Terry Allen is something of a legend in Austin. He's one of the old school country fried hippies, in the mold of Gram Parsons, Townes Van Zandt and Willie Nelson. Local legends The Uranium Savages and The Austin Lounge Lizards rely on similarly humorous fare. The 'Lizards actually have quite a bit of musical talent, particularly bluegrass. The 'Savages suffer no such disability...

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's satire. But Timbuk 3's 'Standard White Jesus' may not be...

Kidding on both counts. Most of Terry and Timbuk's songs are steeped in satire. Timbuk 3's 'Future's so Bright' is a classic example.

Happy Listening from Austin!

c.

There, he said it. It's satire. Does that really make it better?

I say: yes. Yes it does. A little bit.

SwampYankee wrote:

Ditto that. I give it points for originality. Cool jam at the end.

I'm going to weigh in and say: I like it! A bit too 'easy listening' with the ol' sax at the end, but it all seems kinda toungue-in-cheek, especially the album cover!

stickers11 wrote:

Wow, if you're not sure then this song is about you!

Always love some good down home sitar.

I wonder if Bill will follow this up with Sugar Magnolia?

oh my god.
I just downgraded from a 2 to a 1

ChrisinIndy wrote:

Whew. I'm glad I wasn't the only one that heard Sugar Magnolia in there. I thought I was losing my mind. Oh, wait. There it goes.

Please tell me this is supposed to be satire....

how many more people will it take to move this from acceptable to Ho-Hum?...I mean Jeez, on the album cover he's a Loser drinking a DeCaf (or a rise-and-shine cup of Jack-N-Coke incognito to calm his nerves for the exciting album cover shoot) with his arm around his coyote buddy 'Trophy Kill', wearing shades to get that BlindDog Fullerton 'look' plus the song absolutely Sucks Ass.....Greatest Missed Hits?....mmmmm....... No .....actually this could possibly rate in the Top 100 Worst Album Covers Ever, in the low 20's.

david byrne doing Don't fence me in and then
"Big ol' White Boys"

was that a segway ?
if not let me pretend and smile.

I can't even rate this one, it's too different lol. I'll have to hear it again (and louder when my office mates are out to lunch) to determine yea or nay.

I love the ending jam with the sitar and sax, a strange but wonderful combination.

This is a strange song. I am not sure what to make of it.

Jake's description nails it: "West Texas Hindu Honky-Tonk"! I like it! :D

Very similar (but slowed down) chord progression.

it's one that made me stop, look and listen. and it wasn't at the train tracks.