“He would come on into Teague with his donkeys and his wagon and his music,” Nealy said. As a child, she remembers being transfixed by Phillips. “He would just play the music up and down the backroads of the Simsboro community,” recalled Teague resident Doris Nealy. You’re probably thinking: ‘surely this guy’s some sort of legend?’ Turns out, he lived a pretty humble life. Gospel’s great disappearing act.” His music is described as “ Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Trevor Young has the story. The new collection is called “Washington Phillips and his Manzarene Dreams,” and is up for a Grammy award on Sunday. And that digging inspired an Atlanta-based record label to remaster and re-release his music. One Texas music journalist made it his mission to learn the truth about Phillips’ life. But for the most part, Phillips is unknown to mainstream listeners. A handful of dedicated audiophiles have pored over his music. The east Texas musician recorded only 18 songs at a makeshift studio in Dallas in the late 1920s. Gospel artist Washington Phillips has been shrouded in mystery for decades.
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