tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61329179343663267462013-03-26T14:19:28.148-07:00A blog about folk singer Phil Ochs and his contemporaries.-noreply@blogger.comBlogger463125LifeOfARebelhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-56325894123109494752012-01-12T09:20:00.000-08:002012-01-12T09:20:00.881-08:002012-01-12T09:20:00.881-08:00<a href="http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/12314/phil_ochs_the_forgotten_man_of_the_60s_protest_era/">Phil Ochs: The Forgotten Man of the '60s Protest Era</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">In These Times</span><br />—Phil Ochs With street protests on the rise across America, right now is a perfect time to remember folk singer and songwriter Phil Ochs. Ochs' prolific ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/sinclair-sidebar/">John Sinclair recalls impact, importance of Freedom Rally</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">AnnArbor.com</span><br />... which featured, among others, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Bob Seger and Phil Ochs. Even 40 years later, Sinclair, who is seldom at a loss for words, ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.examiner.com/tv-in-new-york/wnet-american-masters-to-present-phil-ochs-there-but-for-fortune">WNET American Masters to present Phil Ochs-There But for Fortune</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Examiner.com</span><br />WNET: THIRTEEN's American Masters launches 26th season with acclaimed documentary Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune, premiering Monday, January 23 on WNET, ...<br /><br /><a href="http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2011/12/18/lifefocus/10088677&sec=lifefocus">Good memories of Ochs</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Malaysia Star</span><br />I READ Martin Vengadesan's piece on Phil Ochs (Pin-up protest boy, Music Myths And Legends, Dec 4) with interest. I once had a collection of (almost) all of ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/12/03/judy-collins-new-book-suicide-alcoholism-nude-photos-and-more.html">Judy Collins's New Book: Suicide, Alcoholism, Nude Photos, and More</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Daily Beast</span><br />Rachel Sage, Phil Ochs, Paul McCartney, Patti Smith, Play it as it Lays, Pablo Casals of course. Lorendo Almieta—that's the greatest record, if you haven't ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/Fz6wc8WQdI0" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com0http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2012/01/phil-ochs-forgotten-man-of-60s-protest.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-39990548129931418232012-01-07T07:29:00.000-08:002012-01-07T07:30:20.788-08:002012-01-07T07:30:20.788-08:00<object width = "512" height = "328" > <param name = "movie" value = "http://www-tc.pbs.org/s3/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf" > </param><param name="flashvars" value="video=2184224824&player=viral&end=0&lr_admap=in:warnings:0;in:pbs:0" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param > <param name = "allowscriptaccess" value = "always" > </param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param ><embed src="http://www-tc.pbs.org/s3/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf" flashvars="video=2184224824&player=viral&end=0&lr_admap=in:warnings:0;in:pbs:0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" allowfullscreen="true" width="512" height="328" bgcolor="#000000"></embed></object><p style="font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #808080; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 512px;">Watch <a style="text-decoration:none !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#4eb2fe !important;" href="http://video.pbs.org/video/2184224824" target="_blank">Interview with Christopher Hitchens</a> on PBS. See more from <a style="text-decoration:none !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#4eb2fe !important;" href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/" target="_blank">American Masters.</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/qkzukyzC91s" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com1http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2012/01/christopher-hitchens-on-phil-ochs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-41258927181884675232011-12-20T19:59:00.001-08:002011-12-20T19:59:40.129-08:002011-12-20T19:59:40.129-08:00<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PePGLGiHw8I" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/-RDnyw7u6qU" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com0http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2011/12/american-masters-phil-ochs-there-but.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-20371581997848787852011-11-05T20:57:00.000-07:002011-11-05T21:04:58.129-07:002011-11-05T21:04:58.129-07:00<a href="http://swampland.time.com/2011/10/28/a-call-to-arms-even-liberals-can-love/">A Call to Arms Every Liberal Can Love</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">TIME</span><br />If you're a liberal (as Phil Ochs said, “Get it?”) looking for safe, non-socialist ground from which to argue that America's system for overseeing Wall ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ssgmusic.com/phil-ochs-tribute-benefit-show-for-occupy-seattle-at-columbia-city-theater-114/">Phil Ochs Tribute & Benefit Show for Occupy Seattle at Columbia ...