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Utah Phillips, the legendary folk musician and peace and labor activist, has died at the age of seventy-three. The son of labor organizers, Phillips was a lifelong member of the Industrial Workers of the World, known as the Wobblies. As a teenager, he ran away from home and started living as a hobo who rode the rails and wrote songs about his experiences. In 1956, he joined the Army and served in the Korean War, an experience he would later refer to as the turning point of his life. For the past twenty-one years he lived in Nevada City, where he started a nationally syndicated folk music radio show. Amy Goodman interviewed Utah in January 2004.

60 Minutes
First broadcast May 27, 2008