Lucy Dacus has released a serene acoustic cover of Blaze Foley's 'Clay Pigeons', the third track on a forthcoming 13-track tribute LP titled Sittin' With Blaze, due Friday, August 7 on Lost Art Records (Rolling Stone).

Dacus told Apple Music 1 host Matt Wilkinson on Monday that a friend named Max first played her 'Clay Pigeons' about six years ago, when the two were becoming friends. Her immediate reaction: 'This is one of the best songs ever written' (Rolling Stone; Our Culture Mag).

'Sittin' By The Road' by Cactus Lee, 'Slow Boat To China' by Dylan Earl, 'Election Day' by Uncle Lucius and 'Let Me Ride' by Riley Downing are among the other tracks on the album, which also features contributions from Phosphorescent, Lucinda Williams, Willie Watson, Lydia Loveless and more (Brooklyn Vegan; mxdwn).

Blaze Foley, described as a late outlaw country cult hero, was born in Arkansas and called Austin, Texas home in the 1970s. He wrote songs including 'If I Could Only Fly', 'Big Cheeseburgers & Good French Fries' and 'I Should Have Been Home' — material admired by fellow songwriters but little heard by a wide audience during his lifetime (Rolling Stone; Brooklyn Vegan).

In 1989, Foley was fatally shot while visiting a friend's house. He was 39. His posthumous reputation has grown steadily — 'Clay Pigeons' alone has been covered by John Prine and Michael Cera, and in 2018 Ethan Hawke directed the biopic Blaze, starring actor Ben Dickey as the songwriter (Rolling Stone).

Lost Art Records first announced Sittin' With Blaze in June, confirming Dacus and Lucinda Williams among the contributors and setting the August 7 release date (No Depression; Uncle Lucius on Facebook).

For Dacus, the cover carries a personal thread. She told Wilkinson that hearing 'Clay Pigeons' through a friend left a deep mark — the kind of discovery that sits with someone for years before finding an outlet. The tribute album places her voice alongside artists who move between country, folk and indie rock, a roster that mirrors the genre-crossing reach Foley's songs have quietly achieved since his death.