Blog — labor movement

I met my life partner because of my love of railroad history, hobo music and Ani DiFranco. I remember the first time I saw Utah Phillips perform live at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, California in the late 90s. It wasn't long after his collaboration with Ani DiFranco had come out (The Past Didn't Go Anywhere) and it was on repeat on our house. I wept through most of the performance, just happy to be near him. I was studying the labor movement and drinking up hobo stories and dust bowl lore of the 1930s and using my college radio show...