Episode 125: Utah Phillips Stories

Thanks For Giving A Damn

Otis Gibbs

Society & Culture, Arts, Music, Performing Arts, Personal Journals

5 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2015

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Duncan Phillips talks about his father, Utah Phillips and shares stories about the legendary folk singer, joining the Army, fighting in the Korean War, writing Rock Salt And Nails, Rosalie Sorrels, Dylan, Johnny Cash stories, Ammon Hennacy, riding trains, running… Continue Reading →

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0:00.0	We just got back from a great family road trip.
0:14.0	Kind of special things, Amy doesn't usually travel with me, but Amy and I hopped into the car and we brought our dog Russell.
0:22.2	We drove out through Missouri, Kansas, Colorado,
0:26.6	up through Wyoming, got snowed in and Laramie.
0:30.0	We went down into Utah and visited her brother
0:33.0	and a sister-in-law there in Utah.
0:36.5	Got to see some Buffalo, went down through Monument Valley,
0:40.0	Arches National Park, came down through New Mexico, and got on Route 66 and Two-come-Carry,
0:48.7	took it all the way through Oklahoma, and then headed on back home.
0:53.8	And we stopped in so many, you know, wonderful roadside type stops along the way.
0:59.4	And it's had a lot of fun.
1:00.9	You know, it's two weeks.
1:01.6	There's a lot to cram into there.
1:03.3	And there's no way I'll be able to talk about everything here.
1:06.5	There just isn't enough time.
1:08.4	But if you want to see pictures of it, you can go to
1:11.4	Facebook.com slash Otis Gibbs Music. I put some pictures up there. I put even more
1:17.7	pictures on my Instagram account. I think it's Instagram.com slash Otis Gibbs. I might talk
1:23.8	about a few of the stops sometime in future episodes, but for now it feels great to be home,
1:29.8	but there's nothing as fun as spending a couple weeks on the road with the family and seeing the Great American Roadside.
2:07.3	Yeah. Hi, friends, this is Otis Gibbs, and you're listening to Thanks for Giving a Dam.
2:10.2	I'm sitting here in my living room in East Nashville.
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