I say this alot about alot of songs. But I find myself coming back to this and thinking "this is probably one of the best songs anyone's ever written." It's so touchingly human. There's so much emotion in this simple little ditty.
I used to listen to this song all the time when I was in my addiction to me personally, it was a song of hope and redemption. I moved out to the Texas Hill Country almost two years ago. I didn't know Blaze had such a huge following here. 16 days, and I'll be 2 years clean and sober. This song has helped me so much along the way. Never give up hope!
1000th comment. Blaze Foley is the most under appreciated, under rated and downright best folk artist of the 70’s - late 80’s!! Wish I was old enough to have met him.
When I heard John Prine singing Clay Pigeons, I saw that Blaze Foley was the songwriter. This song strikes a chord with me. After a career in the Army and the end of a 28 year marriage, i walked away from it all. I left Texas and headed to the West Coast. Basically, I went for two years and rarely drew a sober breath from Seattle, San Francisco, Albuquerque and places in between. When the song lyrics say - I'm tired of running 'round Lookin' for answers to questions that I already know I could build me a castle with memories Just to have somewhere to go. I know the heartfelt message that the song conveys. I absolutely love this song.
Never made it as far as the west coast, after going bust in Albuquerque having pulled up stakes in the Carolinas, I stood on the side of interstate 40 flipping a coin; east or west, with as much a chance of making it anywhere. Ended up staying in Oklahoma for a couple of years, working the oilfields.
I thought Prine originally wrote it, that's how closely him and Foley are aligned lyrically. I think people who travel have a better perspective about life than people who don't. There is just so much to see and experience.
@@justinv8378 So was Don Sanders, Guy Clark, Mance Lipscomb, and too many to mention. Yes, Texas had a few well-known songwritiers some you never heard of.
I live about 10 minutes from his burial. I visited the ceremony today. People left Lone Star beer, cigarettes, and some change. I sat next to the gravestone and played a few songs including this one. It felt like he was playing them for me and I cried. I might go back tomorrow.
Blaze is so talented man. He writes hit after hit. This guy Brett McDaniel writes and sings great music too ruclips.net/video/nWpwnKcJzrY/видео.html I'm a sucker for sad songs
He certainly respected John Prine. In fact John Prine talks about meeting Blaze Foley once, I believe it was in New York City, however he didn’t remember the meeting but people told him it had happened. I believe that the first person Blaze Foley would look up would be Townes Van Zandt, as Townes was his his best friend.
Years later I still bring one lyric from this song to memory from time to time: I'm tired of running around looking for answers to questions that I already know. I could build me a castle of memories just to have somewhere to go.
And John Prine. Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris are my faves. And I mostly listen to really hardcore underground metal. LOL!
@@samirwknox I like Meshuggah. I seen them a couple times. Future Breed Machine, Straws Pulled At Random, The Mouth Licking What You,ve Bled, Lethargica, Pravus, Behind The Sun, Demon's Name Is Surveillance, and I (EP) are all pretty sick jams. I usually listen to thrash, death and black metal and shit like Maiden, Priest, King Diamond and Iced Earth when I listen to metal but Meshaggah are dope. Their live light shows are nuts
I knew Blaze when I was a young kid and teenager in the 80's living in Austin..He and my mom Patricia Belen were good friends who played music and partied alot together..many a morning I woke up to Blaze sleeping on the floor or the couch ,as I was gettin ready for school..lol he was sweet guy , and funny and goofy too..I remember him and my mom gettin in fights one week , and being best of friends the next..lol it's weird seeing his face and hearing his voice in these vids sumtimes.. most documentaries and movies about him ,sadly leave out how close of friends he and my mother were..that woulda made Blaze sad..She was the only person outta all them characters back then that was anything like him..they're both gone now , and I hope they're playing guitar and singing together in heaven now.
I heard John Prine sing this and didn't even think to look at the liner notes because it sounds just like a John Prine song! I am so glad I found this version!!
This man, along with Townes and a few others have gotten me through some of the toughest times of my life. Great songwriters who deserve so much more recognition than they got. Wish the best for everyone who finds this❤️
I'm so glad there's still people out there that can really appreciate music that's just written so fucking well it stops you in your tracks while you reflect and get that shimmer in your eyes.
