Election Day
A song Foley kept returning to, from his mid-1970s tapes to the Outhouse, and later covered by Lyle Lovett.
Blaze Foley, from Live at the Austin Outhouse (1988)
- Written by
- Blaze Foley
- Released
- 1988
- Length
- 3:02
- Album
- Live at the Austin Outhouse
Foley recorded Election Day more than once. It is on the mid-1970s demos Sittin' by the Road, on The Dawg Years at 2:30, and on the Outhouse album, where it runs 3:02 as track ten. It was played at the Outhouse on 28 December 1988. Lyle Lovett covered it on his 2003 album My Baby Don't Tolerate.
Covers and versions
- Lyle Lovett (2003) on My Baby Don't Tolerate
More songs by Blaze Foley
If I Could Only Fly, Clay Pigeons
Sources
- Blaze Foley, Wikipedia
- The Dawg Years, Discogs
- Sittin' By The Road, Discogs
- Live at the Austin Outhouse, MusicBrainz
- Austin Outhouse setlist, 28 December 1988, setlist.fm