Author

Publication

2008 - University of North Texas Press, Denton, Tex, Texas

Language

English

Word Count

65,500 words, Guess

Page Count

262 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC782.42164092
  • DDCB
  • LCCML420.F674 .R67 2008
and 2 more
  • LCCML420.F674 R67 2008
  • LCCML420.F674.R67 2008

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'" --

Subjects

Places

People

Blaze Foley (1949-1989)

Genres

  • Biography

Series Statement

  • North Texas lives of musicians series -- no. 2

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