Welcome to the fans Web and Blog site dedicated to this great man named Shawn Phillips. Blog means you can interact by leaving comments almost on every page so don’t be shy and let us know your insights, knowledge and impression about Shawn and his music.
a video by Shawn Phillips
Jean Boissonneault
Webmaster
I can not write enough words to give justice to say how honest, timeless, refreshing and heart felt his music is. A shining gem in the treasure of music!
A few months ago on this homepage, there was video montage showing pre-raphaelite images to a magical and dreamy song, can someone tell me the name of the track and which album it appears on and is it still available?…any info will be gratefully received.
To describe this man as a musician is not enough, he is a alchemist from an enchanted world, weaving words and sounds that describe the landscape of our heaven and souls, his age belies his wisdom, that is sincere and truthful. In this age of mediocrity, his music is a beacon to be guided by.
In Houston in the 70’s, we had a regular sessions of listening to Shawn’s music at our friend’s house.
It’s so funny because back then we thought that Shawn was a kind of Celtic mystic from England.
Then in 1993 I think, I saw a poster at a gallery in Austin, announcing that Shawn Phillips would be playing at a Tibetian fund raiser at an art gallery.
I couldn’t believe my luck that I would get to see my high school idol!
And Shawn played so magically in front of 60 fans at the small gallery. The intimate concert was amazing…I can’t explain how happy his music made me feel.
Shawn was so humble, working for the Pederales Fire Dept.
It was a surreal and incredible evening!
Hey just to let everyone know that we created a merchandise site for Shawn, totaly legal, authorised by Shawns manager Arlo Hennings. Follow the link and look over all fot he items you see, anyitem can be customized to taste. Have a great day.
http://www.zazzle.com/shawnphillips_EMH
Elegy for Haiti, a video by Shawn Phillips
Shawn Phillips says…………..”At one point, while we were digging through the rubble of an apartment complex that had collapsed in Castellamare, Italy in 1980, we were fairly high up on the pile, looking for the keystone, (the piece that if moved brings the whole lot down), and a man shouted up to us, asking if we wanted to buy bottles of mineral water. When one of the guys went down, he discovered the guy was asking 200 Lira for a 10 Lira bottle of water. About 8 guys boiled off the pile and beat him senseless for his extortion attempt.”
My brother saw Shawn headlining a concert in San Antonio, TX at an outdoor concert at Almos Park. He thinks Aerosmith was also playing. This was some time in the 70s. He stopped playing and read a passage from “Frankenstein” which was very beautiful. Anyone remember this concert and who else was playing at it?