</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">SSG Music</span><br />Phil Ochs was a folk singer/songwriter in the 1960′s and 1970′s that was very topical and political with his lyrics. Varying from topics of being a liberal, ...<br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/2011/10/28/justin_timberlake_offered_a_lead_role_in_the_coen_brothers_inside_llewyn_da/">Justin Timberlake Offered A Starring Role In The Coen Brothers ...</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Indie Wire</span><br />... '60's Greenwich Village scene, which gave birth to a new wave of artists that included Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Joni Mitchell. ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/nb2uU_Qk-9A" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com0http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2011/11/phil-ochs-ows.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-25201133529818136852011-10-15T17:14:00.000-07:002011-10-15T17:14:00.450-07:002011-10-15T17:14:00.450-07:00<iframe width="420" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/14r54gUdTcg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/cA6tED7fqz8" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com0http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2011/10/phil-ochs-im-tired.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-15268850938535247082011-10-08T17:04:00.000-07:002011-10-08T17:04:00.101-07:002011-10-08T17:04:00.101-07:00<iframe width="420" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/oQO7f6ntX2k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/EnL4ndYKXLA" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com0http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2011/10/phil-ochs-flower-lady-live.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-51098151562425070522011-10-01T17:04:00.000-07:002011-10-01T17:04:00.103-07:002011-10-01T17:04:00.103-07:00<iframe width="420" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7Kn0W4C0quk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/laIslzKBby0" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com0http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2011/10/phil-ochs-i-aint-marchin-anymore-live.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-5775761845082729672011-09-27T14:07:00.000-07:002011-09-27T14:10:32.287-07:002011-09-27T14:10:32.287-07:00<iframe align=right src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=doc06-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B0056G0VT8&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe>In early 1961, a 19-year-old Bob Dylan, having dropped out of college at the end of his freshman year, traveled to New York City, ostensibly to visit his idol Woody Guthrie, hospitalized with Huntingdon's Disease. This 2-disc set represents the scene he discovered, the sounds he found 'Blowin' In The Wind' and the artists who were already playing the clubs and bars of the Village upon his arrival. From old timers like Pete Seeger and the Reverend Gary Davis, to the bright young stars of the new wave like Joan Baez, and Phil Ochs.<br /><br /><strong>Disc 1</strong><br />1. New York City (Pete Seeger)<br />2. Pretty Boy Floyd (Woody Guthrie)<br />3. Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (Cisco Houston)<br />4. When First Unto This Country (New Lost City Ramblers)<br />5. Little Maggie (Barbara Dane)<br />6. Crawling King Snake (John Lee Hooker)<br />7. Howl (Allen Ginsberg)<br />8. Step It Up and Go (Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee)<br />9. Pallet On The Floor (Brownie McGhee)<br />10. Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie (Elizabeth Cotten)<br />11. Darling Corey (The Weavers)<br />12. The Bannana Boat Song (the Tarriars)<br />13. Pretty Polly (Erik Darling)<br />14. No More Cane On The Brazos (Odetta)<br />15. Red Wing (Oscar Brand)<br />16. Jack of Diamonds (Brother John Sellers)<br />17. Barbara Allen (Ed Mcurdy)<br />18. Duncan and Brady (Dave Van Ronk)<br />19. Rio Grande (The Focscle Singers)<br />20. Who's Gonna Buy You Ribbons (Paul Clayton)<br />21. The Steve Allen Show (Lenny Bruce)<br />22. The Flight Of The Bumble Bee (Jose Feliciano)<br />23. I Ain't Marching Anymore (Phil Ochs)<br />24. Turn, Turn, Turn (Judy Collins)<br />25. The Sound of Silence (Art Garfunkel)<br /><br /><strong>Disc 2</strong><br />1. New York City (Lead Belly)<br />2. Cocaine (Ramblin Jack Elliott)<br />3. Buffalo Boy (Theodore Bickel)<br />4. The Parting Glass (Clancy Brothers)<br />5. State Of The Nation (Kenneth Patchen)<br />6. Fixin' To Die (Bukka White)<br />7. Baby Please Don't Go (Big Joe Williams)<br />8. You Will Need Me (Lonnie Johnson)<br />9. The Wagoner's Lad (Kossoy Sisters)<br />10. Go' Way from My Window (John Jacob Niles)<br />11. Driving Wheel (Rosevelt Sykes)<br />12. On The Road (Jack Kerouac)<br />13. Silver Dagger (Joan Baez)<br />14. A Wayfaring Stranger (Bob Gibson)<br />15. Nottamun Town (Jean Ritchie)<br />16. Death Don't Have No Mercy (Reverend Gary Davis)<br />17. In My Time Of Dying (Josh White)<br />18. Uncloudy Day (Staple Singers)<br />19. Rocks and Gravel (Harry Belafonte)<br />20. Mojo Hand (Lightnin Hopkins)<br />21. New York Girls (Kingston Trio)<br />22. Little Wheel Spin And Spin (Buffy Sainte-Marie)<br />23. Ramblin' Boy (Tom Paxton)<br />24. Roll On Buddy (The Greenbriar Boys)<br />25. If I Had A Hammer (Peter Paul and Mary)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/ivcLjg55i8o" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com0http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2011/09/bob-dylans-greenwich-village-sounds.