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Marc Allen

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About Me

Fifty years of riding the American dream. A run away train. Quiet resignation edged with hope for a brighter day. Waitresses in small diners. Men pushing brooms and shagging used parts. Reduced expectations and small dividends. "He doesn't play very well and his singing is different...but there is something there..." mspmb style='display:none' src='' AUTOSTART='True' LOOP='1'

My Interests

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Member Since: 2/18/2007
Band Members: Marc Allen
Influences: Dave Alvin, Bruce Springsteen, Early Tull, William Topley, Johnny Cash, Robert Heinlein, Philip K.Dick, Robert Kennedy, Neil Armstrong, Dennis Hopper, Frank Zappa, Tom Waits, Abbie Hoffman, The Green Lantern.
Sounds Like: Tobacco and Whiskey, a bad night's sleep on a stranger's couch.
Record Label: Home Wreckords
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The Greatest Generation

My last connection to the greatest generation has gone to meet her ancestors. She was connected to me by marriage and blood. There are none now to tell the tales of the youth of my father. I...
Posted by Marc Allen on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:32:00 PST

All these rivers running...

Her photo emerges from the bottom of an old box, brittle and yellowed. Forgotten things and bits of yesterdays. Thirty two years, thirty two years. And if  I concentrate, I can almost hear the so...
Posted by Marc Allen on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 09:28:00 PST

Renewal of Light and Life

Warmer nights bring more sirens through the streets, their song tells of somebody having a really bad day. The old Hampton Heath top coat lays across the chair unworn. Sleepless I strum absent-mindedl...
Posted by Marc Allen on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 09:31:00 PST

Terry Dalton

It is with great sadness that I bid farewell to Terry Dalton. I will miss him tremendously. Terry and I first crossed paths at Paris On The Platte in the late eighties. If not for Terry, I would never...
Posted by Marc Allen on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:21:00 PST