The Downright Upright Show with Philip Anthony
Sep 28, 2026 · 50 min · 10 segments
Philip Anthony is joined by musician and LGBTQ advocate, Ric Landers. Ric talks about coming out as queer in his 70’s, his storied music career, his interactions with Dolly Parton and other famous…
Philip AnthonyHostto get away from his brothers and his family in Alabama, in the Wetumpka area, which is probably about 30 miles from Montgomery.
Dad was going to Columbia Military Academy on the GI Bill after he left school to finish high school.
And mom was at a dance after football game and a thing called the military ball at Columbia Military Academy where he was going.
was coming up, and he already had a date scheduled for that, but he showed up at this party after a football game in Mount Pleasant and ended up dancing with my mom all night long, and they had a... fell madly in love, from what I understand, and...
He already knew how to use telegraph because in the Navy, that was one of the things that he did.
And at that time, that's the way they communicated up and down the railroad lines was through telegraph.
I was born at the King's Daughters Hospital, and according to the story he told me that on the way back, it was kind of stormy that night, and he passed under a traffic light somewhere, and the traffic light physically fell and crashed into the street where he could see it falling in the mirror.
to get away from his brothers and his family in Alabama, in the Wetumpka area, which is probably about 30 miles from Montgomery.
Dad was going to Columbia Military Academy on the GI Bill after he left school to finish high school.
And mom was at a dance after football game and a thing called the military ball at Columbia Military Academy where he was going.
was coming up, and he already had a date scheduled for that, but he showed up at this party after a football game in Mount Pleasant and ended up dancing with my mom all night long, and they had a... fell madly in love, from what I understand, and...
He already knew how to use telegraph because in the Navy, that was one of the things that he did.
And at that time, that's the way they communicated up and down the railroad lines was through telegraph.
I was born at the King's Daughters Hospital, and according to the story he told me that on the way back, it was kind of stormy that night, and he passed under a traffic light somewhere, and the traffic light physically fell and crashed into the street where he could see it falling in the mirror.
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