I’ve had this experience listening to many of Blaze’s songs, but the biggest ones were Clay Pigeons and The Moonlight Song. Reminds me of the Neutral Milk Hotel line in Oh Comely “…soft silly music is meaningful, magical”
Blaze is such a legend. So many of his recordings are just like this, him picking, a mic somewhere capturing it. No studio polish. Love it. Rest easy Blaze
A friend, who recently left for Heaven, reminded me of this song just a couple of weeks before he had to go. I haven't stopped listening to it since. Blaze was gone too soon as well.
@@johnconnell4503 gotcha dude, go watch mike judges show "tales from the tour bus" and watch the one on blaze foley. Ya gotta pay to see it(unless you can find it somewhere else.) It's the funniest stuff and it gets funnier the more you know. The go watch Heartworn highways (townes van zant doc) let me know whatcha think.
@@mistascott007 absolutely. John was the master. I actually found video of the performance and uploaded it to my channel if you're curious. He performed it with Ben Dickey who recently played Blaze in a movie. It was beautiful.
This guy was unbelievable. Just raw talent, could probably count on one hand the amount of people who could sound that good sitting outside on the porch.
The heartbreak and the love, Blaze was such a sweet friend, always. One you could count on having a solution to life and the hardships we see, in his beautiful music. I lived at this house where this is filmed. It impacted my future, still to this day. Blaze was free, even in jail, The Duct Tape Messiah, will always be flying - If I could only fly - (written for his mom.) The KLRU tapes are amazing. So thankful he was in my world and that I have all his music archived. Drunken Angel says it all. MISS YOU BLAZE!
In the video of he and the Beaver Creek boys live performance on the best lil show in Texas, please speaks of riding the rails with Arlo Guthrie. Did Arlo ever come through there? I like to think the two of them would just pick away at their guitars and talk about music and sing songs about being on the road
I've watched it so many times I've lost count, every time I watch this it gets better and better, if anybody votes this down they just don't like music, and I feel sorry for them.
i love that part, i say it with him everytime i watch the video, just like i repeat townes story about raton pass and trinidad being the middle of colorado and texas on the townes private concert video where he does snowing on raton
Thank goodness for the sacred corners of RUclips. This may be the only video on all of YT with more than 100 views that has no down votes (as of 4/16/16). He's obscure enough and great enough not to attract senseless negativity. Cheers, Blaze.
That’s what I’m talking about. When a true artist plays his music and opens his heart and soul to others by sharing his most personal feelings. Glad John Prine introduced me to this man’s poetry. What wonderful artist they both were. Rest In Peace my friends.
The only country song I’ve heard that’s made me feel something I love this it unravels a movie of moments in my head on this one mans humble journey and story
I heard this tune for the first time a few months ago. It's so simple and yet I feel every word in my soul. A man down and out trying to find a way to turn it around and not giving up. Amazing writing it brings me back to the place of having a broken heart and not knowing what to do, but doing it anyway. Perfection.
This man should have seen a better life. I will never forget his songs, as the simplicity of his emotion translates so well... in such a way that relates to almost any situation, dilemma or struggle. ‘’The talent displayed in his songwriting is nothing short of a magical poet, weaving a wonderful tapestry of words.’’ Marty Hylemon
Happy birthday Blaze! One of the greatest talents this country ever produced which most of the world has never known. Slap a couple strips of duct tape on your boots and ride on easy, Duct Tape Messiah.
when I moved to Austin, Tx in 1992 at 22 years old, I moved into a tiny efficiency, and during my moving in, I found a Blaze Foley tape [live recording], and decided to give it a listen. I fell in love with how raw it was, and so very tactile. Although I am 53 now, and can't remember where that cassette tape is, I still sing many of the songs in my head, to this day, especially 'Officer Norris" . Rip Blaze.
