"Clay Pigeons" by Blaze Foley
(Stage name for Michael David Fuller (December 18, 1949 – February 1, 1989)
"He's only gone crazy once. Decided to stay." – Townes Van Zandt
"Blaze Foley was a genius and a beautiful loser." – Lucinda Williams
What a story, this man's life was.
From Wiki ...
Foley jokingly claimed to be the illegitimate son of Red Foley and Blaze Starr.
Lucinda Williams wrote her beautiful song, "Drunken Angel" about him.
In 1989, Foley was shot in the chest and killed by Carey January, the son of Foley's friend Concho January. Carey January was acquitted of murder in the first degree by reason of self-defense. He and his father presented completely different versions of the shooting at trial
Foley placed duct tape on the tips of his cowboy boots to mock the "Urban Cowboy" crazed folks with their silver tipped cowboy boots. He later made a suit out of duct tape that he used to walk around in. At his funeral, his casket was coated with duct tape by his friends. Townes Van Zandt was quoted as saying that "he'd have to dig Foley up to get the pawn ticket for his guitar that was in his pocket".
From IMDB.com
Blaze Foley: Duct Tape Messiah (2011)
A documentary on the everyday man behind the legend, Blaze Foley. Born in a tree house, killed in a friend's living room and 86'ed from his own funeral, is now a bona fide country music legend whose songs are covered by Merle Haggard, John Prine, Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett.
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