M.Ted,

I couldn't agree with you more. Just a couple of months ago, I was lucky enough to attend a Utah (Bruce) Phillips concert in Seattle. It was likely the same scene as you've described above: He was the headline concert of a four day Folk Festival, and the planners wanted his crowd.

We all got exactly what we expected and what we wanted: outrageous songs and humor, marvelous spellbinding story telling, and a very large dose of conscience raising on social issues. And we left with sore sides from laughing, sore hands from applauding, and sore heads from having our minds expanded.

A closing thought, can you imagine what would have happened if the conert organizers had dared to suggest to Utah that he tone down his concert in any way. He'd probably use his large guitar as an axe on their heads and then go out front and tell everyone what he'd done and why, and then sung for three hours without a guitar!!! CHEERS, Bob