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kropotkin1951
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posted 05 June 2008 10:19 AM
For those who don't know his history.Utah's Bio He was not only a great songwriter but also a great advocate for folk music to remain the purview of the people not music companies. He recorded and played many Traditional songs that other assholes had tried to claim as their own work when they were centuries old folk music. He was a voice who will be missed.
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TemporalHominid
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posted 05 June 2008 07:31 PM
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Scott Piatkowski: [QB]I will forever be grateful to Ani Difranco for ensuring that I got to hear the voice and stories of Utah Phillips.[IMG] yep, a great album Utah Phillips will be missed ; he made the world a better, kinder place Ani Difranco likewise
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Ken Burch
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posted 09 June 2008 12:46 PM
Three times in my life I got to see Utah perform live.First, in Salem, Oregon(my home town)in the early '80's. Secondly, in Juneau, Alaska(my adopted town)in the early 90's(that time, he stayed overnight at our Governor's mansion, as a guest of our then governor who had played Utah's records for his then wife while courting her). Thirdly, last summer at the Vancouver Folk Festival. On each occasion the fire in his voice and spirit filled the room. The stories were funny and pointed, the songs, ranging from turn of the (20th)century Wobbly tunes to Utah's own, were tough, poignant and as alive then as the day they were written. Utah was simply one of the toughest, gentlest, most uncompromising people that ever walked the planet. "Don't Mourn. ORGANIZE!", as Joe Hill put it.
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