I love these stories that get trickled down of both Townes and Blaze. They help with the Mystique and grow the Legend. Both amazing people with great stories to be told and music to be heard.
They sure do, I think we all got crazy inside us, most people keep it mostly locked down deep, the few exceptions like Blaze , just cant keep that lock on it. I dont think its badness, its a particular madness.
It really is heartbreaking when you see some of Townes old performances and hear people talk about how charming he could be, to know how it all ended. Townes ended up so broken and sad in the end.
Thanks Kevin for your docs about what now is seen as a special time in the history of Austin, though back then it was just our day to day existence. (I lived there on and off '72 to 2003) and get to fondly remember thanks to your fine work back then some of it's beautiful and sometimes troubled souls that shared their much talented selves with so many of us way back then. Really admired Larry Monroe, I gained much of my musical background understanding from Kut and his show so long ago. Now I live next to Butch H. out in the desert of Big Bend now. Ciao
I was a Busker in Austin off and on 1990-2011, I bought a Gibson MK 53 at One World Guitars on South Congress in 1999 that I put on Layaway, and the People of Austin Paid for that Gibson with Tips! I remeber KUT Radio! I am also a Ham Radio Operator- W5AWG! I had known Blaze Foley but we Argued about Everything....two wino homeless Guitar Pickers. I also remember another Bucking Friend...Who Hitch Hiked from WACO to Austin to Busk. (Connot Recall his name.) He wrote "Guitarist with Brand New Song & Nowhere to Play" . My Moniker was 'Boxcar Johnny" but I started out in San Antonio as a Carny Tattoo Artist "Tattoo Johnny" in 1969. I almost Retired to Austin when I turned 62, 2011, but Austin had turned to Shit by then, all my Friends had moved to the Big Bend area or other places where Keeping Weird was not a yuppie slogan by shitheels who Closed Barton Springs for Poor People. I learned to play guitar in 1968, in Waco, Texas, where I lived 1953 (BIG TORNADO YEAR! I WAS UNDER MY BED--Not Scared! I Thought it was a Freight Train !!) People might remember the Hobo who carried a Epiphone Emperor-Regent -ua-cam.com/video/yaKTl0l-KX8I/v-deo.html was asked by several people if I had any memories I said 'We Argued about Everything, just like 'Fiddling Willy" who traveled from Colorado to Austin every year, another Busker of Great Talent. The story about Blaze Foley being Banned from the Folk Festival then Putting On Women's Clothes is a Jewell, I met the guy who ran that festival in Corpis Christy in 1996, I had been sent a Charvel Acoustic Guitar while I was in Oklahoma Prison in 1995, that son uv a bitch Yelled at me for Buying a 'On Line Catalogue Guitar" blamed me for 'Killing Local Music Shops!" I told him I Got It while I was in Prison, son uv a bitch then refused to apologize....that's a Tin Foil 10 Gallon Yankee Bastard. Hello to the Last Vanguard of True Texan Community's- The Texas Bestest Terlingua Texas 79852 !!You can stick Austin up your Yankee Bastardly Arse Holes. Stick John Hagee up there too.
Always said, blaze didn’t play a guitar, he beat it. Played the BackRoom at Luigi’s pizza a lot, Jerry Housley ran that place. He was a good man who never got over the hump. Look forward to seeing the movie, Little Charlie as TVZ...Van Zander county, Texas.
Guess it shows how badly Alcoholism can fry the brain? One of the most clever, articulate singer songwriter that’s ever been, who even Dylan revered, and yet he couldn’t remember the words to one of his most well known songs if I needed you? Course I get it, having severe bi polar it’s either you self medicate or take the doctors meds, neither help cure mental illness unfortunately.
Aside from providing great insights into Townes' and Blaze's characters, the telling of this story and the attention to detail is like a drink of clear water -- flowing, vivid, and crisp. I love this kind of talk. Thank you, Larry Monroe. I don't know ye, man, but dang sure will be reading up on ya.
Viewers, you likely have no idea who Larry Monroe was (he passed in 2014). I believe he was the last great radio DJ. I listened to him on KUT and KDRP, Austin from 1998 until 2014. By that time he had more than made his mark on Austin music. What made him great were the inside Austin music stories, of course, but even better were his "sets". A set is a group of songs that tell a story, and a clever DJ could thrill, or amaze, or make you cry. He was a master.
