Amarillo, Texas Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===In popular culture=== [[File:Amarillo-Texas-Starry-Night-Horse-Dec2005.jpg|thumb|The American Quarter Horse Association and Center City of Amarillo sponsors an ongoing public art project that consists of decorated horse statues located in front of several Amarillo businesses.]] Amarillo has been mentioned in popular music such as George Strait's "[[Amarillo by Morning (song)|Amarillo by Morning]]" by Paul Fraser and Terry Stafford (Stafford did his original version before Strait did his own cover),[[Gorillaz]] [[Amarillo (Gorillaz song)|Amarillo]], [[Mark Chesnutt]]'s [[Blame It on Texas]], [[Nat King Cole]]'s "[[(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66]]", [[Bob Dylan]]'s "[[Brownsville Girl]]" (Amarillo was referred to as the "land of the living dead"), [[Rob Zombie]]'s "Two Lane Blacktop", "[[Amarillo Sky (song)|Amarillo Sky]]" by [[Jason Aldean]], "A Quick Death In Texas" by [[Clutch (band)|Clutch]], [[Marty Robbin's]] "[[Running Gun]]", and the song "[[Is This the Way to Amarillo]]" written by [[Neil Sedaka]] and [[Howard Greenfield]], recorded famously by Yorkshireman [[Tony Christie]] and Sedaka, and revived in the UK by comedian [[Peter Kay]] through performances in the comedy series ''[[Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights]]'' and in a charity performance for [[Comic Relief (charity)|Comic Relief]]. Christie's version, which only managed to reach 18 when originally released in 1971, made it to the number 1 spot in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in 2005 for 7 weeks.<ref>{{cite news |title=Amarillo tops 2005 single sales |date= January 2, 2006|work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4575226.stm|access-date= January 25, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tony Christie tops singles chart |date= March 20, 2005|work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4366721.stm|access-date= January 25, 2007}}</ref> The Amarillo Film Commission is a division of the Amarillo Convention and Visitor Council that was created to provide film crews with locations and other assistance when filming in Amarillo.<ref>{{cite web |author= Amarillo Convention and Visitor Council |url= http://www.amarillofilm.org/ |title= Amarillo CVC Film Commission |access-date= February 9, 2006 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060313003228/http://www.amarillofilm.org/ |archive-date= March 13, 2006 |url-status= live}}</ref> Amarillo was the setting for many motion pictures, including ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'', ''Switchback'' 1997, and ''The Plutonium Circus'', the 1995 [[South by Southwest|South by Southwest Film Festival]] winner for best documentary feature. Amarillo was the title of the [[Amarillo (Better Call Saul)|third episode of the second season]] of [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]]'s drama ''[[Better Call Saul]]'', a spin-off of the hit drama ''[[Breaking Bad]]''. The city played a part in the plot of the episode, as it was a location used by series protagonist [[Saul Goodman|Jimmy McGill]] to solicit clients.<ref>{{cite web|title=Amarillo|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4462676/|website=IMDB|date=February 29, 2016}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page