Birthday
1949/12/18
Day of death
1989/02/01 (39 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Malvern, Arkansas, USA
Also know as
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Blaze Foley (born Michael David Fuller) was a songwriter who ran with a gaggle of like-minded songwriters who fancied themselves as outlaws and renegades outside the orbit of recognized composers like Willie, Jerry Jeff, Fromholz, Nanci Griffith, Lyle, and Robert Earl. Their guiding light was Townes Van Zandt, the tortured soul who was as inspirational as any writer could be, but who was equally determined to live as an outsider. "If I could only fly..." He lived 39 years until the first day of...Read more
(2011) Blaze Foley: Duct Tape Messiah
as Self (archive footage)