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Grateful Dude

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Hauler

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Grateful Dude said:
Blaze is one of the Austin legends. He wrote some really great tunes.

see if you can find his album called Live at th eAustin Outhouse. It’s awesome.
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Pulled right up on Spotify. I've heard some of his stuff but not this album. I'll give it a listen while working on the screened porch today.

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Grateful Dude

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Hauler said:
Pulled right up on Spotify. I've heard some of his stuff but not this album. I'll give it a listen while working on the screened porch today.

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It’s great, I think you’ll enjoy it. That album was my intro to blaze probably almost 20 years ago or so. Lots of good songs. Our little town is one of my favorites- sad but beautiful. And Officer Norris is humorous. I enjoy his banter between songs too.

he was basically a homeless alcoholic, that would couch surf or sleep at the bars he played at. Sometimes had to even borrow a guitar so he could go play somewhere. Sadly he was murdered in Austin while crashing on a friend’s couch while they were out of town. Someone broke in in the middle of the night and Blaze tried to defend the house, but was shot by the intruder.
 
Hauler

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Grateful Dude said:
It’s great, I think you’ll enjoy it. That album was my intro to blaze probably almost 20 years ago or so. Lots of good songs. Our little town is one of my favorites- sad but beautiful. And Officer Norris is humorous. I enjoy his banter between songs too.

he was basically a homeless alcoholic, that would couch surf or sleep at the bars he played at. Sometimes had to even borrow a guitar so he could go play somewhere. Sadly he was murdered in Austin while crashing on a friend’s couch while they were out of town. Someone broke in in the middle of the night and Blaze tried to defend the house, but was shot by the intruder.
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Damn. Didn't know any of that.
Sad shit.
 
Hauler

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Grateful Dude said:
It’s great, I think you’ll enjoy it. That album was my intro to blaze probably almost 20 years ago or so. Lots of good songs. Our little town is one of my favorites- sad but beautiful. And Officer Norris is humorous. I enjoy his banter between songs too.

he was basically a homeless alcoholic, that would couch surf or sleep at the bars he played at. Sometimes had to even borrow a guitar so he could go play somewhere. Sadly he was murdered in Austin while crashing on a friend’s couch while they were out of town. Someone broke in in the middle of the night and Blaze tried to defend the house, but was shot by the intruder.
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You talkin' about Blaze couch-surfing reminded me of Snider's intro to Devil's Backbone.
Fucking hilarious - and it talks about Luckenbach which I'm sure you've been to - assuming you already knew how to find it without the use of road signs :D

The intro

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZz1FY1fwJ4


The song

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ0DICj9jJg
 
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Hauler said:
Damn. Didn't know any of that.
Sad shit.
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He was a wild dude for sure. I was infatuated with his story and music when I first discovered him. He’s a legit legend/icon in Austin.

about 10 years ago a documentary about him came out that I really liked -
Blaze Foley Duct Tape Messiah

Some funny stories as to why that was his nickname. One was that he’d put strips of duct tape on the tips oh his cowboy boots to mock the fake urban cowboys he’d see wearing their silver tipped expensive boots. He even made a whole suit out of tape lol.

Ethan Hawke also released a movie a few years ago called “Blaze”. Supposed to be good, but I’ve only seen the documentary
 
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Grateful Dude

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You talkin' about Blaze couch-surfing reminded me of Snider's intro to Devil's Backbone.
Fucking hilarious - and it talks about Luckenbach which I'm sure you've been to - assuming you already knew how to find it without the use of road signs :D

The intro

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZz1FY1fwJ4


The song

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ0DICj9jJg
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Haha, that’s great. His description of Luchenbach is spot on - it is comically small. But because of that one song, it’s the stuff of legend. He’s totally right about easily missing it, and people totally steal the road signs lol.

it’s fun to go visit, but not really much to do other than got to the bar, which always has someone playing music. Would have been awesome to have seen Willie and Waylon hanging out there back in the day.

there’s a bunch of other stuff to do in that area of the Hill Country, so it’s easy to drop in if your in the area.
 
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Trying to learn Tyler's Country Squire song and was cheating by watching some live performances.
WTF is up with his pinky finger? Thing is long as fuck. There's no way I can make that stretch and still hold the D chord.

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I guess I'll just fake it like I always do.

Love the song though...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxuLRkHn7rQ
 
Grateful Dude

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Trying to learn Tyler's Country Squire song and was cheating by watching some live performances.
WTF is up with his pinky finger? Thing is long as fuck. There's no way I can make that stretch and still hold the D chord.

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I guess I'll just fake it like I always do.

Love the song though...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxuLRkHn7rQ
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I can do that pinky from D, but it’s not the most natural for my hand. Easier if I’m playing up the neck with a capo.

my pinky has gotten a lot more useful over the years, but it’s still an uncoordinated idiot sometimes ?. I’ve been slowly trying to work on some new chord shapes outside of the standard first position or barre chord shapes. Some of them are insane, particularly with the pinky.
 
Hauler

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Grateful Dude said:
I can do that pinky from D, but it’s not the most natural for my hand. Easier if I’m playing up the neck with a capo.

my pinky has gotten a lot more useful over the years, but it’s still an uncoordinated idiot sometimes ?. I’ve been slowly trying to work on some new chord shapes outside of the standard first position or barre chord shapes. Some of them are insane, particularly with the pinky.
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So you're a pinky freak too?
Got it.

Diggin the Blaze live album, btw.
 
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Hauler said:
So you're a pinky freak too?
Got it.

Diggin the Blaze live album, btw.
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Right on, that’s a special album for me. It’s one I’ve listened to a lot over the years. I used to play Our Little Town with my brother. And Clay pigeons, but tons of people play that one.

if you can find the documentary (the duct tape messiah one), I think you’d enjoy that too. He was a wild and funny dude, some great stories.
 
Grateful Dude

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Hauler said:
So you're a pinky freak too?
Got it.

Diggin the Blaze live album, btw.
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Were you able to make it all the way through....any favorites? "Officer Norris" is another one I really like. And I'm always a fan of the banter in between songs on live albums like this.
 
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