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Bruce Duncan "Utah" Phillips (May 15, 1935 – May 23, 2008) was an American labor organizer, folk singer, storyteller, poet and the "Golden Voice of the Great Southwest". He described the struggles of labor unions and the power of direct action, self-identifying as an anarchist. He often promoted the Industrial Workers of the World in his music, actions, and words.
Phillips was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Edwin Deroger Phillips and Frances Kathleen Coates. His father, Edwin Phillips, was a labor organizer, and his parents' activism influenced much of his life's work. Phillips was a card-carrying member of the Industrial Workers of the World (Wobblies) headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. His parents divorced and his mother remarried. Phillips was adopted by his stepfather, Syd Cohen, at the age of five. Cohen managed the Hippodrome Theater in Cleveland, one of the last vaudeville houses in the city. Cohen moved the family to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he managed the Lyric Theater, another vaudeville house. Phillips attributes his early exposure to vaudeville through his stepfather as being an important influence on his later career.
Utah (/ˈjuːtɔː/ or i/ˈjuːtɑː/; Navajo: Áshįįh bi Tó Hahoodzo; Arapaho: Wo'tééneihí ) is a state in the western United States. It became the 45th state admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896. Utah is the 13th-largest, the 31st-most populous, and the 10th-least-densely populated of the 50 United States. Utah has a population of nearly 3 million (Census estimate for July 1, 2015), approximately 80% of whom live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. Utah is bordered by Colorado to the east, Wyoming to the northeast, Idaho to the north, Arizona to the south, and Nevada to the west. It also touches a corner of New Mexico in the southeast.
Approximately 62% of Utahns are reported to be members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or LDS (Mormons), which greatly influences Utah culture and daily life. The world headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is located in Utah's state capital, Salt Lake City. Utah is the most religiously homogeneous state in the United States, the only state with a Mormon majority, and the only state with a majority population belonging to a single church.
Utah is a state in the United States.
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Utah is a 1945 American Western film directed by John English.
Misunderstanding what her ranch is worth, Dorothy Bryant sells the land for far less than its value, so it's up to Roy to somehow get it back.
Ramblin" with Utah Phillips. Recorded March 21, 1981 at WOUB-TV [Ohio University].
Utah Phillips sings the classic labor movement song from the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) "Little Red Songbook," "Dump The Bosses Off Your Back." From his live album, WE HAVE FED YOU ALL A THOUSAND YEARS, from his live album in 1984. LYRICS: Are you poor, forlorn and hungry? Are there lots of things you lack ? Is your life made up of misery? Then dump the bosses off your back. Are your clothes all patched and tattered ? Are you living in a shack ? Would you have your troubles scattered ? Then dump the bosses off your back. Are you almost split asunder? Loaded like a long-eared jack? Boob - why don't you buck like thunder, And dump the bosses off your back ? All the agonies you suffer You can end with one good whack Stiffen up, you orn'ry duffer And dump th...
Joe Hill's famous song.
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HALLELUJAH, I'M A BUM! Tune: Revive Us Again Written by: Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock Adapted by Spokane IWW Winter of 1908 For Use on Song Card of That Year) LYRICS (as written by Haywire Mac, not the ones performed here by Utah): O, why don't you work Like other men do? How in hell can I work When there's no work to do? (Chorus) Hallelujah, I'm a bum! Hallelujah, bum again! Hallelujah, give us a handout To revive us again. O, why don't you save All the money you earn? If I did not eat I'd have money to burn. (Chorus) O, I like my boss - He's a good friend of mine; That's why I'm starving Out in the breadline. (Chorus) I can't buy a job For I ain't got the dough, So I ride in a box-car For I'm a hobo. (Chorus) Whenever I get All the money I ea...
Utah Phillips performs at the Vancouver Folk Festival. Utah was a folk musician, poet, storyteller and humanitarian who specialized in telling the working mans stories and histories. He was a lifelong labor organizer and I.W.W. (Industrialized Workers of the World) union member who fought for workers rights, equality and justice for everyone. Born May 15, 1935 -- Utah passed away May 23, 2008 and he is dearly missed.
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Amy Goodman interviews Utah Phillips for Democracy Now! in 2004. In part 5 of the interview, Utah tells how he started out in New York, fired his agent, and decided not to play music for profit.
Bruce Duncan "Utah" Phillips was an American labor organizer, folk singer, storyteller, poet and the "Golden Voice of the Great Southwest". He described the struggles of labor unions and the power of direct action, self-identifying as an anarchist. He often promoted the Industrial Workers of the World in his music, actions, and words. Martin Blake Producer. 3GP Productions
Provided to YouTube by CDBaby The Goodnight-Loving Trail · Utah Phillips The Telling Takes Me Home ℗ 1997 Utah Phillips Released on: 1997-01-01 Auto-generated by YouTube.
Bruce Duncan "Utah" Phillips (May 15, 1935 – May 23, 2008) was an American labor organizer, folk singer, storyteller, poet and the "Golden Voice of the Great Southwest". He described the struggles of labor unions and the power of direct action, self-identifying as an anarchist. He often promoted the Industrial Workers of the World in his music, actions, and words.
Phillips was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Edwin Deroger Phillips and Frances Kathleen Coates. His father, Edwin Phillips, was a labor organizer, and his parents' activism influenced much of his life's work. Phillips was a card-carrying member of the Industrial Workers of the World (Wobblies) headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. His parents divorced and his mother remarried. Phillips was adopted by his stepfather, Syd Cohen, at the age of five. Cohen managed the Hippodrome Theater in Cleveland, one of the last vaudeville houses in the city. Cohen moved the family to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he managed the Lyric Theater, another vaudeville house. Phillips attributes his early exposure to vaudeville through his stepfather as being an important influence on his later career.
On the corners together you'll find us,
'Neath the street lamps at midnight we're there,
Our spirits like smoke that blows through the night,
Restless but going nowhere.
Trouble is all we can give you
For trouble is all we have known,
Our lives like water that runs through our hands
Leaving us unloved and alone.
Our fathers you say were just like us,
Our children will all be the same
Hair like black leather and skin brown as wood,
Speaking some low Spanish name.
Remember the mothers who gave us our lives
Like grass in the spring of their years,
And left us behind with hearts light as wine
Their breasts undissolved by our tears.
The things that I do are all very bad things,
I do them and then don't know why.
You hold up your children with blue or brown eyes
And say they're much better than I.
My friends, they too all despise me,
I do all the wrong they have planned,
And all that I have for the years of my life
Is a cross that I've cut on my hand.
You put me in jail behind iron bars,
You find me with blood on my hands,
Tomorrow I'll stand up in front of your guns
And give you the life you demand.
But when you sit down at your table tonight
With children and wife sitting by,
Recall this corrido my red blood has made