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He was close friends with Townes Van Zandt.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis song \"If I Could Only Fly\" became a hit in the interpretation of Merle Haggard. His song \"Election Day\" was covered by Lyle Lovett on his 2003 album \"My Baby Don't Tolerate\" and his song \"Clay Pigeons\" was covered by John Prine on his Grammy Award winning 2005 album \"Fair and Square.\" Joe Nichols pays tribute to \"If I Could Only Fly\" by recording it for his album \"Real Things\" released in 2007.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1989, Foley was shot in the chest and killed by Carey January, the son of Foley's friend Concho January. Carey January was acquitted of murder in the first degree by reason of self-defense. He and his father presented completely different versions of the shooting at trial.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFoley jokingly claimed to be the illegitimate son of Red Foley and Blaze Starr.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFoley placed duct tape on the tips of his cowboy boots to mock the \"Urban Cowboy\" crazed folks with their silver tipped cowboy boots. He later made a suit out of duct tape that he used to walk around in. At his funeral, his casket was coated with duct tape by his friends. Townes Van Zandt was quoted as saying that \"he'd have to dig Foley up to get the pawn ticket for his guitar that was in his pocket\".\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Blaze+Foley+The+Beaver+Valley+Boys","playStationPath":"/stations/272447281/play","stationId":272447281,"bioPath":"/music/Blaze+Foley+The+Beaver+Valley+Boys/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Trent+Tomlinson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6f7/6f7e2c15b584848633a8e2e9a33f70bd_md.jpg","artistName":"Trent Tomlinson","artistId":10263,"station_id":113292404},{"musicPath":"/music/Brian+McComas","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/903/903b3a72e5adf71c563f213225b82a67_md.jpg","artistName":"Brian McComas","artistId":110423,"station_id":282359710},{"musicPath":"/music/Wynn+Stewart","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e68/e684522af2b971643abb4abfc0391313_md.jpg","artistName":"Wynn Stewart","artistId":111526,"station_id":282142486},{"musicPath":"/music/Troy+Olsen","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6e7/6e7f53753d27ec0d1e60fb4843b580f2_md.jpg","artistName":"Troy Olsen","artistId":65599,"station_id":263886088},{"musicPath":"/music/Kris+Kristofferson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/8c1/8c122e910e58d66525a2a3c08ea84559_md.jpg","artistName":"Kris Kristofferson","artistId":2649,"station_id":261222033},{"musicPath":"/music/John+Prine+Iris+DeMent","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/590/5908a77760964093bf656261332366c2_md.jpg","artistName":"John Prine \u0026 Iris DeMent","artistId":128766,"station_id":284905624},{"musicPath":"/music/Cisco+Houston","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0a7/0a708436485d1e1c8a1c5491572f8b73_md.jpg","artistName":"Cisco Houston","artistId":94764,"station_id":287828142},{"musicPath":"/music/Matt+Stillwell","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/cfa/cfa67c8dabf8b1edf9a8cee0ab106ccb_md.jpg","artistName":"Matt Stillwell","artistId":117120,"station_id":283168342},{"musicPath":"/music/Gabe+Lee","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f81/f81ad4f4ebadc4ed020c41ee27c79e7b_md.jpg","artistName":"Gabe Lee","artistId":437784,"station_id":400835473},{"musicPath":"/music/James+Wesley","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c9a/c9addcb5e1e3d70bd96d4394cfb1f420_md.jpg","artistName":"James Wesley","artistId":71580,"station_id":264841518},{"musicPath":"/music/Dallas+Wayne","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/5ab/5abcac8349fe04568e97137c1e8fd088_md.jpg","artistName":"Dallas Wayne","artistId":127344,"station_id":284746727},{"musicPath":"/music/David+Frizzell","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/deb/deb4fecd6a4dd6e13f298c954eb90a95_md.jpg","artistName":"David Frizzell","artistId":440144,"station_id":400897256},{"musicPath":"/music/Ward+Davis","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/fba/fbaa62c534faff2575ef0e9df49f4147_md.jpg","artistName":"Ward Davis","artistId":133159,"station_id":285651180},{"musicPath":"/music/Colter+Wall","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/8ad/8adbf8573d5a63a34d81084eb61ccde6_md.jpg","artistName":"Colter Wall","artistId":362944,"station_id":394137419},{"musicPath":"/music/Guy+Clark","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b37/b376e917cb0136b583dbdfe2718be546_md.jpg","artistName":"Guy Clark","artistId":5254,"station_id":113296812},{"musicPath":"/music/Little+Jimmy+Dickens","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/7a7/7a7f1323ba3aecf237de9910678b243f_md.jpg","artistName":"Little Jimmy Dickens","artistId":14023,"station_id":113570768},{"musicPath":"/music/Caleb+Klauder","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/02d/02d18986d970d2325451a6619c3ab114_md.jpg","artistName":"Caleb Klauder","artistId":113318,"station_id":282569231},{"musicPath":"/music/Chuck+Mead","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9e3/9e31f17969aeae16fdbc2fe90954cdc4_md.jpg","artistName":"Chuck Mead","artistId":94732,"station_id":287828121}]}