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SGR · 02-27-2022, 08:13 AM

Others have mostly covered my thoughts on the Utah Phillips album, though I didn't like it quite as much as others. I was very impressed with the quality of the recording. Bare bones folk music isn't really my thing, so the music itself wasn't that compelling to me, but Utah's voice is great and I was startled by how funny he is. The history lessons contained within the album were interesting as well - so I have some further reading to do there, based on his references. I didn't expect to be laughing so much listening to an album like this, the jokes and humor helped establish the intimacy with the listeners like us, who weren't actually there at the performance. Probably not an album I'll be revisiting any time soon, but for what it is, it's great.

I'll give it 7 labor unions out of 10.

Edit: Are his studio albums worth checking out?

02-27-2022, 08:13 AM	#69 (permalink)
SGR No Ice In My Bourbon Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: /dev/null Posts: 4,326	Others have mostly covered my thoughts on the Utah Phillips album, though I didn't like it quite as much as others. I was very impressed with the quality of the recording. Bare bones folk music isn't really my thing, so the music itself wasn't that compelling to me, but Utah's voice is great and I was startled by how funny he is. The history lessons contained within the album were interesting as well - so I have some further reading to do there, based on his references. I didn't expect to be laughing so much listening to an album like this, the jokes and humor helped establish the intimacy with the listeners like us, who weren't actually there at the performance. Probably not an album I'll be revisiting any time soon, but for what it is, it's great. I'll give it 7 labor unions out of 10. Edit: Are his studio albums worth checking out?