[Nyclocal] Fwd: Utah Phillips R.I. P

[Dan Jakopovich]

How old was he...I like his music a lot, and lyrics like this:
 
"Railroading over the great divide, nothing beside me but the Rockies and sky,
it's there I'll be as the years go by, railroading over the great divide..."

--- On Sun, 5/25/08, William Wharton <wawharton at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: William Wharton <wawharton at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Nyclocal] Fwd: Utah Phillips R.I. P
To: "NYC Local" <Nyclocal at spnyc.org>, neoyorquinossocialistas at yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, May 25, 2008, 1:03 AM

--- David Mcreynolds <dmcreynolds at nyc.rr.com> wrote:

> From: "David Mcreynolds" <dmcreynolds at nyc.rr.com>
> To: "Debs List" <debsian at lists.riseup.net>
> CC: "Richard Thorne" <richardthorne at verizon.net>
> Subject: Utah Phillips R.I. P
> Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 18:26:46 -0400
> 
> Thanks Richard. Utah sang at a WRL Conference on the
> West Coast - alas, before I had a digital camera.
> 
> This is sad news, not unexpected. I will, with deep
> regret, pass it along to several lists.
> 
> 
>     From: Larkin <rivnrev at earthlink.net>
>     Date: May 24, 2008 1:47:16 PM EDT
>     To: folk-alliance at folk.org,
> "fatrad-owner at folk.org" <fatrad-owner at folk.org>
>     Subject: Re: [Folk-Alliance] Folk-Alliance
> Digest: Utah Phillips R.I. P
>     Reply-To: Folk Alliance Member Listserv
> <folk-alliance at folk.org>
> 
> 
>     Dear All,
> 
> 
>     I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news. I got
> the news from our mutual
>     friend Haywire Brack, that Bruce 'U. Utah'
> Phillips passed away last night
>     in his sleep, ending a roughly ten year bout
> with congestive heart failure.
>     Other than those bare facts, not much is known.
> 
> 
>     For those who few who might not know, Bruce was
> a consummate songwriter,
>     community organizer, anarchist role model,
> historian, archivist and scholar,
>     and one time presidential candidate on the Utah
> Freedom and Peace party
>     ticket. 
> 
> 
>     His travels, adventures and reputation are going
> to be talked about on these
>     lists by the many people who knew him, worked
> with him and were inspired by
>     him over the last forty years or so. I will not
> belabor any of that here.
>     Let's just say, we've lost one of our own. And
> like Preacher Casey said, his
>     work is done.  Now it's up to us.
> 
> 
>     Andy Cohen
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