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Singer Utah Phillips left a colorful legacy
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Jun 03, 2008 11:46am |
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| Category | Obituary |
| Media | Newspaper - Sacramento Bee |
| News Date | Sunday, May 25, 2008 05:45:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Folk singer, anarchist, social reformer and man of the people Bruce "Utah" Phillips died in his Nevada City home Friday night of congestive heart failure.
Phillips, 73, was beloved on two continents for his big heart, along with his wit, wisdom, wild, white beard and willingness to stand tall for his beliefs.
He ran for president but never voted. Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Joan Baez, Tom Waits and his friend Arlo Guthrie all sing Utah Phillips songs, but he refused to let Johnny Cash make an album of his standards, his eldest son said, because he didn't trust the record industry.
Phillips, a onetime hobo and railroad tramp, reached out to the homeless in Nevada County in 2005, when he and his wife, Joanna Robinson, created a rotating homeless shelter at area churches.
"They're housing 25 to 30 people every night," said longtime friend Jordan Fisher Smith. "Instead of asking the government to do it, they solicited the help of their friends and neighbors and local churches and just created services for these people that weren't there.
"Bruce at his core was an anarchist," said Smith, who befriended him 20 years ago when he moved to Nevada City. "The name 'Utah' stuck because he'd lived in Utah, riding freights in the West." |
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