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Utah says farwell…
May 28th, 2008, 00:40
A great man who 'til today i knew nearly nothing about is riding a boxcar to the heavens as we speak.
http://www.utahphillips.org/
heres a great interview with him from 2004.
if you have an hour its well worth your time
your spirit(s) will be uplifted
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/2…legendary_folk
http://www.utahphillips.org/
heres a great interview with him from 2004.
if you have an hour its well worth your time
your spirit(s) will be uplifted
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/2…legendary_folk
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The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
he who tries to make a point
misses the point
every time
- Ariel Pink
The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
he who tries to make a point
misses the point
every time
- Ariel Pink
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May 28th, 2008, 03:37
I used to hang out at a folkie coffee house years ago called the No Exit back in Chicago and one of the folksingers there (Art Thieme) was a big 'U' Utah Phillips fan. Sad to hear of his passing--truly a link to an era that's vanishing from sight.
He wrote some seminal material about cowboys and trains and sang all those old commie Weavers songs.
Really took me back to see the links to his gig at The Old Town School of Folk Music.
My favorite song of his was "The Goodnight-Loving Trail"--about Charlie Goodnight's cattle trail, and the hard life of a cook on the old cattle drives.
There's a pretty good wikipedia entry on him, too. That Wobbly song (I.W.W.) I quoted in Prime J's MayDay thread (transposed from Woody Guthrie's 'This Land") might have been his too--I know Artie used to sing it in the same sets with his railroad songs.
I'm sorry to hear he's left us, but it was good to think about him and his life again. Thanks for posting, c.u.
He wrote some seminal material about cowboys and trains and sang all those old commie Weavers songs.
Really took me back to see the links to his gig at The Old Town School of Folk Music.My favorite song of his was "The Goodnight-Loving Trail"--about Charlie Goodnight's cattle trail, and the hard life of a cook on the old cattle drives.
Spoiler – Some of the lyrics
There's a pretty good wikipedia entry on him, too. That Wobbly song (I.W.W.) I quoted in Prime J's MayDay thread (transposed from Woody Guthrie's 'This Land") might have been his too--I know Artie used to sing it in the same sets with his railroad songs.
I'm sorry to hear he's left us, but it was good to think about him and his life again. Thanks for posting, c.u.
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Where there's smoke, there's mirrors.
Where there's smoke, there's mirrors.
Hedgewitch
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