One, of course, is Nevada County’s revered U. Utah Phillips, who, back in 1997, received the third ever lifetime achievement award from the prestigious Folk Alliance International following two guys named Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. “It was Utah who first convinced me to come to Nevada City and do a concert for KVMR (89.5 FM),” recalls McCutcheon. “He knew I thought I was just coming up to see him, but he also knew I’d fall in love with KVMR, and I have. A live concert recording, songs old and worn smooth, others torn from the day’s headlines. According to McCutcheon, Seeger was transforming and creating what people “in all the world” would think of American music.