I read in a popular magazine that a famous movie person has made a biographical film about Blaze Foley. That was a clever thing to do.

Now, to prove how cool I really am, and to participate in all of the fanfare that is sure to result from Blaze Foley’s birth into a wider sphere of appreciation, here’s a cover of a Blaze song (slightly altered) which I recorded a couple of years ago.

If the movie is a hit, I will begin extensively covering John Vandiver, even though he didn’t write many songs, or Shake Russell, even thought I don’t like his songs that much and he hasn’t died a tragic death. I’ll make a record of twelve different versions of Vandiver’s “Chicken Fried Steak” covered by musicians with connections to Terlingua, while also pretending that I’ve been to Terlingua. Not even Texas music people remember John Vandiver, so he should be a safe bet to protect my obscurantism.

And I’ll always have John Elwood Cook.