Is John Casner still around and have any comments? John, I worked at the same large facility as you, remember the day Blaze passed and the look on your face.
Is that a lyric from a song written about Blaze? I know Lucinda William's wrote one I think..I can't seem to find the actual film they made based on him 'The Duct Tape Messiah'? I can't stop digging into Blaze, Townes, Rodney Crowell, Billy Joe Shaver..proper 'outlaw country' Edit-- Kris kristofferson! The end of the vid set me straight.
@@misskinzy Thanks for the reply mackenzie..I heard at the end Kris said/wrote it. And it's a great line, and just like you said 'fully human' hope this finds you and yours well. Damo.
Played some gigs with Blaze back in the 80’s. He could be the nicest guy in the world one night and the next a total asshole! Never understood why that was.
I love these stories that get trickled down of both Townes and Blaze. They help with the Mystique and grow the Legend. Both amazing people with great stories to be told and music to be heard.
But with no bullshit
Mr. Monroe, thank you for that story, and also the way that you told it. Always a lot more under the surface than we think....
I'm a old man but damnit that's the sweetest thing I've heard this whole year!
Peace from Texas
great story, people who suffer with alcohol problems also have a heart all :)
They sure do, I think we all got crazy inside us, most people keep it mostly locked down deep, the few exceptions like Blaze , just cant keep that lock on it. I dont think its badness, its a particular madness.
That was absolutely outstanding. I had not seen this before. Thank you for sharing.
Blaze and TVZ were in touch with another dimension.
It really is heartbreaking when you see some of Townes old performances and hear people talk about how charming he could be, to know how it all ended. Townes ended up so broken and sad in the end.
Thanks Kevin for your docs about what now is seen as a special time in the history of Austin, though back then it was just our day to day existence. (I lived there on and off '72 to 2003) and get to fondly remember thanks to your fine work back then some of it's beautiful and sometimes troubled souls that shared their much talented selves with so many of us way back then. Really admired Larry Monroe, I gained much of my musical background understanding from Kut and his show so long ago. Now I live next to Butch H. out in the desert of Big Bend now. Ciao
I was a Busker in Austin off and on 1990-2011, I bought a Gibson MK 53 at One World Guitars on South Congress in 1999 that I put on Layaway, and the People of Austin Paid for that Gibson with Tips! I remeber KUT Radio! I am also a Ham Radio Operator- W5AWG! I had known Blaze Foley but we Argued about Everything....two wino homeless Guitar Pickers. I also remember another Bucking Friend...Who Hitch Hiked from WACO to Austin to Busk. (Connot Recall his name.) He wrote "Guitarist with Brand New Song & Nowhere to Play" . My Moniker was 'Boxcar Johnny" but I started out in San Antonio as a Carny Tattoo Artist "Tattoo Johnny" in 1969. I almost Retired to Austin when I turned 62, 2011, but Austin had turned to Shit by then, all my Friends had moved to the Big Bend area or other places where Keeping Weird was not a yuppie slogan by shitheels who Closed Barton Springs for Poor People. I learned to play guitar in 1968, in Waco, Texas, where I lived 1953 (BIG TORNADO YEAR! I WAS UNDER MY BED--Not Scared! I Thought it was a Freight Train !!) People might remember the Hobo who carried a Epiphone Emperor-Regent -ua-cam.com/video/yaKTl0l-KX8I/v-deo.html was asked by several people if I had any memories I said 'We Argued about Everything, just like 'Fiddling Willy" who traveled from Colorado to Austin every year, another Busker of Great Talent.
The story about Blaze Foley being Banned from the Folk Festival then Putting On Women's Clothes is a Jewell, I met the guy who ran that festival in Corpis Christy in 1996, I had been sent a Charvel Acoustic Guitar while I was in Oklahoma Prison in 1995, that son uv a bitch Yelled at me for Buying a 'On Line Catalogue Guitar" blamed me for 'Killing Local Music Shops!" I told him I Got It while I was in Prison, son uv a bitch then refused to apologize....that's a Tin Foil 10 Gallon Yankee Bastard.
