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Utah Phillips Tribute CD Project |
Contact Information The Long Memory PO BOX 711668 SLC, UT. 84171 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 manner. 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's 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 |
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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 |
The Long Memory |
NEWS & EVENTS |
Working - Song List - Enola Gay - Frisco Road - John Dee Lee - - Pig Hollow - Kyle Whulle - If I Had A List - Touch Me - Orphan Train - Scotts Creek Bluff - Ain't It Fine - Ashes On The Sea - Eddie's Song - Faded Roses - Nevada Jane - Kate MacLeod- I think - 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 - Goin Away- Gigi Love - I think of You- - The Telling Takes Me Home - Talking NPR Blues - Ken Shaw |
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. |
April 3, 2010 We have spent the last couple of weeks in the Roto Sonic Sound studio working on the first few tracks of our new tribute CD. Thus far we have the rough mixes for " Going Away","Pig Hollow", " Miner's Lullaby " and " Scofeild Mine Disaster ". Our plan is to finish the rough mixes by the end of April, take a deep breath, listen to it all and start making plans for overdubs and such. We hope to begin work on the final mix in the fall. In the meantime we have been doing house concerts and small gigs in the coffee shops around town to raise dough for our little project. It's all very exciting and the studio work has been amazing. I am glad we made the decision to comprise the CD of fresh studio work. And did I mention that all of the artists that are playing guitar on their tracks are using dad's old road worn Guild guitar, it sounds fantastic. To have the opportunity to sit in the studios control room and listen to folks perform dad's songs and playing dad's guitar is very touching. Check out the CD project page for some pictures, song list and a few sound bites. |