Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream

by Gurf Morlix

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On this disc 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

Baby Can I Crawl Back to You
Big Cheeseburgers and Good French Fries
Clay Pigeons
If I Could Only Fly
No Goodwill Stores in Waikiki
For Anything Less
Oh Darlin'
Picture Cards
Down Here Where I Am
Oooh Love
Small Town Hero
Rainbows and Ridges
Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream
In the Misty Garden/I Shoulda Been Home with You
Cold Cold World

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1.	Baby Can I Crawl Back to You 02:25	info	buy track
2.	Big Cheeseburgers and Good French Fries 02:51	info	buy track
3.	Clay Pigeons 03:25	info	buy track
4.	If I Could Only Fly 05:14	info	buy track
5.	No Goodwill Stores in Waikiki 03:09	info	buy track
6.	For Anything Less 04:19	info	buy track
7.	Oh Darlin' 03:45	info	buy track
8.	Picture Cards 04:03	info	buy track
9.	Down Here Where I Am 03:07	info	buy track
10.	Ooooh Love 04:12	info	buy track
11.	Small Town Hero 03:35	info	buy track
12.	Rainbows and Ridges 02:30	info	buy track
13.	Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream 03:04	info	buy track
14.	In the Misty Garden/I Shoulda Been Home with You 05:12	info	buy track
15.	Cold, Cold World 04:42	info	buy track

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Eccentric even for a city that brags about its eccentrics, Austinite Blaze Foley inspired Lucinda Williams's "Drunken Angel" and had the best luck of his star-crossed career when Merle Haggard made "If I Could Only Fly" the title song of an excellent 2000 comeback album that didn't sell much. By then he'd been dead a decade, killed by the gun-toting son of a friend he was standing up for. His legend hasn't been helped by master tapes that kept getting lost, stolen, or seized by federal agents, but on these 15 songs his guitarist friend Gurf gets to cherry-pick and hook up with a drummer. Irresistible as John Prine for an opening section capped by the homelessness ditty "No Goodwill Stores in Waikiki," they sink into a slough of despond that starts feeling right comfy before the record rises up with "Small Town Hero," in which the duct tape abuser gets the last word on the high school sports star. Foley never mistook his dysfunction for a cause or felt sorry for himself about anything but women, and even there not much. He made his bed wherever. A- ---Robert Christgau

On this disc 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 Gotlieb, Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange

Tracks:
1) Baby Can I Crawl Back to You
2) Big Cheeseburgers and Good French Fries
3) Clay Pigeons
4) If I Could Only Fly
5) No Goodwill Stores in Waikiki
6) For Anything Less
7) Oh Darlin'
8) Picture Cards
9) Down Here Where I Am
10) Oooh Love
11) Small Town Hero
12) Rainbows and Ridges
13) Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream
14) In the Misty Garden/I Shoulda Been Home with You
15) Cold Cold World

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released February 1, 2011

Produced by Gurf Morlix at Rootball Studio in Austin Texas
Engineered by Gurf Morlix & Andrew Crosby
All songs by Blaze Foley. (Texas Ghostwriters Music/BMI/Administered by Bug)

Rick Richards played the drums, of course
Kimmie Rhodes sang harmony on 'If Only I Could Fly'
Gurf uses and flat out loves Elixir Strings
Photography and design by Brende Fuller
www.gurfmorlix.com

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Gurf Morlix Austin, Texas

Gurf Morlix has been inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame, the Austin Music Hall of Fame and was named Instrumentalist of the Year by the Americana Association. He has produced records for many Americana icons such as Lucinda Williams, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Mary Gauthier, Slaid Cleaves, Robert Earl Keen and more. He has produced 15 solo albums which have received global critical acclaim. ... more

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