# Utah Phillips biography wanted

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utah-phillips-biography-wanted/957751>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** books-writing-myths, music\
**Created:** [January 13, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utah-phillips-biography-wanted/957751 "2022-01-13T20:22:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utah-phillips-biography-wanted/957751/1 "2022-01-13T20:22:01Z")

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Is anyone aware of a biography or autobiography of Utah Phillips? So far all I’m turning up is CDs and songbooks, which is not what I’m hoping for.

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utah-phillips-biography-wanted/957751/2 "2022-01-13T20:52:06Z")

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His [wikipedia page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Phillips) contains several references and links to biographical material.

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**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utah-phillips-biography-wanted/957751/3 "2022-01-13T22:16:08Z")

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Yeah, I found that, but those are newspaper articles and interviews. I was hoping for a book and that Dopers might know of one when even Amazon and Wikipedia failed me.  
[kicks rocks]

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utah-phillips-biography-wanted/957751/4 "2022-01-13T22:43:03Z")

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![](https://c.tenor.com/9i3uPYZ0K-EAAAAC/light-bulb-flashing.gif)

Apparently no one or a publisher has felt that his life story has mass market appeal. Maybe you could self-publish a biography for own enjoyment and a few others.

Never heard of the guy until this thread.

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**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utah-phillips-biography-wanted/957751/5 "2022-01-13T23:47:08Z")

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I’ve always loved this quote by him. Some of the other quotes on that site are equally pithy, which is why I’m interested in reading more about him.

[![](https://www.azquotes.com/public/picture_quotes/82/b6/82b61be64f320f95a0c133612ddbfd83/utah-phillips-717120.jpg) ](https://www.azquotes.com/public/picture_quotes/82/b6/82b61be64f320f95a0c133612ddbfd83/utah-phillips-717120.jpg)