Terry Allen Reissuing Juarez and Lubbock
Terry Allens first two albums are both critically acclaimed classics and outliers in the 70s country music canon. They are representative of the man who made them—rambunctious and unflinchingly original, never bowing to convention while sounding entirely timeless. They will both be reissued in new definitive editions this year by Paradise of Bachelors, a label whose aesthetic is intimately tied to the Allen legacy, in close collaboration with Allen. Juarez, Allens 1975 debut, will be released May 20th.
Texas Monthly has shared a new video of Allen and his sons Bukka and Bale performing What of Alicia, one of the narrative hinges of the Juarez cycle, earlier this year at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. TTU recently honored influential Lubbock natives Terry and his wife Jo Harvey with the inauguration of The Allen Collection, an extensive archive to house artwork and ephemera by both artists. Allens legacy as a visual artist is just as legendary as his music, with works included in the collections of MoMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, LACMA, and other world-class institutions.
(May 20th – Paradise of Bachelors)
A1. The Juarez Device (aka Texican Badman) A2. Dialogue: The Characters (a simple story) A3. Cortez Sail A4. Border Palace A5. Dogwood A6. Writing on Rocks Across the U.S.A. A7. The Radio … and Real Life B1. There Oughta Be a Law Against Sunny Southern California (Jabo I, II, III) B2. What of Alicia B3. Honeymoon in Cortez B4. Four Corners B5. Dialogue: The Run South B6. Parts: Jabo/Street Walkin Woman B7. Cantina Carlotta B8. La Despedida (The Parting)
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