Phil Ochs
Biography
Singer/songwriter Phil Ochs was a self-coined "singing journalist" when he began performing in New York in the early '60s. Like Bob Dylan, the rival who always outpaced him, Ochs made his reputation singing topical protest songs. He stayed with them much longer than Dylan (and indeed would never really abandon them), but eventually he too would follow Dylan into electric music and more personal, abstract, and romantic compositions. Ochs came off as a perennial second-best to critics during his heyday. It was only after his tragic tailspin and eventual death that he was properly appreciated...Read more
Discography
- Live At Newport (1996)
- There And Now: Live In Vancouver (1990)
- The Broadside Tapes 1 (1989)
- A Toast To Those Who Are Gone (1987)
- Greatest Hits (1970)
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Lyrics
- A.m.a. Song
- A Toast To Those Who Are Gone
- Another Age
- Another Country
- Automation Song
- Bach, Beethoven, Mozart & Me
- Ballad Of Oxford (jimmy Meredith)
- Ballad Of William Worthy
- Ballad Of Medgar Evers
- Basket In The Pool


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