Blaze Foley

Officer Norris

1999 · Lost Art None · Austin, Texas

Artist
Blaze Foley
Title
Officer Norris
Release
Live at the Austin Outhouse
Year
1999
Label
Lost Art # None
Format
CD · Live
Language
English
Country
Austin, Texas, USA
Songwriter
Blaze Foley
Genre
Country · Outlaw Country
Primary theme
Post-War

Notes

Live at the Austin Outhouse, Lost Art Records CD, ℗ 1999, recorded at the Austin Outhouse, Austin, Texas, 27-28 December 1988 (track 8 of 15 on the CD; 7 of 12 on the digital edition), 4:49. A sarcastic address to a policeman: the singer asks the officer whether he served in Korea or Vietnam or got his training in college. [From 45worlds and the lyric]

About the artist

Born Michael David Fuller, 18 December 1949, Malvern, Arkansas, USA. Died 1 February 1989, Austin, Texas, USA. American outlaw country singer-songwriter based in Austin. [Source: Wikipedia]

Themes

Korea · Police Brutality