Lucy Dacus, Phosphorescent, Lucinda Williams & more contribute to new Blaze Foley tribute album (hear 2 songs)

Sittin’ with Blaze’ is a new tribute to late outlaw country cult hero Blaze Foley which will be out August 7 via Lost Art Records. The album “showcases an assemblage of thirteen contemporary songwriters covering classic early Blaze recordings from his ‘tree house’ days in Georgia. Those recordings were originally released by Lost Art Records as Sittin’ by the Road in 2010 culled from demos recorded by Blaze in the mid-1970s.”

Among the contributors are Lucy Dacus, Phosphorescent, Lucinda Williams, Joshua Ray Walker, John Moreland and more. You can listen to Phosphorescent’s version of “If I Could Only Fly” and Uncle Lucius‘ cover of “Election Day” below.

Sittin’ With Blaze
01 Phosphorescent – “If I Could Only Fly”
02 Willie Watson – “Big Cheeseburgers & Good French Fries”
03 Lucy Dacus – “Clay Pigeons”
04 Cactus Lee – “Sittin’ By The Road”
05 Dylan Earl – “Slow Boat To China”
06 Uncle Lucius – “Election Day”
07 Riley Downing – “Let Me Ride In Your Big Cadillac”
08 Joshua Ray Walker – “Cold, Cold World”
09 Twain – “The Way You Smile”
10 Angela Autumn – “Rainbows & Ridges”
11 John R. Miller – “Fat Boy”
12 John Moreland – “Faded Love and Memories”
13 Lucinda Williams – “If I Could Only Fly”