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The Long Memory |
Yes, the long memory is the most radical idea in this country. It is the loss of that long memory which deprives our people of that connective flow of thoughts and events that clarifies our vision, not of where we're going, but where we want to go." - U. Utah Phillips |
Starlight On The Rails Song Book |
With help from our friend Ken Sanders, who is a dear old friend of dad's, and has kindly offered to help with the re-publication of Utah's original song book called " Starlight On The Rails And Other Songs" that was originally published in 1973 by the Wooden Shoe Publishing |
Cooperative. Ken owns and operates Ken Sanders Rare Books here in Salt Lake City. We plan to update the book with a couple of new songs, as well as photograghs of Utah over the years. It should be out in the fall of 2010. |
New Tribute CD Project |
Our hope is that The Long Memory Project will be the building block towards establishing a permanent, non-profit archive for the works of Bruce "Utah" Phillips that will be easily accessible to the public. Some of the projects currently underway are the republication of Utah's original song book "Starlight On The Rails", making the one hundred episodes of "Loafer's Glory" available for download and rebroadcast, and a tribute CD from the artisans and organizers influenced by Utah from the state that Bruce always considered home, Utah. All the proceeds from these ongoing projects as well as donations will be used for this sole purpose. A portion will also go towards the day to day operations of the Hospitality House A Community Shelter fo the Homeless. |
The Long Memory PO BOX 711668 SLC, UT. 84171 Please make checks payable to The Long Memory |
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Loafer's Glory "The hobo jungle of the mind" |
Loafer's Glory was originally broadcast from KVMR in Nevada City, Ca. These broadcasts are a collage of rants, poetry, tales, and reminiscences mixed in with little known music and talk from over 1,000 tapes of everything under the sun, from tramping and labor (historic and contemporary ) to baseball and old friends... from unreleased Lord Buckley to animals, children, tall tales, Paul Robeson, and most of what you need to know about life on the open road... and always music. |
For news, fundraising events and updates check out The Long Memory blog. |
Contact duncan@thelongmemory.com |
Duncan Phillips, son of the legendary folksinger, social activist, storyteller and all-around lovable character, Utah Phillips, is creating a tribute recording in honor of his father and his father's musical contributions. Duncan accompanied his father on many tours, and grew well-acquainted with his father's thoughts, wishes and opinions. Duncan has developed a vision of a tribute CD that reflects Utah Phillips, in a personal and authentic maner. |
Though the recording has not been titled yet, this project is called The Long Memory Project. Since Utah took his name from and was influenced by the state of Utah, this recording will feature Utah-based musicians who have been influenced and inspired by Utah Phillips' music. They will perform some of Utah Phillips' songs, there may also be some spoken word and possibly some recording of Utah's own speaking. Duncan has invited songwriter/fiddler/producer Kate MacLeod to produce this recording. We invite the public to donate funds to support this recording project in honor of Utah Phillips' memory. The donated funds will be used for recording studio time and manufacturing costs. The musicians will be donating their time and talent to the project. Sale income from the project will be used for preservation and further development of Utah Phillips' archives and legacy. By request, you can be added to an email mailing list in order to receive updates about the project from the production team. Recording on this project will begin in the latter half of March into the month of April, 2010. The mixing and mastering will follow accordingly, with a projected release for January of 2011. Donations Made Payable To: The Long Memory Mail Donations To: The Long Memory, P.O. Box 711668, Salt Lake City, UT, 84171 Mailing List for Updates: Request Through - kmacleod@xmission.com Thank You, Duncan Phillips: duncan@thelongmemory.com Producer: Kate MacLeod: www.katemacleod.com, kmacleod@xmission.com |
Working - Song List - Nevada Jane- Kate MacLeod - Pig Hollow - Kyle Wulle - Orphan Train - Carla Eskelsen - Eddie's Song - Paul Rasmussen - Ragged Old Man - Doug Wintch - Miners Lullaby - Anke Summerhill - Scofied Mine Disaster - Mike Iverson - Long Gone - Me ( Duncan) - If I Could Be The Rain - Polly Stewart - Going Away- Gigi Love - I think of You - Brent Bradford - The Telling Takes Me Home - Dave Eskelsen - Talking NPR Blues - Ken Shaw - Hallelujah I'm A Bum - Tom Shultz - The Long Memeory - Mike Garcia - Ships Gonna Sail - Group Song - Room For the Poor - Hal Cannon |
As for the list of songs, I remember traveling on the road with dad a conversation we had about his looking forward to one day being a folk singer again. He felt that he had reduced to being a political pundit. Our effort in picking some of these songs is to in some way give him that gift and also do some songs that folks may not be that familiar with yet. |
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