Utah Phillips; R.I.P.

Tue 27 May 2008
RIP Utah PhillipsPosted by Will under Blog
I copied this from a really cool blog site: http://katry.blogspot.com/
Read on:
Bruce “U. Utah” Phillips, the Grammy-nominated folk singer known for his bushy white beard, tireless tour schedule and equally tireless work for social justice, died of congestive heart failure Friday at his home in Nevada City. He was 73 and had been having health problems in recent years.
In a letter to friends nine days before he died, he wrote: “I spent a long time finding my way—couches, floors, big towns, small towns, marginal pay (folk wages). But I found that people seemed to like what I was doing. The folk music family took me in, carried me along, and taught me the value of song far beyond making a living. It taught me that I don’t need wealth, I don’t need power, and I don’t need fame. What I need is friends, and that’s what I found— everywhere—and not just among those on the stage, but among those in front of the stage as well. . . . The future? I don’t know. But I have songs in a folder I’ve never paid attention to, and songs inside me waiting for me to bring them out. Through all of it, up and down, it’s the song. It’s always been the song.”
http://www.utahphillips.org/