I practically grew up listening to Terry Allen and Lubbock (On Everything) is the crown jewel in his canon. The Great Joe Bob (A Regional Tragedy) is the inspiration for songs written by Steve Earle, Robert Earl Keen and others. If...more.

If Terry Allen has recorded any substandard music, he's been kind enough not to release it ... Lubbock is another winner from argulably one of the most consistent musicians on the scene today ... If you listen to Joe Ely, Steve Earle...more.

This really is one of the greatest American recordings of all time. Intelligent, humorous, and simply damn good music. When I first discovered this album I listened to it every day for weeks. Surprise your friends for Christmas with this album...more.

There is something wonderfully weird about the bent observations of the lyrics delivered in a West Texas twang to the accompaniment of a simple 4/4 beat, parlor piano, and pedal steel. One can see why Terry Allen is David Byrne...more.

My brother-in-law and I recently drove a 24-foot International diesel moving truck cross-country. He brought along Smokin the Dummy, and boy, I just can't imagine a better set of songs to accompany that type of chore...more.