Sittin' by the Road
Twelve mid-1970s demos, including the earliest recording of If I Could Only Fly.
Blaze Foley, 2010
- Released
- 1 January 2010
- Recorded
- circa 1977
- Label
- Lost Art
- Type
- archival
Lost Art issued these demos in 2010, and Discogs dates the recording to about 1977. They include early versions of If I Could Only Fly, Clay Pigeons, Election Day and Cold, Cold World. The 2026 tribute Sittin' with Blaze was built on these recordings, with new covers by Lucy Dacus, Lucinda Williams and others.
Track listing
- Big Cheeseburgers & Good French Fries
- Clay Pigeons
- Sittin' By The Road
- Slow Boat To China
- Election Day
- Let Me Ride In Your Big Cadillac
- Cold, Cold World
- The Way You Smile
- Rainbows And Ridges
- Fat Boy
- Faded Loves And Memories
- If I Could Only Fly
More from Blaze Foley
Blaze Foley (1984), Live at the Austin Outhouse (1999), Wanted More Dead Than Alive (2005), The Dawg Years (2010)
Sources
- Sittin' By The Road, Discogs
- Sittin' By The Road, Lost Art Records
- Blaze Foley, Wikipedia