I listen to tons of music but only found Blaze out with Clay Pigeons a few weeks ago. First time I heard it I was in tears. When I was 18 I was diagnosed with MS which robbed me of my ability to play. At the time I had a job repairing stringed instruments, had a metal band on the up n up, and all of a sudden I woke up one day with a complete paralysis of my left side (picking hand), this led me down a decade of drug and alcohol abuse. Never would pick my guitar up because I wasn’t ready to confront what I had lost. Ten years later and I “started playing again”. In these ten years I’ve switched from city to city trying to find happiness. But in the end, I just want to play music with my pals. That’s all.
Thats awesome you found your gift 😉 dont stop is the best thing i could even say !!! Everything lies within but never stop your true meaning. Hope all is well with you and dont ever stop.
oh man -- what a story. I don' t know you, but I am sending you love, adn wishes of good fortune and happiness -- know that there are people all over the world who care about you and believe in you...
What an inspirational and beautiful person. So lucky to have found this by listening to John Prine. I hope Blaze can hear Prine singing his song in the tower of great songs.
If it wasn’t for listening to TVZ Pancho and Lefty endlessly, I may have never been listening to this song endlessly. I played it for my 8yo son, and asked him what he thought the man singing it was feeling. He said, “It sounds like he’s really lonely. Like he needs a new beginning.” That resonates, and probably why I relate to this song so well. Why it spoke to me the second I heard it.
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I say this alot about alot of songs. But I find myself coming back to this and thinking "this is probably one of the best songs anyone's ever written." It's so touchingly human. There's so much emotion in this simple little ditty.
Definitely ! 🤩🤩🤩
Damn, this song is so simple and touching.
100% agrees
The best songs are simple so you are so right
Also to short
I used to listen to this song all the time when I was in my addiction to me personally, it was a song of hope and redemption. I moved out to the Texas Hill Country almost two years ago. I didn't know Blaze had such a huge following here. 16 days, and I'll be 2 years clean and sober. This song has helped me so much along the way. Never give up hope!
1000th comment. Blaze Foley is the most under appreciated, under rated and downright best folk artist of the 70’s - late 80’s!! Wish I was old enough to have met him.
it’s disgusting that i could’ve gone my entire life without hearing my new favorite song
Stole my feelings exactly. Heard John Prine's version and stopped what I was doing immediately.
Same. Spoke a bit loudly too me. I needed it.
@@accorsistudios John Prine is the reason I know Blaze Foley.
Right !?!?!? Love when this happens, keep exploring.
Blaze is a gem you got to dig for.
When I heard John Prine singing Clay Pigeons, I saw that Blaze Foley was the songwriter. This song strikes a chord with me. After a career in the Army and the end of a 28 year marriage, i walked away from it all. I left Texas and headed to the West Coast. Basically, I went for two years and rarely drew a sober breath from Seattle, San Francisco, Albuquerque and places in between. When the song lyrics say -
I'm tired of running 'round
Lookin' for answers to questions that I
already know
I could build me a castle with memories
Just to have somewhere to go.
I know the heartfelt message that the song conveys. I absolutely love this song.
Never made it as far as the west coast, after going bust in Albuquerque having pulled up stakes in the Carolinas, I stood on the side of interstate 40 flipping a coin; east or west, with as much a chance of making it anywhere. Ended up staying in Oklahoma for a couple of years, working the oilfields.
I thought Prine originally wrote it, that's how closely him and Foley are aligned lyrically. I think people who travel have a better perspective about life than people who don't. There is just so much to see and experience.
You gotta pay your dues to sing the blues.
"Country music ain't nothing but the white man's blues" - Lightning Hopkins
Exactly!!! I dropped to the floor crying when I heard that line for the first time
HELLO N THERE, HELLO, BROTHER ROD!
“Get back in the game, start playing again.”
That line always spoke to me because I always put my guitar away when I’m depressed, Good ol Blaze.
When I'm depressed is when I pick up my guitar
I'm so dam depressed that there's just nuthin left. My old guit has just lost aller life. Glad tho to discover Blaze. Always loved Townes.
