Living in the woods in a tree
Subtitle: remembering Blaze Foley
By: by Sybil Rosen.
Series: North Texas lives of musicians series -- no. 2
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Denton, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781574412505
Subjects: Foley, Blaze, -- 1949-1989; Singers -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Living in the Woods in a Tree is an intimate glimpse into the turbulent life of Texas music legend Blaze Foley (1949-1989), seen through the eyes of Sybil Rosen, the woman for whom he wrote his most widely known song, 'If I Could Only Fly.' It captures the exuberance of their fleeting idyll in a tree house in the Georgia woods during the countercultural 1970s. Rosen offers a firsthand witnessing of Foley's transformation from a reticent hippie musician to the enigmatic singer/songwriter who would live and die outside society's rules. While Foley's own performances are only recently being released, his songs have been covered by Merle Haggard, Lyle Lovett, and John Prine. When he first encountered 'If I Could Only Fly,' Merle Haggard called it 'the best country song I've heard in fifteen years'" --
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