Stars burn out, legends live forever.

Blaze Foley: Duct Tape Messiah is a documentary about the doomed poet whose life was a country song. Born in a tree house, killed in a friend’s living room and 86’d from his own funeral, Blaze Foley is now a bona fide Texas legend. His heartfelt, funny and political songs are covered by Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, John Prine, Lyle Lovett, Joe Nichols and in concert by the Kings of Leon. This new documentary from Austin, 12 years in the making and featuring archival footage, interviews, animation and an innovative documentary structure, offers the definitive, intimate portrait of a complex artist who struggled for recognition and who died defending an elderly friend.

Kevin Triplett is a Texas filmmaker who grew up in a family of photographers. His childhood love of film ended abruptly when the local store stopped selling Super8 film. He went on to study electrical engineering, became a software developer, and worked all over the southern United States before landing in Austin where he rekindled his love for motion picture storytelling. This is his second feature-length documentary (his first is a private documentary commissioned by the Spacek family about their ancestral home in Granger, Texas). Kevin has produced and directed numerous short films, music videos, commercials and industrial projects.

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