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-58883300532588951772011-09-24T17:02:00.000-07:002011-09-24T17:02:00.212-07:002011-09-24T17:02:00.212-07:00<iframe width="420" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bHzG-NaIYQ4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/pUT98WQVwQA" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com0http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2011/09/james-dean-biography-life-and-career.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-70936975461046250872011-09-17T17:02:00.000-07:002011-09-17T17:02:00.366-07:002011-09-17T17:02:00.366-07:00<iframe width="420" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mAyxWKCqVgU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/vTop5qcI9XY" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com1http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2011/09/phil-ochs-kansas-city-bomber.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-3365375904157235032011-09-10T16:58:00.000-07:002011-09-10T16:58:00.094-07:002011-09-10T16:58:00.094-07:00<iframe width="420" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/eiGd1RyATy4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/UzBBL95Nyc8" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com0http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2011/09/phil-ochs-covers-men-behind-guns-andy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-61772912008168534442011-09-03T18:14:00.000-07:002011-09-03T18:24:03.729-07:002011-09-03T18:24:03.729-07:00<a href="http://www.studentprintz.com/mississippi-still-burning-1.2564920">Mississippi still burning</a> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The Student Printz</span> <br />In 1964, Phil Ochs wrote a song he called "Here's to the State of Mississippi." In it, he lamented the presence of the Klan and the refusal of the people of ... <br /> <br /><a href="http://frostmagazine.com/2011/08/ochs-here-folks/">Ochs For Folks</a> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Frost Magazine</span> <br />by Roy Phillips Phil Ochs was a singer / songwriter in the 60s categorized as `folk' or 'protest' – a contemporary and friend of Bob Dylan. ... <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2011/08/31/morello-electric-on-rebel-songs">Morello electric on 'Rebel Songs'</a> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Toronto Sun</span> <br />I didn't want to do a watered down Audioslave as a solo thing, I was really getting deeply into the folk music of the early Dylan, Phil Ochs, Woody Guthrie, ... <br /> <br /><a href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/2011/08/31/new_coen_brothers_movie_about_60s_folk_legend_gets_financing_is_titled_insi/">New Coen Brothers Movie About '60s Folk Legend Gets Financing, Is Titled ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’</a> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Indie Wire</span> <br />... Greenwich Village scene in the 1960s that give birth a new wave of artists that included Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Joni Mitchell. ... <br /> <br /><a href="http://hour.ca/2011/08/31/pop-montreal-the-full-line-up/">Pop Montreal: the full lineup</a> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Hour.ca</span> <br />Join us for the alternately inspiring and tragic story Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune. Other notable screenings include the Canadian premiere of ... <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.aux.tv/2011/08/tom-morello-enlists-his-wife-for-phil-ochs-homage-on-the-cover-of-his-latest-record/">Tom Morello enlists his wife for Phil Ochs homage on the cover of his latest record</a> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">aux</span> <br />“The cover is an homage to a Phil Ochs' live record, Gunfight at Carnegie Hall,” explains Morello. “The moll on the cover is actually my wife. She was like, 'I'm not ... <br /> <br /><iframe width="420" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7IFbJU0VWhE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/G2rNoZI4S5U" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com0http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2011/09/mississippi-still-burning.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-12852642275335780112011-09-03T16:57:00.000-07:002011-09-03T16:57:00.079-07:002011-09-03T16:57:00.079-07:00<iframe width="420" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4AxKdanY8k4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/NdDRJHm89nU" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com0http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2011/09/phil-ochs-in-heat-of-summer.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-26360670503739874292011-08-28T10:44:00.000-07:002011-08-28T10:44:00.683-07:002011-08-28T10:44:00.683-07:00<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RC9pGOKv02U" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/pJ6_SJ_Mdwg" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com0http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2011/08/phil-ochs-men-behind-guns.