Margo Price marks USA's 250th with protest album Days Of Unrest

Margo Price's updates of Woody Guthrie's "Deportee" & Blaze Foley's "Oval Room" appear on Days Of Unrest available here.

Early Blaze Foley recordings resurface on "Sittin' By The Road" vinyl comp

Blaze Foley's excellent archival collection "Sittin' By The Road" is coming out on vinyl November 7th – grab it quick!

Here's the scoop from Lost Art Records...

Now available for the first time on vinyl, "Sittin' By The Road" – out November 7th via Austin's Lost Art Records – captures legendary singer/songwriter Blaze Foley on his earliest known recordings. Simple, straightforward and strong, the album contains a dozen tracks recorded during Blaze's 'treehouse' days in Georgia. Recorded in the mid-1970s on a home reel-to-reel machine, these songs showcase Blaze's talent in early form. Includes many of Foley's classic tunes plus three songs that did not appear on previous albums. Mastered by Fred Remmert, Cedar Creek Recording, Austin, TX. Special thanks to Lew Gazaway and Gurf Morlix. 

Pre-order a limited-run vinyl copy of Blaze Foley's "Sittin' By The Road" compilation directly from Lost Art Records right here. Listen to "Big Cheeseburgers and Good French Fries" "Sittin' By The Road" and "If I Could Only Fly" below. 

Remembering Blaze Foley on his birthday

Here's Blaze accompanying Townes Van Zandt on "Snowing On Raton" back in 1984 and few more performances worth checking.  

Doug Paisley @ The Rivoli, Friday

Check  from Doug Paisley's versions of tunes by Blaze Foley, George Jones and Autry Inman off "Sad Old World" available here. 

Blaze Foley's Complete Outhouse Sessions due for digital release in April

Lost Art Records is releasing 50 songs that Blaze Foley sang over two nights at the Austin Outhouse back in 1988. 

Here's the scoop...

For the first time ever the complete two-night recordings of Blaze Foley at the Austin Outhouse by Lost John Casner will be available on April 1st. The Complete Outhouse Sessions will include fifty tracks and will be available on most major streaming services as well as through Lost Art Records. Check the one-sheet below for details. 

An advance preview and panel discussion will be conducted during SXSW in Austin at The Sagebrush (5500 S. Congress) on Friday, March 17th at 3pm.

Blaze Foley tribute album cut by pal Gurf Morlix now available on Bandcamp

Who better to pay homage to singer/songwriter Blaze Foley than his longtime Austin sidekick, guitarist Gurf Morlix. 

Here's the scoop...

On this disc Gurf Morlix takes the songs of his friend and compadre, Blaze Foley, that often celebrate the underprivileged, and presents them for the entire world to hear. Some of the songs when you hear them will jar memories of hits by other artists; Merle Haggard, Lyle Lovett and John Prine, not a bad tribute in itself, covered Foley's songs. The songs range from love songs to political commentary. Foley never had an album released while he was alive. The story behind the three he recorded and what happened to them is both too long and too bizarre to explain here. Suffice it to say he was considered a genius and revered by his friends and fellow artists, and once you hear these songs so lovingly performed by Gurf Morlix in his inimitable way you'll know why. This is one of the most poignant discs to cross this desk this year, and it is about time this artist got his due. You might also understand why Townes Van Zandt said of his friend, "He's only gone crazy once. Decided to stay." – Bob Gottlieb, Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange

Get a copy of Gurf Morlix's tribute album - Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream right here. Check out Gurf's story about Blaze Foley meeting Townes Van Zandt, a couple of Gurf's performances and his studio version of "Clay Pigeons" below. 

Blaze Foley & The Beaver Valley Boys play a Little Ol' Show

Check out Bruce W. Bryant's Little Ol' Show with Blaze Foley, Gurf Morlix and crew onstage for 26 minutes.   

Watch the Blaze Foley documentary Duct Tape Messiah

Check out Kevin Triplett's excellent Blaze Foley doc Duct Tape Messiah from 2011 while you can. 

Hayes Carll, Ben Dickey @ The Mod Club, Monday

Watch Hayes Carll perform "None'Ya" followed by Ben Dickey's version of Blaze Foley's "Clay Pigeons" 

'Tis the season for Snowin' On Raton

Townes Van Zandt is joined by his buddy Blaze Foley for a moving version of "Snowin' On Raton" 

Blaze Foley takes on the president from beyond the grave

Blaze Foley performed his song "Oval Room" at Austin's Cave Club in 1986 but it still sounds relevant today.

Austin legend Blaze Foley is the subject of new Ethan Hawke film "Blaze"

Watch Ethan Hawke discuss his Blaze biopic followed by the trailer and a clip of the real Blaze Foley singing in an Austin backyard.

Happy Birthday Blaze Foley!

Remembering Austin icon Blaze Foley on his day with Kevin Triplett's fab 2011 documentary Duct Tape Messiah. 

Duct Tape Messiah: Blaze Foleyby Kevin Triplett