So extraordinary, Phil, God bless you! Loved this song since I bought your LP in the '70's , the whole album is so good! Best, Ed

Like a precious jewel.

That "Brother Tom without a doubt." line was kinda fire!

This song has meant so much to me over the years. In the early 80's, like 82, my older brother (he was 20 I was 10) came to SC from CA as we had moved early that summer. He had been at college and lived on campus. When cleaning the shared apartment he lived in his roommate found the vinyl record "How the west was one". Since neither knew where it came from, they made a copy of it, and one kept the record, and the other the copy. When he came to SC I heard it for the first time. Your story "my life" floored me. My mother had (still does) bi-polar disorder/schizophrenia. She was the most wonderful mom, but would flip and become a monster. It was probably one of the most unsettling experiences of my life. To hear you share that you had lost your mother (lost the relationship this side of heaven) really made me feel not alone. Your story of redemption was a seed that God planted in my soul. 9 years later I met Christ in my car on the way to work. It was an awesome experience! It took a little faith at first, but when he showed up, his presence made needing faith quite unnecessary. My brother was only with us in SC for the summer. He went back to CA to finish school, he took his music with him. I probably heard it 4 or 5 times that summer, but it was enough to last a life time. That's what kind of an impact it had on me. As an adult of 48 yrs old, and musician I have realized that to each person there is given a field of harvest. Some have a large field, some have a small filed. The size of the field is unimportant, it's the harvest in the field that matters. Thank you for sharing your music. I was harvested in part by your testimony through word and music. 9 years after hearing your songs I was saved. I found a cassette version of that album (even though at the time it was out of print). What a blessing. I feasted on the recording for nearly a decade. One of the things I enjoyed most was how original the music was. I hope you are doing well and hope this encourages you to keep the faith, to keep going. I was just thinking about John the Baptist and how he doubted after he was thrown in prison. Sometimes after we have served, testing times come. Our faith can be shaken because circumstances change. I have faced it a few times. If you ever face it, go back and listen to some of those recordings. Go back and read some of those first scriptures God spoke to you through. It's amazing what he can do with a memory. Love ya Brother Phil!

He makes it look so effortless and sound so joyful. One of my favorites, too.

One of my favorite songs of the Phil anthology. Pietermartizburg KZN South Africa 🌍

There are no goodbyes.. just see ya laters.

Shear genius!!! My guitar hero since 1979! God Bless you Phil and thank you for your inspiration.

I have the original Vinyls with this song on awesome still relevant 44 years on

I attended the Paul Clark 50th anniversary show in Kansas City. He had Phil there. They ended the show with this song, and they rocked it for about eight minutes.

How fun and joyful.

Sweet and simple and great!

Crazy good talent!

Love this!! Brings back memories of seeing Phil play at the Sheep shed in Maryland Hgts MO

I saw Phil & band live that year! Great evening of music.

Amazing!!! Blessings from Monterrey, México :)

This is the guy I would love to be able to emulate. So smooth and effortless and MELODIC!!!

Thanks for sharing Phil, you had some fun with this ;) One of my all time favorites too.

Exquisite to an unfathomal depth,I think ?

Qué excelencia musical, saludos desde Guatemala. 🇬🇹

Love it

I was borne months earlier. I made my guitar teacher when I was a teen teach me. I was into 80s.

I remember

I worked with you around this time. I was FOH for Festivals, sound companies, blah, blah. Loved it! Still love it brother.

AlwYs amazing 😉

Still resonating today!

What a treasure! I love your performance from start to finish! Thank you! The dynamic diversity of your vocals and guitar gave me eargasms.

Happening, Elder.

Big fan of this solo performance

When a master is just screwing around on his instrument.

Amen. Phil. 🎉❤😊

KING of kings

tremendous

Exquisite to an unfathomal depth,I think? 4:42

It seems like he was channeling Paul McCartney

You can tell at this point he is very tired of playing this song