Oh my. Now here's a tearjerker. Utah Phillips (folk musician, activist, pacifist, hobo, freight train hopper, union organiser and all round good guy) spends 40 years touring, hits hard times, falls ill, his musician pals rally round to record a fundraiser, it grows to become a big project that attracts luminaries of the folky/country scene, it's fantastic, Phillips dies before he can hear it. Sniff. All profits are going to his family - do yourself a favour and get your hands on a copy.
Please listen.
Listen: Will Brown, Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen - Going Away
Listen: Sparky and Rhonda Rucker - Reuben's Train
Listen: Ed Trickett - The Telling Takes Me Home
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I like your blog- you passion for music is so clear all the way thru... and finding this post about a Utah put the cherry on top.
ReplyDeleteUtah was a friend and a mentor to me for many years and it's great to see his work celebrated here...
all the best,
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