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-20393942722626331802011-08-23T16:52:00.000-07:002011-08-23T16:55:53.793-07:002011-08-23T16:55:53.793-07:00<a href="http://articles.philly.com/2011-08-19/news/29905451_1_gene-shay-hootenanny-first-festival">In the beginning, it was the Hootenanny</a> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Philadelphia Inquirer</span> <br />Name acts in 1965 included Phil Ochs, Mississippi John Hurt, Judy Collins, Tom Rush, and Tom Paxton. That show was the last in Paoli as organizers realized ... <br /> <br /><a href="http://articles.philly.com/2011-08-19/entertainment/29905503_1_alexis-p-suter-band-madison-violet-david-bromberg-big-band">What to see and do at the Philadelphia Folk Festival</a> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Philadelphia Daily News</span> <br />Tomorrow, the daytime activities start at 11 am and are in high gear an hour later with the "Songs of Phil Ochs" workshop, led by his sister Sonny, ... <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2011/08/judy_collins_to_perform_in_red.html">Judy Collins to perform in Red Bank</a> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The Star-Ledger - NJ.com</span> <br />Under the guidance of producer Mark Abramson, who had worked on Phil Ochs' 1966 live album, even the familiar became strange. Bob Dylan's “Just Like Tom ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/lAQUfYhwtYs" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com0http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2011/08/phil-ochs-in-news_23.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-20239094888135708992011-08-21T17:15:00.000-07:002011-08-21T17:15:00.258-07:002011-08-21T17:15:00.258-07:00<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/y8vnJNGbU9o" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/J51gkV8EUkw" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" width="640"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/PxCWjsVM384" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com0http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2011/08/steven-schub-as-phil-ochs-in-chicago-8.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-50097317482408763552011-08-18T19:36:00.000-07:002011-08-18T19:39:27.879-07:002011-08-18T19:39:27.879-07:00<a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/162810/raging-against-corporate-media-machine">Raging Against the Corporate Media Machine</a> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The Nation</span> <br />... lead guitarist of Rage Against the Machine, protest-musician and activist, painstakingly parody his newest album cover after Phil Ochs's “Gunfight at ... <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.montgomerynews.com/articles/2011/08/16/entertainment/doc4e4a99aa46e91717022291.txt">Local stars shine at 50th annual folkfest</a> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Montgomery Newspapers</span> <br />Shay and I agree that John Francis will do very well at the Phil Ochs workshop, which deals with topical songs. John Flynn will be on that panel too. ... <br /> <br /><a href="http://stamford.patch.com/articles/sonny-ochs-to-speak-at-avon-theatre">Sonny Ochs To Speak At Avon Theatre</a> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Patch.com</span> <br />The sister of folksinger Phil Ochs will appear at a screening of a documentary about the late performer's life. On Wednesday, August 17, at 7:30 pm the Avon ... <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.bangaloremirror.com/article/31/2011081720110817203640473fe8a6da4/Highriding-hoppers--.html">High-riding hoppers</a> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Bangalore Mirror</span> <br />“One good song with a message can bring a point more deeply to people than a thousand rallies,” said folk singer Phil Ochs decades ago. ... <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/146088-dont-shut-em-down-an-interview-with-flogging-molly/">Don't Shut 'Em Down: An Interview with Flogging Molly</a> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">PopMatters</span> <br />... of hope and humor amidst the darkest themes, drawing upon the tradition of songwriters such as Phil Ochs, Johnny Cash, Billy Bragg, and Joe Strummer. ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/yxGjOr5xMTU" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com0http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2011/08/phil-ochs-in-news.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-12615448871082658112011-08-14T17:12:00.000-07:002011-08-14T17:12:00.364-07:002011-08-14T17:12:00.364-07:00Phil Ochs' cover of Conway Twitty's "Danny Boy" at the Troubadour Nightclub in Los Angeles, CA on February 1, 1970.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7p1vOkHW41Y" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/QScFDonxf5s" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com0http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2011/08/phil-ochs-danny-boy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-90944127706756555592011-08-14T12:14:00.000-07:002011-08-16T14:07:53.074-07:002011-08-16T14:07:53.074-07:00<a href="http://www.courierpress.com/news/2011/aug/03/video-phil-ochs-there-fortune-eyes-singers-rise-fa/">Video: 'Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune' eyes singer's rise, fall</a> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Evansville Courier & Press</span> <br />By BRUCE DANCIS / Scripps Howard News Service Phil Ochs didn't just chronicle the civil-rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s in song, he was part of ... <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/New-CDs-feature-comedy-rock-and-jazz-1710384.php">New