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; ldquo;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 Foleyrsquo;s transformation from a reticent hippie musician to the enigmatic singer/songwriter who would live and die outside societys rules. While Foleys own performances are only recently being released; his songs have been covered by Merle Haggard; Lyle Lovett; and John Prine. When he first encountered ldquo;If I Could Only Fly;" Merle Haggard called it ldquo;the best country song Ive heard in fifteen years." In a work that is part-memoir; part-biography; Rosen struggles to finally come to terms with Foleys myth and her role in its creation. Her tracing of his impact on her life navigates a lovers roadmap along the permeable boundary between life and death. A must-read 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.
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