Next month sees the publication of Brendan Greaves’ Truckload of Art: The Life and Work of Terry Allen – the definitive, deep-dive, authorized, and first-ever biography of Terry Allen.
Bloodlines testifies, in tandem with the re-issue of ‘Smokin The Dummy,’ that having established himself as a maverick country outsider in the seventies, Terry Allen began the eighties on a creative roll. They deserve stronger appreciation among country fans and record collectors far and wide.
What is abundantly clear on this re-issue of ‘Smokin’ The Dummy’, is that Terry Allen wrote some great songs in those first two decades of his recording career, they have languished in the alt-country shadows for far too long.
Paradise of Bachelors are to reissue two of Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band’s long out-of-print albums from the early 1980s. Remastered from the original recordings and featuring expanded artwork, Smokin the Dummy (1980) and Bloodlines (1983) are both out May 6th, 2022.
A witty, insightful and musically infectious album with songs that more than stand comparison with his early greats, at 76 Allen proves you’re never too old to lead from the front.
