KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Ode To Gravity: Terry Allen, 1 of 2
Analog Audio
Event Type
Interview and MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
OTG.1981.07.06.AProgram Series
Ode To GravityProgram Length
114 minPart
1 of 2Dates
1981-07-06 | broadcast| 1981-06-12 | created
Description
Charles Amirkhanian introduces the satirical Country & Western music of painter/composer Terry Allen. Selections from his albums "Smokin' The Dummy" and "Lubbock (on Everything)" are heard. Allen has worked with the Panhandle Mystery Band, an ensemble of long time C&W veterans who seem tolerant and supportive of the younger composer's wacky and surreal lyrical bent. All the favorites including "Truckload of Art" will be heard on this outsized retrospective of an artist who combines the musical sensibility of a Lyle Lovett with the artistic imagination of a David Lynch.Genres
Popular musicMusical Selections
Truckload of Art -- Cortez Sail -- Border Palace -- There Outta Be a Law Against Sunny Southern California -- What of Alicia -- La Despedida (The Parting)Subjects
Country musicPopular music
Art and music
Art
Related places
Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
Panhandle Mystery BandAmirkhanian, Charles
Allen, Terry, 1943-