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he Origin of Peddler's French
Peddler's French is a cant, cryptolect, or argot which was formerly used by thieves, beggars, and hustlers of various kinds in Great Britain and to a lesser extent in other English-speaking countries. (Wikipedia)
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Peddler's French is a bit of a misdemeanor, a conspiracy of street-saavy operators, their larcenies picking the pockets of traditional Folk music, burglarizing Bluegrass and Blues, stealing Swing and Western artifacts to produce a completely original swagbag of new music. The Peddler's are led by Philadelphia Phil (writer Phillip Henry Christopher), an entirely unique artist-- At once a down to earth folk musician and life-long activist, poet, philosopher and writer. His sixty-plus years of living have included stints in film school, performance poetry, theater and movies, driving taxis and working in a steel plant. Along the way his writing has appeared in hundreds of literary journals and anthologies, while he and his songs have been featured on albums, in films, over the air, streaming and live in venues from New York to California, Canada to New Orleans.
In early 2022 Phil was joined by Bluegrass prodigy, Matt Scutchfield, fiddler since age three, master of 22 stringed instruments and counting, and Berklee School of Music graduate. In 2023 Matt and Phil collaborated to co-produce Matt's international Bluegrass/Jazz fusion project, Far Away Again. The work boasts an ensemble of virtuoso players from Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Canada, New York City and Indiana. The album was released on August 13, 2023 to universal critical acclaim.
Slated for release in March of 2024 is the first all-Peddler's album, co-written with veteran dog sled racer, writer and lecturer, Karen Land. Trail Angels takes listeners on an album-length journey into the Alaskan wilderness to experience the lives of mushers, Huskies, bush pilots and the folks on the tundra.
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Philadelphia Phil Biography
The songs of Philadelphia Phil
"Madness is a virtue, reality is a crutch.
Better bats up in the attic. They don't bother me much!"
Like so many of his songs, Bats in the Attic is a free and fluid hallucination meandering through space and time, floating on a stream of popular culture, folk songs and flashbacks. It's the result of years of unabashedly bold writing.
In his Texas Two-Step dream song, La Vida es Sueno, Phil drifts off to Seville, Spain to pass an afternoon drinking San Miguel beer with Pablo Picasso and Lope de Vega. One Christmas morning he dreamt a song, then took Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Kubla Khan and all his fans second-lining down Rampart Street in Me, Woody, Bob and You.
To Philadelphia Phil life is a magnificent montage of grief and wonder, fantasy and vivid experiences in the gritty realities of the times. There's a place for tales of heartbreak and loss, misspent youth and painfully acquiring the wisdom of age.
While sorrow and regret fill I Wonder Who's Loving Her Tonight, My Beautiful Way Back When and Last Call Confession, the joy of living fully springs from We'll Sing Again, Get on Down to New Orleans, It's a Little Bit Complicated and Naked People Are Fun.
Not to forget his roots, Phil pays respects to musical forebears, ancestors and traditions in Grandpa's Fiddle, Taps Played in the Rain, Will I Fly Away?, Just a Figment of My Own Imagination and That's What Makes the Jukebox Play. With one eye on the world outside, another turned inward to figments of his own imagination, including himself, Philadelphia Phil is always unpredictable, defying convention and character typing, even as he rests firmly in the great Folk music traditions from which he's come.
Read More"Madness is a virtue, reality is a crutch.
Better bats up in the attic. They don't bother me much!"
Like so many of his songs, Bats in the Attic is a free and fluid hallucination meandering through space and time, floating on a stream of popular culture, folk songs and flashbacks. It's the result of years of unabashedly bold writing.
In his Texas Two-Step dream song, La Vida es Sueno, Phil drifts off to Seville, Spain to pass an afternoon drinking San Miguel beer with Pablo Picasso and Lope de Vega. One Christmas morning he dreamt a song, then took Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Kubla Khan and all his fans second-lining down Rampart Street in Me, Woody, Bob and You.
To Philadelphia Phil life is a magnificent montage of grief and wonder, fantasy and vivid experiences in the gritty realities of the times. There's a place for tales of heartbreak and loss, misspent youth and painfully acquiring the wisdom of age.
While sorrow and regret fill I Wonder Who's Loving Her Tonight, My Beautiful Way Back When and Last Call Confession, the joy of living fully springs from We'll Sing Again, Get on Down to New Orleans, It's a Little Bit Complicated and Naked People Are Fun.
Not to forget his roots, Phil pays respects to musical forebears, ancestors and traditions in Grandpa's Fiddle, Taps Played in the Rain, Will I Fly Away?, Just a Figment of My Own Imagination and That's What Makes the Jukebox Play. With one eye on the world outside, another turned inward to figments of his own imagination, including himself, Philadelphia Phil is always unpredictable, defying convention and character typing, even as he rests firmly in the great Folk music traditions from which he's come.
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