Hello to the Last Vanguard of True Texan Community's- The Texas Bestest Terlingua Texas 79852 !!You can stick Austin up your Yankee Bastardly Arse Holes.
Stick John Hagee up there too.
Tattoo Johnny i
You ever play any gigs with Jimmy Harding in Austin by chance?
Beautiful.
Honest, endearing...
Hope y'all have people like that in your life.
And hope y'all get the chance that person in someone's life.
Always said, blaze didn’t play a guitar, he beat it. Played the BackRoom at Luigi’s pizza a lot, Jerry Housley ran that place. He was a good man who never got over the hump. Look forward to seeing the movie, Little Charlie as TVZ...Van Zander county, Texas.
Guess it shows how badly Alcoholism can fry the brain? One of the most clever, articulate singer songwriter that’s ever been, who even Dylan revered, and yet he couldn’t remember the words to one of his most well known songs if I needed you? Course I get it, having severe bi polar it’s either you self medicate or take the doctors meds, neither help cure mental illness unfortunately.
Gurf Morlix has some great stories about Blaze, they lived together at one time
Wow love for your brother, awesome story.
Aside from providing great insights into Townes' and Blaze's characters, the telling of this story and the attention to detail is like a drink of clear water -- flowing, vivid, and crisp. I love this kind of talk. Thank you, Larry Monroe. I don't know ye, man, but dang sure will be reading up on ya.
This guy has a great brain and soul
Viewers, you likely have no idea who Larry Monroe was (he passed in 2014). I believe he was the last great radio DJ. I listened to him on KUT and KDRP, Austin from 1998 until 2014. By that time he had more than made his mark on Austin music.
What made him great were the inside Austin music stories, of course, but even better were his "sets". A set is a group of songs that tell a story, and a clever DJ could thrill, or amaze, or make you cry. He was a master.
I listen to the Blue Monday Master Tapes on Sun Radio religiously.
He died?!?!
I thought he was alive since I saw his part in tales from the tour bus
That's gig was great. Proud to be Amircan✌🇺🇸
This was very touching
Kind of gives you goosebumps
Beautiful.
Beautiful ...
What a great story
Great stories. Great talent.
I love them both but this was more about Towns than it was blaze.
Think of the Townes portion as the pleasant wrapping paper of a precious gift!
Great stuff, thank you
Is John Casner still around and have any comments? John, I worked at the same large facility as you, remember the day Blaze passed and the look on your face.
awe ray doing townes would a been amazing
great account - many thanks
So beautiful!
The best of the best don't last so long,,,gone b4 the starting line,,,Tommy Manring
Because a man is in the hospital for alcoholism it doesn't necessarily follow that their lives are over. That's odd.
odd? to you?
It’s a mental hospital. A lot of people in there don’t have bright futures.
@@terryjp3050 No, odd. Perhaps some of those guys lives had just begun. Towns certainly didn't have a very bright future after drying out.
"A walking contradiction...partly truth & partly fiction." Fully human
Is that a lyric from a song written about Blaze? I know Lucinda William's wrote one I think..I can't seem to find the actual film they made based on him 'The Duct Tape Messiah'? I can't stop digging into Blaze, Townes, Rodney Crowell, Billy Joe Shaver..proper 'outlaw country'
Edit-- Kris kristofferson! The end of the vid set me straight.
@@brazenlilhussy5975 it might be but I'm not sure. I just heard it in this video & had to repeat it. It was too good to pass up.
@@misskinzy Thanks for the reply mackenzie..I heard at the end Kris said/wrote it. And it's a great line, and just like you said 'fully human' hope this finds you and yours well. Damo.
the pilgrim 33 song describes my ex rather well👹
@@brazenlilhussy5975 I believe Pilgrim 33 was written by Kris Kristofferson. I could be wrong.
Played some gigs with Blaze back in the 80’s. He could be the nicest guy in the world one night and the next a total asshole! Never understood why that was.
Sadly, Larry died from COPD, something that slowly and awfully kills so many musicians. Smoking is the usual cause
Most of those guy in there had a much better future than Towns did.
Judgemental much?