES: www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Sb...
Terry Allen, ANCIENT, 2000-2001 (multi media installation that was part of the DUGOUT I installation, 2004)
July 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Terry Allen, ANCIENT, 2000-2001 (multi media installation that was part of the DUGOUT I installation, 2004)
“Sailor meets Alice in a Tijuana bar/They get drunk/Fuck/Cry-to-believe together/and get married..."
-Terry Allen, "Dialogue: The Characters (A Simple Story)" on the JUAREZ album
Below, Terry Allen, MELODYLAND (ext & int) from the exhibition A SIMPLE STORY (JUAREZ), 1992
-Terry Allen, "Dialogue: The Characters (A Simple Story)" on the JUAREZ album
Below, Terry Allen, MELODYLAND (ext & int) from the exhibition A SIMPLE STORY (JUAREZ), 1992
July 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“Sailor meets Alice in a Tijuana bar/They get drunk/Fuck/Cry-to-believe together/and get married..."
-Terry Allen, "Dialogue: The Characters (A Simple Story)" on the JUAREZ album
Below, Terry Allen, MELODYLAND (ext & int) from the exhibition A SIMPLE STORY (JUAREZ), 1992
-Terry Allen, "Dialogue: The Characters (A Simple Story)" on the JUAREZ album
Below, Terry Allen, MELODYLAND (ext & int) from the exhibition A SIMPLE STORY (JUAREZ), 1992
Yea, I'm crashin the state lines
Headed for a high time this Sunday
And I need your tattoo
Next to mine when I do
Ahhh, Chic Blundie
-Terry Allen, "Dogwood"
Below: Terry Allen, STAT ELINE (JUAREZ)
Headed for a high time this Sunday
And I need your tattoo
Next to mine when I do
Ahhh, Chic Blundie
-Terry Allen, "Dogwood"
Below: Terry Allen, STAT ELINE (JUAREZ)
July 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Yea, I'm crashin the state lines
Headed for a high time this Sunday
And I need your tattoo
Next to mine when I do
Ahhh, Chic Blundie
-Terry Allen, "Dogwood"
Below: Terry Allen, STAT ELINE (JUAREZ)
Headed for a high time this Sunday
And I need your tattoo
Next to mine when I do
Ahhh, Chic Blundie
-Terry Allen, "Dogwood"
Below: Terry Allen, STAT ELINE (JUAREZ)
Terry Allen incited anthology call for subs: fiction, nonfiction and verse accepted. Deadline is July 15th.
June 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Terry Allen incited anthology call for subs: fiction, nonfiction and verse accepted. Deadline is July 15th.
Terry Allen, HOLDINGS, 1998
June 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Terry Allen, HOLDINGS, 1998
The past moves faster than a grassfire
And tomorrow can't come another day too soon
-Terry Allen, "Late 1961 (or the 3701 28th St. Cowboy Blues)"
(Performed at the opening of Al's Grand Hotel, an art installation and functioning hotel, for 7 weeks, by Allen Ruppersberg.)
And tomorrow can't come another day too soon
-Terry Allen, "Late 1961 (or the 3701 28th St. Cowboy Blues)"
(Performed at the opening of Al's Grand Hotel, an art installation and functioning hotel, for 7 weeks, by Allen Ruppersberg.)
June 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The past moves faster than a grassfire
And tomorrow can't come another day too soon
-Terry Allen, "Late 1961 (or the 3701 28th St. Cowboy Blues)"
(Performed at the opening of Al's Grand Hotel, an art installation and functioning hotel, for 7 weeks, by Allen Ruppersberg.)
And tomorrow can't come another day too soon
-Terry Allen, "Late 1961 (or the 3701 28th St. Cowboy Blues)"
(Performed at the opening of Al's Grand Hotel, an art installation and functioning hotel, for 7 weeks, by Allen Ruppersberg.)