Same here brother
That hits me hard...I put my guitar away when I'm using
“Start talking again when I know what to say.” Gut punch
“I can build me a castle of memories just to have somewhere to go” I don’t know why but this line gets me. Great imagery, great meaning, great man.
no wonder John Prine covered it ;)
amazing writing
That's a beautiful line
Because it's so universal. We all feel that way. At least those of us that feel.
One of the best lyrics ever written.
Love the way Blaze introduces this song with “hello Mum”
I'm emotional each times 👌
Same
mom
Just think Blaze Foley, John Prine, and Townes Van Zandt jamming somewhere out there.
And Guy Clark.
@BenJammin M I didn't know who Blaze was either until after he was gone.
Billy joe shaver and Jerry jeff walker all brilliant Texas singer songwriters
@@justinv8378 So was Don Sanders, Guy Clark, Mance Lipscomb, and too many to mention. Yes, Texas had a few well-known songwritiers some you never heard of.
@@TheJohnieB Amen!
It's not often you hear a song for the first time...and it goes right to the center of your soul.
I live about 10 minutes from his burial. I visited the ceremony today. People left Lone Star beer, cigarettes, and some change. I sat next to the gravestone and played a few songs including this one. It felt like he was playing them for me and I cried.
I might go back tomorrow.
Best comment ever
Brother, make that rhyme...keep playing and get it recorded!
@@rawsko0316 I second that.
Can i come?
Coolest fuckin ever, good on ya
I hope you and John are singin this song in heaven today
Amen
That a boy Jeff Mayo...well said.
Well said big guy’ gone to soon.
Blaze is so talented man. He writes hit after hit. This guy Brett McDaniel writes and sings great music too ruclips.net/video/nWpwnKcJzrY/видео.html I'm a sucker for sad songs
He certainly respected John Prine. In fact John Prine talks about meeting Blaze Foley once, I believe it was in New York City, however he didn’t remember the meeting but people told him it had happened. I believe that the first person Blaze Foley would look up would be Townes Van Zandt, as Townes was his his best friend.
No exaggeration: This is the only song I've listened to for the past week. I can't get enough of it.
I think we’ve all done that.
Years later I still bring one lyric from this song to memory from time to time:
I'm tired of running around looking for answers to questions that I already know. I could build me a castle of memories just to have somewhere to go.
i've done it too.
100. I've listened to it about 60 times in 3 days
Michael David Fuller AKA Deputy Dawg and Blaze Foley: he deserves his names to be known . . A true artist . . So sad, so sad that he was shot down .
For doing a righteous act
I do my best to share this guy with who ever will listen.. great talent
I could build me a castle of memories just to have someplace to go….. so powerful
goosebumps every time
Try to hide my sorrow from the people I meet and get along with it all....
Truest words ever spoken
So damn real. Him and Townes go straight to my wretched soul.
R.i.p Blaze and Townes
And Guy!
And Prine!
And John Prine. Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris are my faves. And I mostly listen to really hardcore underground metal. LOL!
@@Chad_Fuckhammer lmao I listen to Djent like all the time but I also love folk music oop
@@samirwknox I like Meshuggah. I seen them a couple times. Future Breed Machine, Straws Pulled At Random, The Mouth Licking What You,ve Bled, Lethargica, Pravus, Behind The Sun, Demon's Name Is Surveillance, and I (EP) are all pretty sick jams. I usually listen to thrash, death and black metal and shit like Maiden, Priest, King Diamond and Iced Earth when I listen to metal but Meshaggah are dope. Their live light shows are nuts
I knew Blaze when I
was a young kid and teenager in the 80's living in Austin..He and my mom Patricia Belen were good friends who played music and partied alot together..many a morning I woke up to Blaze sleeping on the floor or the couch ,as I was gettin ready for school..lol he was sweet guy , and funny and goofy too..I remember him and my mom gettin in fights one week , and being best of friends the next..lol it's weird seeing his face and hearing his voice in these vids sumtimes.. most documentaries and movies about him ,sadly leave out how close of friends he and my mother were..that woulda made Blaze sad..She was the only person outta all them characters back then that was anything like him..they're both gone now , and I hope they're playing guitar and singing together in heaven now.
Bear pear oh man. How’d life turn out for you? Are you happy?
