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Living in the Woods in a Tree

Remembering Blaze Foley

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Living in the Woods in a Tree

By: Sybil Rosen
Narrated by: Pam Ward
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Living in the Woods in a Tree is an intimate glimpse into the turbulent life of Texas music legend Blaze Foley (1949-1989), seen through the eyes of Sybil Rosen, the woman for whom he wrote his most widely known song, "If I Could Only Fly". It captures the exuberance of their fleeting idyll in a tree house in the Georgia woods during the countercultural 1970s. Rosen offers a firsthand witnessing of Foley's transformation from a reticent hippie musician to the enigmatic singer/songwriter who would live and die outside society's rules.

In a work that is part memoir, part biography, Rosen struggles to finally come to terms with Foley's myth and her role in its creation. Her tracing of his impact on her life navigates a lovers' road map along the permeable boundary between life and death. A must-listen for all Blaze Foley and Texas music fans as well as romantics of all ages, Living in the Woods in a Tree is an honest and compassionate portrait of the troubled artist and his reluctant muse.

©2008 Sybil Rosen (P)2017 Tantor Entertainment & Celebrities Music Celebrity
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I didn't know who Blaze Foley was till 3 weeks ago, this book gives a good insight to part of the life of a music legend. The narrators voice was captivating and keepa the listener hooked.

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