Terry Allen

Terry Allen (born May 7, 1943) is an American musician and artist from Lubbock, Texas. Allen's musical career as a singer-songwriter has spanned many Texas country and outlaw country albums, and his work as a visual artist has included painting, conceptual art, performance, and sculpture, with a number of notable bronze sculptures installed publicly in various cities throughout the United States. He currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. 
Allen has recorded twelve albums of original songs, including the landmark releases Juarez (1975) and Lubbock (On Everything) (1979). His song "Amarillo Highway" has been covered by Bobby Bare, Sturgill Simpson and Robert Earl Keen. Other artists who have recorded Allen's songs include Guy Clark, Little Feat, David Byrne, Doug Sahm, Ricky Nelson, and Lucinda Williams. Rolling Stone magazine describes his catalog, reaching back to Juarez as "..uniformly eccentric and uncompromising, savage and beautiful, literate and guttural."
Allen also works with a wide variety of media including musical and theatrical performances, sculpture, painting, drawing and video, and installations which incorporate any and all of these media. His work has been shown throughout the United States and internationally.
==Links to Peel==
Peel played a few tracks from the country singer on his shows in 1988, but his friend and colleague, Andy Kershaw, was more of a fan and would play songs from the artist, including recording several sessions for his shows.
==Shows Played==
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*14 March 1988: The Wolfman Of Del Rio [LP - Lubbock (On Everything)] Special Delivery
*05 April 1988: Truckload Of Art (album - Lubbock On Everything) Special Delivery
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
Category:Artists