Utah Phillips Hosts - Loafer's Glory / A Hobo Jungle Of The Mind
87 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsA reproduction of shows featuring legendary folk singer Bruce Utah Phillips. A collage of rants, poetry, tales and reminiscences mixed with little known music and talk from over 1,000 tapes of everything under the sun, from tramping and labor (historic and contemporary) to baseball and old friends...from unreleased Lord Buckley to animals, children, tall tales, Paul Robeson, and most of what you need to know about life on the open road...and always music.
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Episodes
Episode 37 / Labor Songs
December 30, 2021 17:35 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBLabor songs, from the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire to the Great Ohio Fast Food Fire.
Episode 36 / More Tramp Songs
December 22, 2021 23:06 - 56 minutes - 34.9 MBA collection of tales and songs from the, skids, alleys, and missions. Rare tramp songs from Sophie Tucker and Al Jolson.
Episode 35 / The Progressive Movement Part 3
December 02, 2021 14:31 - 55 minutes - 51.3 MBThe third episode is Franklin Roosevelt from 11 cent cotton, 40 cent meat to the 30-minute recording of "The Unforgotten Man" from the National Guardian.
Episode 34 / The Progressive Movment, Part 2
December 02, 2021 14:14 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBThe second of this series is all Paul Robeson, from his 1924"Sweet Bye-And-Bye to the legendary Peace Arch Concert.
Episode 33 / The Progresive Movment, Part 1
November 18, 2021 13:41 - 55 minutes - 49.4 MBOne of three programs about the progressive movement from the sit-downs to Henry Wallace.
Episode 32 / Satire
November 04, 2021 02:31 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBEpisode 31 / More Tramping
October 21, 2021 12:15 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBTramp show #2, picking up where I left off some time ago.
Episode 30 / Tramp Songs
October 09, 2021 22:03 - 57 minutes - 51.4 MBOnce again we take to the rails with old and new tramp songs, plus tales of the Joe Hill House.
Episode 29 / Animals
September 30, 2021 11:51 - 54 minutes - 48.1 MBDark, mysterious, odd songs, or sometimes funny tales about animals from "Old Sheep" to the "Great Silky" to "Chickens for Peace"
Episode 28 / Memories Of WWII
September 23, 2021 11:27 - 56 minutes - 35 MBRecordings of Eisenhower, MacArthur, odd songs, and reflections on a boys experience of WWII.
Episode 27 / Kids
September 16, 2021 11:37 - 56 minutes - 34.9 MBKids on strike, the f-word song, poems, and stories about kids' liberation.
Episode 26 / A Magical Welcome Back
September 09, 2021 11:58 - 56 minutes - 35 MBSongs of tales and magic, suspenders, and the Rose Tattoo.
Episode 25 / Jungle Stew
September 02, 2021 11:58 - 54 minutes - 34.1 MBEverything I love to hear that I couldn't squeeze in before: Malvina Reynolds, sacred harp, "Pear Bog Soldiers",,,on and on...
Episode 24 / Rosalie Sorrels
August 15, 2021 19:22 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBSinging and talking interview with my old friend Rosalie Sorrels via telephone from Grimes Creek, Idaho.
Episode 23 / Mark Ross
August 08, 2021 15:00 - 54 minutes - 34.9 MBA singing and talking interview with Mark Ross, aka "Smoke Stack," the country's greatest singing tramp.
Episode 22 / Labor Songs
August 05, 2021 00:23 - 54 minutes - 35.4 MBOld time labor-songs and stories from 1790 through the black list.
Episode 21 / New Strike Music
July 25, 2021 20:18 - 55 minutes - 33.7 MBIt ain't over until it's over. New labor song still rolling off the picket lines.
Episode 20 / Out Loud and Suitably Outlandish
July 04, 2021 20:54 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBMore singing and spouting out loud, mainly about the West, anarchy, and rainforest jerky.
Episode 19 / War & Peace
May 22, 2021 00:09 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBWhat it means to be a pacifist. Songs, stories, and ideas about war and peace.
Episode 18 / More Stew
May 09, 2021 13:56 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBUnitarians, Bugs Bunny, Gaelic poetry, John McCormack, and German opera ( Joesph Schmidt.)
Episode 17 / Labor's Untold Story
May 01, 2021 15:19 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBI sing a lot of this one live. Labor's untold story, including the secret story of the birth of the AFL.
Episode 16 / Utah
April 17, 2021 14:28 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBSongs and tales about my home state from one who climbed over the wall and escaped.
Episode 15 / Baseball
April 03, 2021 15:26 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBThe Original 1927 "Casey at the Bat", the voices of Babe, Jackie, Low and Casey Stengle before congress;songs; poems; and a damn good rant.
Episode 14 / Musical Stew
March 21, 2021 19:23 - 56 minutes - 49.3 MBMusic of no particular relevance (whew!): Polish Bagpipes, jaw-harp, Spike Jones, and Alpin-horns.
Episode 13 / Cowboys
March 21, 2021 15:30 - 55 minutes - 36.6 MBCowboy songs and stories seldom heard from places too fierce to mention..
Episode 12 / Black History
March 03, 2021 00:21 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBBlack History Month: Malcolm X, Mumia from prison, Delta blues, Billie Holiday, and the story of "Strange Fruit."
Episode 11 / Radicalism
February 23, 2021 18:12 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBFrom Korea to the trains to Joe Hill House to radio and into your shell-like ear.
Episode 10 / Hard Times
February 16, 2021 21:44 - 56 minutes - 52 MBYip Harburg, Earl Robinson, Woody, Aunt Molly and Whitman live on an 1890's cylinder.
Episode 9 / Radio
February 09, 2021 17:40 - 55 minutes - 42.4 MBThe story of radio from crystal set to "Sandman, The Mid-night D.J."
Episode 8 / Jack Johnson and the Titanic
February 02, 2021 17:39 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBJack Johnson and the Titanic collide with the Detroit newspaper strike.
Episode 7 / Politics
January 25, 2021 19:03 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBAmmon Hennacy to Aunt Molly Jackson defines folk music forever.
EPISODE 6 / Tramping
January 18, 2021 20:33 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBLife on the open road with the true and trembling tramp.
Episdoe 5 / Whimsical Stew
January 11, 2021 20:43 - 55 minutes - 41.3 MBWhat the Hartz Mountain canaries and "The Rose of No Man's Land" have in common...
Episode 4 / Holidays
January 05, 2021 17:05 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBChristmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Solstice Songs, Stories, Poems and Polemics.
Episode 3 / Busking
December 29, 2020 22:06 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBMaking an honest living on the streets.
Episode 2 / The West
December 22, 2020 15:02 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBSongs and stories about the non-Hollywood West.
Episode 1 / An Introduction To Loafer's Glory
December 15, 2020 23:21 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBEpisodes were originally recorded live in Nevada City, CA. in the studios of KVMR.