From the Fred Eaglesmith mailing list, a serious(?) religious take on
Terry Allen's "Salivation":
As for me,
I'd never let this guy babysit my young'uns.
My God, no. Terry Allen is crazier than Guy Clark. I won't even let him
talk to my duaghter.
--
Joe Gracey
Presiden
From the Fred Eaglesmith mailing list, a serious(?) religious take on
Terry Allen's "Salivation":
I received a CD in my CARE package today that I thought that some of
ya'll more irreverant heads might be interested in.
Terry Allen - Salivation
Sugar Hill Records
I might
I read a lot of interviews...and a lot of Terry Allen interviews...but I
think this is one of the best I've read. It's from rolling stone
online. Make sure you read the part about the brands.
Steve
Southern Discomfort
Renaissance artist Terry Allen's
savage, frothy hymn for the end
Junior wrote:
np: Lyle Lovett "Sold American" (from Pearls in the Snow)
uh, what is Pearls in the Snow? (nice title when you stop to think
about it).
carl w.
Carl! Pearls in the Snow is the Kinky Friedman tribute album that came
out in December. It's pretty darn good, actually, both in itself and as
an intro to Kinky's material. Check this out:
Willie, Ride 'em Jewboy
Delbert McClinton, Autograph
Lee Roy Parnell, Nville Casualty and Life
Asleep a
On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Terry A. Smith wrote:
Yeah, I know this is songwriting analysis 101, but I just cringe to hear
AE thrown in with the pejorative "snooze-rock guys" phrase. Or "overly
polite and artsy."
Well, anyone who covers the Stooges probably isn't too "overly polite."g
I was
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 13-Mar-99 Re: Terry Allen
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Well, anyone who covers the Stooges probably isn't too "overly polite."g
I was referring more to the likes of Bruton and McMurtry.
Can someone who covers Kinky Friedman
On Sat, 13 Mar 1999, Carl Abraham Zimring wrote:
Can someone who covers Kinky Friedman (McMurtry) be accused of being
"overly polite"?
Sure, if he smooths 'em out like McMurtry does.--don
thers even downright mad. Titled Salivation,
the album takes dead-aim at religion, skewering its hypocrisies with irony
and irreverence while also demonstrating that Allen's lost none of his
ability to tell a powerful tale. Terry Allen doesn't make background
music, and thank god for that.--don
I
Bob:
Well, here too: The only time I've ever seen Friedman, he literally
spent the evening belching on stage and then told us at the end how
lucky he was to be going to New York, where he'd play to an audience
that appreciated him. (Doubters are welcome to go to the Boston Globe
archives at
lbum takes dead-aim at religion, skewering its hypocrisies with irony
and irreverence while also demonstrating that Allen's lost none of his
ability to tell a powerful tale. Terry Allen doesn't make background
music, and thank god for that.--don
And here's an interesting contrast to the overly polite and artsy "roots
rock" types: Terry Allen's an arty Texas singer-songwriter who also just
happens to be thoroughly immersed in various roots styles. He does more
than just name-check roots music greats in his publicity sheets (a la
Steve Gardner wrote:
Gatemouth Brown (we are putting out a reissue from him this month)
This wouldn't be the nearly-impossible-to-find
"Bogaloosa Boogie Man" would it? (he asked hopefully)
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