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His first formal appearance was in 1969 at the Gaslight in Greenwich Village where he opened for Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.
U. Utah Phillips performs solo and usually does his whole show sitting down with just an acoustic guitar and a microphone. He has the ability to warm up a crowd and get them singing on old song like “Railroading on the Great Divide. ” *
Then he’ll keep strumming the guitar and sneak in a story or a political comment, always with great humor.
“I was born unemployed, God wanted me that way,” Utah says — or, “My response to death is anger or hilarity. There seems to be no middle ground. That’s what I’m trying to do here.” Whether telling an old labor tale or dropping one of his fine-edged comments, Phillips knows the art of making people laught and care at the same time.
U. Utah Phillips’ performance at the Gay Street Theater on May 5 is being sponsored by the Rappahannock Association for the Arts and the Community in Washington. Tickets are $8.50 in advance and $10 at the door. For tickets and ticket outlet information call RAAC at 6753193 or the arts hotline at 675-3073.
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