CDs feature comedy, rock and jazz</a> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Albany Times Union</span> <br />Phil Ochs' legendary near-hit "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends" was inspired in part by the 1964 murder of Kitty Genovese, who was stabbed to death ... <br /> <br /><a href="http://technorati.com/entertainment/music/article/musical-stars-shine-on-pbs-in/">Musical Stars Shine on PBS in August</a> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Technorati</span> <br />... Don McLean, Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, The Mamas and the Papas, Jim Kweskin Jug Band, New Lost City Ramblers, Mississippi John Hurt, and Tim Hardin. ... <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.theaquarian.com/2011/08/08/rant-n-roll-phil-ochs-and-victor-jara/">Rant 'N' Roll: Phil Ochs and Victor Jara</a> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Aquarian Weekly</span> <br />The other night I saw the Phil Ochs documentary, There But For Fortune, and can't stop thinking about a story Pete Seeger told of Chilean folksinger Victor ... <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2011/08/09/2011-08-09_legends_of_folk_review_young_bob_dylan_the_lovin_spoonful_simon_and_garfunkle_pe.html">A young Bob Dylan performs 'Blowin' in the Wind' on 'Legends of Folk.'</a> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">New York Daily News</span> <br />Phil Ochs didn't write "I Ain't A Marchin' Any More" to promote pledge drives. He wrote it to say war isn't the answer, a discussion as relevant today as it ... <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.fairfieldcountyonline.com/events/8699/">Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune</a> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Fairfield County Online</span> <br />Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune“A stimulating reflection on the American countercultural protest movement examined through the prism of one of its most ... <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.veteransnewsnow.com/2011/08/12/phil-ochs-lives-new-film-%E2%80%9Cthere-but-for-fortune%E2%80%9D/">Phil Ochs Lives! New Film, “There But For Fortune”</a> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Veterans News Now</span> <br />I believe Phil Ochs to be the most critical artist of the civil rights and peace movement. He was a wounded man who produced a body of work that needs to be ... <br /> <br /><iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VQjVXeUz7uI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/jXrQU5XZ9cU" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com1http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2011/08/phil-ochs-in-news-legends-of-folk.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-59211540400284722782011-08-07T17:11:00.000-07:002011-08-07T17:11:03.161-07:002011-08-07T17:11:03.161-07:00Phil Ochs' cover of Elvis Presley's "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" at the Troubadour Nightclub in Los Angeles, CA on February 1, 1970.<br /><br /><iframe width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FA5XjuLjF9c" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/RAfPfugfIsc" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com0http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2011/08/phil-ochs-i-want-you-i-need-you-i-love.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-8657077423612370202011-08-03T19:19:00.000-07:002011-08-03T19:19:00.339-07:002011-08-03T19:19:00.339-07:00<a href="http://www.kansascity.com/2011/07/29/3045030/60s-folkie-phil-ochs-sings-again.html">'60s folkie Phil Ochs sings again in documentary</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Kansas City Star</span><br />By BRUCE DANCIS Phil Ochs didn't just chronicle the civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s in song, he was part of them. Like Bob Dylan, his friend and idol, Ochs became a spokesman for young people who were both energized by the election of ...<br /><br /><a href="http://alienatedinvancouver.blogspot.com/2011/07/phil-ochs-in-vancouver-interview-with.html">Phil Ochs in Vancouver: an interview with Steve Rodgman</a><br /><i>Alienated in Vancouver</i><br />I was fortunate to see him live at The Egress, a club now long gone, on Beatty St. in August, 1973...From what I can remember, he was everything I had hoped for. Made some great intros to his songs with comments in between. Funny at times. Good sense of humour. Sang fantastically. Every song got a huge reaction.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/R3O7-6dmmx4" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com0http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2011/08/phil-ochs-there-but-for-fortune.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-50640416629285641702011-07-31T17:09:00.000-07:002011-07-31T17:09:00.961-07:002011-07-31T17:09:00.961-07:00Phil Ochs' cover of Buddy Holly's "Maybe Baby" recorded live at the Troubadour Nightclub in Los Angeles, CA on February 1, 1970.<br /><br /><iframe width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jWwgvq0DGT0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/5g0-XZjExvA" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com1http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2011/07/phil-ochs-maybe-baby-live-1970.