If I Could Only Fly
January 27, 2016 12:23 PM   Subscribe

 
Oh, great thanks for this post. I've always been intrigued by Blaze Foley. Love his song Clay Pigeons.
posted by Rumple at 12:47 PM on January 27, 2016


Wow thanks, I've been wanting to see Duct Tape Messiah for ages and wasn't aware it was online.
(I also came in here to post Clay Pigeons)
posted by coleboptera at 12:55 PM on January 27, 2016


Crap, at first I thought this was going to say Merle Haggard died, which would have sealed this crappy time.

This is really interesting. I have a couple of Blaze Foley records buy had no idea about his story.
posted by bongo_x at 1:16 PM on January 27, 2016


I'll be damned, somehow I always thought that was a Hag original.
posted by the phlegmatic king at 1:17 PM on January 27, 2016


I feel a Merle Haggard binge coming on now, thanks for lighting that fuse, y2karl.
posted by madamjujujive at 10:43 AM on January 28, 2016


The Townes song Blaze's Blues is also (obviously) about Foley. Nicely covered here
posted by C.A.S. at 11:33 AM on January 28, 2016


Well, madamejj, as spitbull recommends, there is no better place to start than Out Among the Stars...
posted by y2karl at 12:54 PM on January 28, 2016 [1 favorite]


And from the album Out Among The Stars, I was going to add a rollicking Western Swing version of a very vintage jazz standard, which is, to quote DeKoven, Super OTW but then I found this wonderful live version of the same song: Merle Haggard & Les Paul - Pennies from Heaven.
posted by y2karl at 6:20 PM on January 28, 2016


And, for and from the record, that is, the album Out Among the Stars, here is the best of his two studio Pennies from Heaven.
posted by y2karl at 7:42 AM on January 29, 2016


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