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DFW Airport: Terry Allen’s Wish sculpture

Terry Allen's 30-foot bronze wishbone hangs over security at DFW Airport Terminal D

Terminal D, Gate D30, DFW International Airport, TX 75261

Everyone who passes through DFW Airport’s Terminal D walks under a 30-foot bronze wishbone. Terry Allen made it. He titled it Wish.

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Buddy Holly, Waylon Jennings, and Joe Ely all grew up within 50 miles of each other. So did Bobby Keys,…
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‘I Hope Your Old Plane Crashes’: Waylon Jennings and the Night That Haunted Him

In February 1959, Waylon Jennings gave up his seat on Buddy Holly’s doomed plane — and made a joke he’d spend the rest of his…
Shooter Jennings and Charley Crokett in Clovis
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Down Highway 84: Charley Crockett Records ‘Clovis’ at Norman Petty’s Studio
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The Boy Who Led Blind Lemon Through Deep Ellum
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Bob Wills Built It. Jack Ruby Ran It. Then the Sex Pistols Showed Up.
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