the daily comment for thursday, may 29, 2008

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"sometimes you hear a songwriter's song and you think that's so and  
so's song. you hear Utah's songs and you think they've always existed.  
you don't feel his stamp. instead it feels like it came out of the  
earth; the craft is almost concealed and they sound like folk songs.   
i felt like what he gave us were some gems and what he asked us to do  
was to make settings for them, as if we were making a piece of jewelry  
to set off his incredible songs. he paints pictures and tells stories  
in song very, very well."
~~~ about utah phillips ~ 1935 - may 23, 2008 ~~~
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