he returned to odessa, texas, where he worked with ronnie smith, roy orbison, and producer willie nelson. he was also producer on the futuristic, prophetic trans-atlantic & australasian hit, "in the year 2525" by one-hit-wonders zager & evans. later in 1968, he moved to nashville, where he did session work and produced bob wills' "24 great hits by bob wills and his texas playboys". in the mid-1970s allsup served as the producer for a pair of asleep at the wheel albums.