Smoke the dummy (that's Bob the Dummy to you) with Terry to commemorate our reissue of his 1980 album. Enhance any lapel with irreverent style and grace. This exquisite artifact measures 1.5" in diameter, with a durable steel pin-back. The text on the rim reads: TERRY ALLEN & THE PANHANDLE MYSTERY BAND / SMOKIN THE DUMMY.
In a typewritten 1981 letter to his friend and mentor H.C. Westermann (reproduced in the reissue liner notes), Terry writes:
MY KID BUKKA GOT A CHARLIE MCCARTHY DOLL FOR CHRISTMAS ONE YEAR WHEN HE MADE UP HIS MIND HE WAS GOING TO BE A VENTRILOQUIST. HE IMMEDIATELY PAINTED IT UP TO LOOK LIKE A VAMPIRE ... AND I JUST AS IMMEDIATELY PUT ON A PAIR OF JO HARVEY'S SUNGLASSES AND THE SLEAZIEST JACKET I COULD FIND (western slime) AND SAT FOR FAMILY PHOTOS ... ANYWAY, I BLEW RINGS OF SMOKE ON THE DUMMY AND BUKKA SAID I WAS SMOKIN THE DUMMY.
I GUESS IT RANG SOME KIND OF DEMENTED BELL …
The fabulous and brilliant Jo Harvey Allen took the photo, which appears as part of the album cover triptych.
Perceptive fashionistas will recognize this as the third installment in our grand tradition of apparel featuring hirsute smoking men.
Western slime!
Truckload of Art: The Life and Work of Terry Allen—An Authorized Biography
$34 USD
Gonna California – EP-PoB-076 + Truckload of Art book bundle
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Gonna California – EP-PoB-076
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Lubbock (on everything) – LP+CD+book-PoB-027
$49 USD
Lubbock (on everything) – LP+book-PoB-027
$33 USD
Pedal Steal + Four Corners –
Blue LP+3CD+book-PoB-045
Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band
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Terry Allen T-shirt: "Today's Rainbow is Tomorrow's Tamale."
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Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band: "There Oughta Be a Law Against Sunny Southern California" Bumper Sticker
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Just Like Moby Dick –
LP-PoB-055
Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band
$31 USD
Just Like Moby Dick –
LP+CD-PoB-055
Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band
$41 USD
Pedal Steal + Four Corners –
LP+3CD+book-PoB-045
Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band
$32 USD
Juarez – LP+CD+book-PoB-026
$42 USD
Juarez – CD+book-PoB-026
$16 USD
Juarez – LP+book-PoB-026
$28 USD
Lubbock (on everything) – CD+book-PoB-027
$18 USD
Just Like Moby Dick –
CD-PoB-055
Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band
$14 USD
Bloodlines –
CD-PoB-066
Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band
$15 USD
Bloodlines –
LP+CD-PoB-066
Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band
$35 USD
Bloodlines –
LP-PoB-066
Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band
$24 USD
Smokin the Dummy –
LP-PoB-065
Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band
$24 USD
Smokin the Dummy –
LP+CD-PoB-065
Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band
$35 USD
Cowboy and the Stranger – CS-PoB-054
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Smokin the Dummy –
CD-PoB-065
Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band
$15 USD
Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band: Smokin the Dummy Shirt
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Terry Allen T-shirt: "Just Like Moby Dick"
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Terry Allen Santa Fe, New Mexico
Legendary Texan artist Terry Allen occupies a unique position straddling the frontiers of country music and conceptual art;
he has worked with everyone from Guy Clark to David Byrne to Lucinda Williams to Bruce Nauman, and his artwork resides in museums worldwide.
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