Joshua Ray Walker among those featured on forthcoming Blaze Foley tribute album

Joshua Ray Walker Photo: Mike DunnTexas is a state teeming with talents whose work casts long, formidable shadows — and perhaps none more so than the late Blaze Foley. The 13-track collection dwells primarily on Foley’s mid-1970s output, and features a slew of skilled disciples, including Phosphorescent, Lucy Dacus and Dallas’ own Joshua Ray Walker. “The songs that Blaze Foley created resonate and ring truer than ever,” writes author, critic and historian Joe Nick Patoski in the album’s liner notes. Indeed, Sittin’ with Blaze is a sterling showcase for those involved, and a moving testament to the enduring quality of Foley’s work. Joshua Ray Walker at Kessler Theater, Dallas.