Blaze Foley's 113th wet dream

"Many listeners will likely be hearing these songs for the first time. Foley was a fringe-dwelling Austin ne'er-do-well who just happened to have a gift for writing trenchant, touching country-folk tunes, earning the admiration of everyone from Townes Van Zandt to Lucinda Williams, both of whom saluted Foley in song, with "Blaze's Blues" and "Drunken Angel," respectively. Renowned guitarist Gurf Morlix, who has played with Williams and countless other great Americana artists, was also a friend and accompanist to Foley, so his self-produced presentation of 15 Foley songs bears both an insider's edge and an emotional authoritativeness".

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"Whether it's the lowkey defiance of "Big Cheeseburgers and Good French Fries", the spry but sad "Baby Can I Crawl Back to You", or the openheartedness of "Clay Pigeons" (a song that Prine said sounded like he was already singing it when he heard Foley's version), Dream pays fine tribute to Foley while at the same time highlighting his stylistic link to later songwriters like Todd Snider".