Foley was immortalized by Lucinda Williams.
Many listeners have only heard of Blaze Foley/Michael Fuller through others' versions of his songs, or even from the Malvern native being mentioned as a subject in the songs of others — although hopes are this will change with the release of "Blaze." The best-known Foley tribute songs are Townes Van Zandt's "Blaze's Blues" from 1994, and "Drunken Angel" by Lucinda Williams from her Grammy-winning 1998 album "Car Wheels On A Gravel Road." Before recording an entire album of Foley songs in 2011, guitarist Gurf Morlix recorded a tribute song in 2009 called "Music You Might Have Made." More unlikely acolytes Kings of Leon recorded a tribute song called "Reverend" in 2016.
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