"The Railroad is a long steel thread that stitches together much of the American experience." So says Utah Phillips, Grand Master of the self-inflicted mythic fraternity of tramps, hoboes, and rare-do-wells known as The Rose Tattoo.

Hovering on the edge of reality, Utah Phillips brings together a diverse collection of songs and stories steeped in the life of those who hold in common their experience of travel by freight train, an ability to carry a tune, and the tattoo of a rose somewhere on their person.

You can also visit with U. Utah Phillips, "The Golden Voice of the Great Southwest" at his own website, http://www.utahphillips.org/