Loafer's Glory (1997)

About this title: Utah Phillips returned to recording with Ani DiFranco's encouragement for their duet album, The Past Didn't Go Anywhere. Evidently, the collaboration inspired Phillips, because he delivered Loafer's Glory just months after The Past, which was released six years after his last album. Loafer's Glory captures him at the top of his form, running through songs and stories with glee, especially when he's subverting traditional American mores. Anyone who learned of Phillips through DiFranco couldn't ask for a better introduction to his style than Loafer's Glory. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music ... read more

Tracks:

1. Loafer's Glory /Nothin' to Do But Go (Poem) [Tune] [Carter/Carter/Deen/]
2. Amtrack (Story) [Phillips]
3. Bessie (Story)/Look for Me in Butte [Song] [Phillips/Ross]
4. Suspenders (Story) [Phillips]
5. Moffit Tunnel (Story)/Walking Through Your Town in the Snow [Song] [Phillips]
6. Story (Poem)/All Used up [Song] [Tishman/Phillips]
7. Gaffing (Story)/The Last Ride (Poem) [Public Domain]
8. Heroes (Story)/Jesse James' Farewell Blues [Song] [Phillips/Miller]
9. Bodgie Lore (Story) [Phillips]
10. Syracuse (Story)/Fly Away [Song] [Phillips]
11. Gordon Vales (Story)/Shadowmaker [Song] [Phillips]
12. Country Music (Story)/Aces, Straights and Flushes [Song] [Phillips/Wolf]
13. Blackie and the Duck (Story) [Phillips]
14. The Sheep and the Goats (Poem)/He Comes Like Rain [Song] [Quirke/Phillips/Tra]
15. Hood River Blackie (Story)/Hood River Roll on [Song] [Phillips]
16. The Wistle in the Night (Poem)/Loafer's Glory /Disenchantment (Poem) [Tune] [Public Domain]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.