Good though: Folksinger, Storyteller, Railroad Tramp Utah Phillips Dead at 73

Utah Phillips died Friday. He was 73. He died at his home in Nevada City, California.

Wonderful tribute at Fifteen Iguana.

Utah Phillips (publicity photo via Bluegrass Today)

Phillips’s website lists planned tributes, memorials and the funeral in Nevada City, California. KVMR Radio’s site has an obit and links to other tributes.

• Railroading on the Great Divide, from “Legends of Folk” (buy the CD here)
• Origin of the phrase “Good though” from “Good Though” (buy the CD here)
• Sacramento Bee story – excerpted below the fold