Lucinda Blurb in a Blaze Foley Blog

A blog about Blaze Foley, which I found interesting, with a blurb about Lucinda.

http://www.americanaroots.com/2009/12/01/features/blaze-foley-thank-you/

Excerpt:

“There is one artist I would like to point out that has been weighing heavily on my mind for quite sometime now. This artist unfortunately never received the recognition he deserved while living. Amazingly, he has yet to gain much recognition even after his untimely death. I am speaking of Blaze Foley.

Blaze was born Michael David Fuller on December 18, 1949. He passed away before reaching the age of 40, on February 1, 1989. Blaze died from a gunshot wound while trying to protect a friend from his own son in Austin, Texas. The son had apparently been stealing money from his father, so Blaze decided to put an end to it by confronting him. The two argued, fought, and then the son pulled a gun on Blaze. In yet another unfortunate twist, the son was acquitted of the charge by arguing self defense.

Blaze’s life was full of unfortunate twists and turns. It seemed he could never catch a break; hence the phrase Lucinda Williams came up for him…”Blaze Foley was a genius and a beautiful loser.” Williams own song, “Drunken Angel,” is a tribute to Blaze. Close friend and music companion Townes Van Zandt once said about Blaze….”He’s only gone crazy once. Decided to stay.”

Blaze never owned a house. He never had what anyone would refer to as a home, with the exception of only one place. His girlfriend, Sybil Rosen, wrote an outstanding book entitled “Living in the Woods, In a Tree.” This inspirational true story details the life Sybil and Blaze lived while he was attempting to crack onto the music scene. I only say inspirational due to what this man dealt with. He had personal demons, misconceptions, but he was as pure as you can get. It was that purity that shines within his music, and captures you immediately.”