Turned out shit for me
anirudh sharma well just think about whats makin it shit and try to change it
That is amazing. I can’t imagine watching this actually knowing him. He was an amazing, under appreciated musician.
Thank you for sharing that story. What was your mom's name?
I heard John Prine sing this and didn't even think to look at the liner notes because it sounds just like a John Prine song! I am so glad I found this version!!
Those lyrics just punched me in the face...and I thinks it's gonna' leave a mark.
One of the best songs ever written
This man, along with Townes and a few others have gotten me through some of the toughest times of my life. Great songwriters who deserve so much more recognition than they got. Wish the best for everyone who finds this❤️
One of the most beautiful songs ever written ,
RIP Blaze Foley (December 18, 1949 - February 1, 1989), aged 39
You will be remembered as a legend.
I'm so glad there's still people out there that can really appreciate music that's just written so fucking well it stops you in your tracks while you reflect and get that shimmer in your eyes.
❤️
I'm not Shimmering ; YOU ARE !
Well Put!
I’ve had this experience listening to many of Blaze’s songs, but the biggest ones were Clay Pigeons and The Moonlight Song.
Reminds me of the Neutral Milk Hotel line in Oh Comely “…soft silly music is meaningful, magical”
A cigarette in each ear. This is a man who felt and understood pain and all he wanted was to find a way out of it. ❤️
Blaze is such a legend. So many of his recordings are just like this, him picking, a mic somewhere capturing it. No studio polish. Love it. Rest easy Blaze
What a song.... like hearing infinity of thought ooze out of a guitar and a voice....in just 30 seconds its as wide as a sunset
Your words couldn’t explain this feeling better. Well done.
Rest in peace, Blaze. This song moves my heart everytime that I listen to it.
I swear a few thousand of those views are just by me. I can't get enough of this video. Best version of this song by far.
"I can build me a castle of memories just to have somwhere to go" - a marveolous mataphor !
I'll never be cool enough to have a cigarette behind each ear
Tom Beales it's never too late
or poor enough?
Don't give up yet.
10/10 one of them is a joint
and they are those no-filter lung rockets too...
A friend, who recently left for Heaven, reminded me of this song just a couple of weeks before he had to go. I haven't stopped listening to it since. Blaze was gone too soon as well.
dude has a dart in each ear what a baller
literally the most beautiful leayrics ive err' heard
Heheh i know i got a laugh from it in a good way because he's just so fresh like that hehe
This was our front porch, 902 W Gibson. I had a parachute suspended above the paved front yard for about a year.
Blaze is playing Hanks Martin, 1910, I think..
@@davidmadewell7849 more stories please
@@johnconnell4503 gotcha dude, go watch mike judges show "tales from the tour bus" and watch the one on blaze foley. Ya gotta pay to see it(unless you can find it somewhere else.)
It's the funniest stuff and it gets funnier the more you know. The go watch Heartworn highways (townes van zant doc) let me know whatcha think.
Doesn't get much more real than that. Genius. Heck I can't even put it into words.
This song resonates within all the old souls here, there, and gone. Thank you, Blaze!
A powerful song that just cuts right through me. Another great talent who left us too soon. RIP Blaze
Always thought this sounded like a Prine song. Saw John a few weeks ago and he said, "This one isn't mine" and played this. Really cool moment.
For a long time i thought it was prine
When John Prine covers your song, you know it's pretty damn good.
@@mistascott007 absolutely. John was the master. I actually found video of the performance and uploaded it to my channel if you're curious. He performed it with Ben Dickey who recently played Blaze in a movie. It was beautiful.
RIP Prine
John said he almost never covers someone's else's songs, since he had enough trouble just trying to sing his own songs.
.......One of the best songs ever written, sheer genius, tremendous talent, wonderful vocal......
WONDERFUL VOCAL? Are you shitting me? Is it opposite day where you live?
David Raines gr8 b8
David Raines I'll gladly shit on your face any day.
bnnb666 I appreciate your generous offer, but I'm afraid that would only drown out the sound of this singing mongoloid for a brief time.
