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Thread #111474   Message #2349806
Posted By: open mike
27-May-08 - 12:19 AM
Thread Name: Obit: Bruce "Utah" Phillips (1935-2008)
Subject: RE: Obit: Utah Phillips 5/15/35-5/24/08
The news came to us at the Strawberry Music Festival, where he had often attended and shared with us stories, songs and wisdom. The festival radio station broadcast a memory-filled afternoon on sunday
with Moose Turd Pie and other glorious offerings from U.Utah.

Many people from the festival offered up their memories of him and
most were filled with iomages of being inspired by him.

In the night time song circles, we sang many train songs, and others including Goodnight Loving Trail...."It's a wonder the wind don't tear off you skin...." what a line!!

Oh, the green , rolling hills of West Virginia....

Expect to hear more from www.kvmr.org as they plan a memorial broadcast soon. (probably on Sunday) Blessings to Joanna and all the others who are missing him tonight.

When he performed in Chico, CA, a couple of years ago, he was encouraging us in the Folk Music Society to include many organizations in our area to benefit from the event: the hungry, the homeless, the
peace and justice center, and to build a network with every like-minded person and group in our area.