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| Sticking With Blaze | Blaze of Glory | ||
| The Murder | The Trial -aka "The Mockery" | ||
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Here are are couple of things that sum up who Blaze was the best, I think. There's more to come later.
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| Here's a poem written to Blaze on his birthday by a good friend. Birth of the Blaze by Fifi Larue Perhaps it was snowing that December morn When a baby boy to the Fullers was born He was round and cute and very squeezy And his mama prayed his life would be easy "Let's test his stuff," said The Folks In The Know So they gave him a dosage of polio When he stood up and laughed, they decided that They'd throw him a curve and make him fat This worked for awhile, it confused him some So he obliged the illusion of 'funny' or 'dumb' He sang with the Baptists - "Hallelujah" & stuff He did try to live straight, but it wasn't enough He continued this role throughout the years Was a super salesman at the local Sears But when the boredom proved too heavy a load He said finally "fuck it" and hit the road He wandered the land a good part of his youth In search of himself, his essence, his truth And at times when he found it not easy to be He consoled himself with a melody Then they started to fit, the music and rhymes All his life they'd helped him through harder times And he became aware of what he'd known all along That his reason for Life was in his song larue 12/18/78 |
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| This was written shortly after Blaze's death. I recorded it at Charlie Hollis' studio, where Blaze had, not too long before, laid down two harmony tracks on another of my songs, called "None For The Shepherd". (Carlene Jones) Yesterday I drove a ways outside of town Watched the sun go down Felt you not around The birds a-flyin' in the sky were bound somewhere I'd fade into the air If I thought you were there But I don't know which way to go or what to do Or where to look for you Or why this thing is true Winter came to steal the flame and leave the frost Another bar is crossed I'm feeling cold and lost Lately you've been in the news most every night Your picture don't look right You're shot in black and white I wish I'd loved you better, but I didn't know You'd be so soon to go And Lord, I miss you so Upon a mound of frozen ground they wrote your name And all the people came They'll never be the same I try to find some peace of mind and move along Hear another song But all the birds are gone Lately you've been in the news...(rpt. cho.) Carlene Jones |
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