@@FearlessHobbyProduct refreshing seeing someone with a hebrew name like ''david'' call others mongoloid. hilarious.
This guy was unbelievable. Just raw talent, could probably count on one hand the amount of people who could sound that good sitting outside on the porch.
I could listen to this 100 times in a row!
The heartbreak and the love, Blaze was such a sweet friend, always. One you could count on having a solution to life and the hardships we see, in his beautiful music. I lived at this house where this is filmed. It impacted my future, still to this day. Blaze was free, even in jail, The Duct Tape Messiah, will always be flying - If I could only fly - (written for his mom.) The KLRU tapes are amazing. So thankful he was in my world and that I have all his music archived. Drunken Angel says it all. MISS YOU BLAZE!
In the video of he and the Beaver Creek boys live performance on the best lil show in Texas, please speaks of riding the rails with Arlo Guthrie. Did Arlo ever come through there? I like to think the two of them would just pick away at their guitars and talk about music and sing songs about being on the road
A pure soul. Lucinda Williams' 'Drunken Angel' led me to Blaze, and I thank her for that.
I always come back to this. One of the most honest, heartfelt songs I’ve ever heard
thank you Mike Judge
Agreed
More talent there in 2 minutes than most artist have on a whole album. Thats making music right there.
Damn right
@@huffbuff95 bless...
Damn right
Hell yeah brother
Well it was simple. Pretwerking days.
I've watched it so many times I've lost count, every time I watch this it gets better and better, if anybody votes this down they just don't like music, and I feel sorry for them.
Absolutely amazing songwriter and guitarist. And my god, that voice! Gone too soon from this world.
Today has been a blessed day for I found this on youtube.
Hi Mom
i love that part, i say it with him everytime i watch the video, just like i repeat townes story about raton pass and trinidad being the middle of colorado and texas on the townes private concert video where he does snowing on raton
@@ModestCasanovaa It reminds me of the Townes video of If I needed You where at the beginning he thanks his mom and uncle Jeff. Never gets old for me
Hi Son! :P
I thought I heard him say that
Beautiful. The golden ring I reach for....so simple, so deep.
Fantastic song.A genious on lyrics and music!
Discovering new singer-songwriters that move me. With his music, he paints a vivid picture in my mind. I just close my eyes and listen.
Such beauty and power -how spare and lovely. A great man. Makes me feel better about being human.
This is a perfect song.
listened to this song for about 4 hours one day.
This is so beautiful in its simplicity. I love this song.
My word what a sweet song. Fantastic.
Being a traveler originally from the south, this song is one of my favorites
Wish I'd found this talent sooner in life... promoting him every where I can these days
You just watched the greatest window into the soul of Blaze Foley. Honored to be the first to speak of a thing of beauty. This song is a soul tickler.
That is unreal. So beautiful.
Thank goodness for the sacred corners of RUclips. This may be the only video on all of YT with more than 100 views that has no down votes (as of 4/16/16). He's obscure enough and great enough not to attract senseless negativity. Cheers, Blaze.
Still no dislike :p
Somebody read your comment and had to dislike.. Part from that, 401 - 0 as of 09/18/2016
Senseless negativity is the best way to describe it
I'm so glad I found this corner of youtube!
tripp check out Townes Van Zander
Wow he’s so awesome, such a great voice and finger picker❤️
Absolutely beautiful. What more can one say. Bless you in heaven Blaze.
A M A Z I N G!! Wow. How have I never heard of Mr. Blaze Foley? I believe I am addicted.
That’s what I’m talking about. When a true artist plays his music and opens his heart and soul to others by sharing his most personal feelings. Glad John Prine introduced me to this man’s poetry. What wonderful artist they both were. Rest In Peace my friends.
I know I am new to this artist but I desperately want more of this content. I’m so glad I found this.
i get it and i wish i didn't
Exactly.
real recognizes real. Pain recognizes pain.
Sez the Byrd brain.
Bruh ❤️ Right there with ya.
Then stop running around looking for answers to questions you already know.