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-16946048342989994522011-07-29T09:01:00.000-07:002011-07-29T09:08:05.273-07:002011-07-29T09:08:05.273-07:00<a href="http://www.dailynews.com/lifestyle/ci_18487094?source=most_viewed">DVD: 'Limitless,' 'Potiche,' 'Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune,'</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Los Angeles Daily News</span><br />"Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune" is balanced account of the 1960s folksinger's life. Ochs, who committed suicide at 35 in 1976, was neither...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.papermag.com/2011/07/phil_ochs_there_but_for_fortun_1.php">WORD UP! - Enthralling Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune ...</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">PAPERMAG</span><br />Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune (First Run Features), a fascinating documentary by Kenneth Bowser on the short life of the folk singer/songwriter, is out now on DVD. Ochs, an intensely handsome protest singer who committed suicide in ...<br /><br /><a href="http://documentaries.about.com/b/2011/07/25/first-run-features-releases-three-on-dvd.htm">First Run Features Releases Three On DVD</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Documentaries.About.com</span><br />The titles are: Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune - Lee Bowser's thoroughly researched and brilliantly composed documentary about Phil Ochs not only captures the power of the singer/songwriter's personality, it reveals the social and political strife of ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-23784-phil-ochs-there-but-for-forture-%28review%29.html">Phil Ochs: There But For Forture (Review)</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Cincinnati CityBeat</span><br />By Steven Rosen Phil Ochs was Bob Dylan's chief rival as a Folk-based protest singer in the 1960s — Christopher Hitchens, interviewed in this documentary, maintains Ochs was better, more politically pointed and with a more sarcastic and ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.straight.com/article-407196/vancouver/phil-ochs-doc-tunes-wild-60s-folksinger">Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune tunes to wild '60s folksinger</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Straight.com</span><br />By Allan MacInnis, July 28, 2011 Kenneth Bowser, director of the praised documentary Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune, is among those fortunate enough to have seen the 1960s folksinger-activist perform twice—he thinks. “As Dennis Hopper used http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifto say ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.inlandsocal.com/iguide/movies/content/news/stories/PE_News_Local_D_goculver_0729.25c8a0f.html">RIVERSIDE: 'Phil Ochs' documentary mirrors today</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">InlandSoCal.com</span><br />By TIMOTHY GUY With its theme of history making events defining a generation, the documentary "Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune," strikes a cord with things that are happening in the world today. And in a sad twist of fate, the film also highlights the ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/5wOy1EPt0YM" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com1http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2011/07/phil-ochs-in-news_29.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-21786451126697131072011-07-24T17:06:00.000-07:002011-07-24T21:31:12.126-07:002011-07-24T21:31:12.126-07:00<iframe width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-yKwA7IiL_E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/cO7_4OKR57Y" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com0http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2011/07/phil-ochs-joe-hill-live-1966.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132917934366326746.post-75309309615735824542011-07-21T13:50:00.000-07:002011-07-21T13:50:00.745-07:002011-07-21T13:50:00.745-07:00<a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Arts/2011/0712/Top-Picks-James-Bond-reboot-Bill-Moyers-on-faith-Franz-Liszt-at-200-and-more">Top Picks: James Bond reboot, Bill Moyers on faith, Franz Liszt at 200, and more</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The Christian Science Monitor</span><br />Convinced he would be a folk icon and competing with the likes of Bob Dylan in the political protest song niche, Ochs makes for a fascinating study in 1960s counterculture.<br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2011/07/mathew_knowles_worst_music_managers.php">Top 10 Music Managers Who Fucked Over Their Clients</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">LA Weekly</span><br />His other clients included Todd Rundgren, Peter, Paul and Mary, John Lee Hooker, Phil Ochs Gordon Lightfoot, Richie Havens, The Band and Janis Joplin. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/music/article/Album-and-Singles-Reviews-Sisters-tribute-to-1462469.php">Album and Singles Reviews: Sisters' tribute to Ochs sings</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">San Antonio Express</span><br />Phil Ochs has been dead for 35 years. A passionate wordsmith and singer who displayed the courage of his convictions by writing and singing songs of peace, ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LifeOfARebel/~4/V5Ll5V9oXa8" height="1" width="1"/>-noreply@blogger.com0http://phil-ochs.blogspot.com/2011/07/phil-ochs-in-news_21.html