Blaze Foley Doco Diary

Living in the Woods in Trees

We've received news that award-winning author Sybil Rosen has completed the memoirs of her time with Depty Dawg (a.k.a. Blaze Foley). Ms. Rosen has been working on her book for three years and tells us that her draft, the sixth and final version, is ready to be "announced, reviewed (gulp) and enjoyed." The book, "Living in the Woods in Trees," tells of their life together in Georgia when they lived in a tree house and their time in Austin and Chicago in the mid-1970s. Her story is one re-discovery of "Dep" after burying his memory for over 20 years. She was witness to his birth as songwriter Blaze Foley but was unaware, until 2002, of the details of his life and work, following their break-up in the late 1970s. She is the reason for his signature song, If I Could Only Fly.