Every word in this song is perfect
The best dam melody i have ever heard blaze you are missed we love you
The only country song I’ve heard that’s made me feel something I love this it unravels a movie of moments in my head on this one mans humble journey and story
Blaze was a man born out of time...he belonged to a few previous decades. Special guy. Just found him thanks to the Tour Bus series, what a find tho.
There’s something old world, very honest and point of fact about this guy. Blaze foley
Such a beautiful song, i love john prine's loving version of it too and his admission 'god i wish i stayed up late one night and wrote it'
Thank you, RUclips contributors. Ugh. One of the best country songs -- or song in any genre -- ever. So sad and beautiful. Amazed this exists.
Blaze got the whole package.. Goot guitar player, Great singer, and an Awsome songwriter.. and also a really cool and intresting dude ❗😎
Been one of my favorite songs for years but it’s so much more amazing to me, to actually see Blaze sing it
Brings me tears
I heard this tune for the first time a few months ago. It's so simple and yet I feel every word in my soul. A man down and out trying to find a way to turn it around and not giving up. Amazing writing it brings me back to the place of having a broken heart and not knowing what to do, but doing it anyway. Perfection.
Almost forgot to listen to this today
This is everything I ever wanted from music, honesty, integrity, inclusion lovely.
Found this at the right time in my life.
This man should have seen a better life. I will never forget his songs, as the simplicity of his emotion translates so well... in such a way that relates to almost any situation, dilemma or struggle. ‘’The talent displayed in his songwriting is nothing short of a magical poet, weaving a wonderful tapestry of words.’’ Marty Hylemon
Happy birthday Blaze! One of the greatest talents this country ever produced which most of the world has never known. Slap a couple strips of duct tape on your boots and ride on easy, Duct Tape Messiah.
Start talking when I know what say. I feel that in my soul.
By far, my favorite song. It's just hits home like no other.
This song hits hard, now more than ever!
He was so singular... this video totally proves that.
when I moved to Austin, Tx in 1992 at 22 years old, I moved into a tiny efficiency, and during my moving in, I found a Blaze Foley tape [live recording], and decided to give it a listen. I fell in love with how raw it was, and so very tactile. Although I am 53 now, and can't remember where that cassette tape is, I still sing many of the songs in my head, to this day, especially 'Officer Norris" .
Rip Blaze.
What a magical song,in every way, 🇮🇪🇮🇪
I listen to tons of music but only found Blaze out with Clay Pigeons a few weeks ago. First time I heard it I was in tears. When I was 18 I was diagnosed with MS which robbed me of my ability to play. At the time I had a job repairing stringed instruments, had a metal band on the up n up, and all of a sudden I woke up one day with a complete paralysis of my left side (picking hand), this led me down a decade of drug and alcohol abuse. Never would pick my guitar up because I wasn’t ready to confront what I had lost. Ten years later and I “started playing again”. In these ten years I’ve switched from city to city trying to find happiness. But in the end, I just want to play music with my pals. That’s all.
Thats awesome you found your gift 😉 dont stop is the best thing i could even say !!! Everything lies within but never stop your true meaning. Hope all is well with you and dont ever stop.
oh man -- what a story. I don' t know you, but I am sending you love, adn wishes of good fortune and happiness -- know that there are people all over the world who care about you and believe in you...
Almost the best act I have ever seen and listened to. So simple so pure. Even more outlaw than "The Outlaws". Thank you so much for posting it.
Glad somebody captured and shared this big piece of music history.
"Clay Pigeons", and "If I Could Only Fly".. My favorite 2 songs from this great man!! I can listen all day!
What an inspirational and beautiful person. So lucky to have found this by listening to John Prine. I hope Blaze can hear Prine singing his song in the tower of great songs.
He's still awesome to this day
I just found this, between him and John prine they truly know life, I just got another brother .RIP.
If it wasn’t for listening to TVZ Pancho and Lefty endlessly, I may have never been listening to this song endlessly. I played it for my 8yo son, and asked him what he thought the man singing it was feeling. He said, “It sounds like he’s really lonely. Like he needs a new beginning.” That resonates, and probably why I relate to this song so well. Why it spoke to me the second I heard it.