Recorded in Los Angeles, CA, c. 1968.

Master tapes transferred by Curtis Peoples, courtesy of Texas Tech University.

TRUCKLOAD OF ART

Precious objects are scattered

All over the ground

The occupational anthem of art handlers everywhere, “Truckload of Art” is a centerpiece of Lubbock (on everything) (1979). But an earlier recording, featuring Don Everly and James Burton, appeared in Monte Hellman’s cult classic 1971 road movie Two-Lane Blacktop, starring James Taylor and Beach Boy Dennis Wilson as cross-country hot-rodding heartthrobs (listen for it briefly blasting from the radio of antagonist Warren Oates’s GTO). This demo version likely predates that recording.