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Central Valley | Arts + Action | Labor & WorkersBruce Utah Phillips - May 15, 1935~May 23, 2008
Too many good people are doing too many good things for me to afford the luxury of being pessimistic. - U. Utah Phillips Hymn song
You know I think if lady luck was blind That old sun would never shine And I believe if death really held a knife We'd all be beggars of life Chorus: I believe if I lived my life again I'd still be here with you I believe if I lived my life again I'd still be here with you Sometimes I wish that I could close my eyes To some things I don't want to see But I believe if you lived your life again You'd still be here with me Chorus I'll never see the ending of my mind Everything will have a time Why should I ask for things that I don't need Or pretty lies to hide my greed Chorus ============================= Posted for those who were unable to attend Utah's memorial service in Nevada City today. It is with hesitation and the utmost respect of Utah's family that these are posted. At the Foundry after the memorial service I spoke with a friend who explained that a friend of Utah's is recovering from surgery back east in the rockie mtns. and couldn't attend today. Then on the drive home from the service, I figured being one of the volunteer editors for indybay, rather than email these images and only have them shared within the circles of people who might get the emailing of the photos taken; I'd share them here instead of opening of a photo account on a different website. Utah~ R.I.P.
§Duncan Phillips
 ninth-inning-99-to-0.jpg  utah_memorial_2.jpg  utah_memorial_3.jpg  utah_memorial_4.jpg  utah_memorial_5_rocket.jpg  utah_memorial_6.jpg  utah_shrine_2.jpg  utah2small.gif A couple of years ago, Utah Sent me this photo of himself enjoying a copy of the Community Alliance newspaper. I thought it was soooo funny that I wanted to share it with everyone. I will miss Utah, but will forever be inspired by his wit, music, and for the ability to tell a good story.
Thank you Steve for the photo from the memorial service. Comments (Hide Comments)
( deborah.robins [at] sbcglobal.net )
Tuesday Jun 3rd, 2008 2:22 PM
I've just posted some of my personal images from the Utah Phillips Memorial on Flickr.
Monday Oct 13th, 2008 5:30 PM
Don't have a picture to post. I only met U Utah Phillips once, and that was pretty recent. Didn't know how to tell him that I had known him a long damn time. He convinced me to play music again, to take an interest in how we live our lives, to be a pacifist, to memorise stories and poems, to unearth a copy of the Hobo's Hornbook and start to cram all of that wisdom into my brain. He reminded me that I love this country, that I have a voice, that I have a responsibility to think and to act and to bring about change.
I am not that important, in the scheme of things. But I am a better person for what Utah inspired me to do. He talked about heroes, on one album I have. Well, he is one of mine. Up there with Twain and Lincoln, a person who had compassion, but not at the expense of being cantankerous. Wisdom, but not at the expense of drollery. I mourn his passing, but I know that he is up there caterwauling away, and that pretty soon all the angels will have a Wobbly card. |
