Starlight on the Rails: A Songbook

Starlight on the Rails: A Songbook

Utah Phillips crafted a fascinating show out of his life. In the course of seventy years he labored as a dishwasher, archivist, printer, and warehouseman; soldiered in the Korean War; lived as a tramp, and for over 40 years made his way telling stories and singing songs. He had the wit, humor, bite, and intelligence of a Mark Twain or a Will Rogers, and behind his Everyman appearance was a consummate artist. Peppered with one-liners and offhand philosophical commentary, Utah's revealing stories, about such spirited American characters as Charley Goodnight, Mother Jones, and Idaho Blackie, tell our true history and connect us to American traditions that are genuinely ours. Utah Phillips is described as a national treasure, a writer of haunting songs, a storyteller of hilarious presence and subtle depth, a union organizer, historian and scholar, a Celtic-Yiddish bard, a Pleistocene bon vivant, a post-modern ne'er-do-well, and a heck of an engineer. A 40-year member of the Industrial Workers of the World, he was the most entertaining labor troubadour of our time, leading his audience on an emotional rollercoaster with side-splitting storytelling and fire-breathing working class songs.
Country USA
Brand Galileo Music Communication
Manufacturer Free Dirt Records
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber WA-27092064
ReleaseDate 2014-09-16
UnitCount 4
Format Box set
UPCs 877746007026
EANs 0877746007026

Country	USA
Brand	Galileo Music Communication
Manufacturer	Free Dirt Records
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	WA-27092064
ReleaseDate	2014-09-16
UnitCount	4
Format	Box set
UPCs	877746007026
EANs	0877746007026

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