Phil Ochs (1940-1976) solo
Songs: "Draft Dodger Rag," "I Ain't Marching Anymore"
Propaganda: "Phil Ochs was folk singer, topical songwriter, singing journalist with a sharp, precise wit, comparable maybe to Hunter Thompson. Phil was, hands down, the most politically active occupant of Greenwich Village. I mean, this guy was dizzyingly intelligent. Phil helped organize countless marches and benefits; friend to the Black Panthers, American Indian Movement, Students for a Democratic Society, Greenpeace, etc. When it came to protest songwriting, Phil ran circles around Dylan; by Dylan's own admission. 'Love Me, I'm a Liberal?' Now THAT's chutzpah!!!"
"Phil masterminded some ballsy political stunts throughout his career—as a Yippie founder, Phil personally procured Pigasus to nominate for president at the '68 DNC. After that situation went unbelievably south, Phil started performing in a Capital-C-Cunty gold lamé suit… to save America! Whose only hope lies in making Elvis Presley Che Guevara. Get it? In that same gold suit, Phil broke into the Carnegie Hall box office. 'And with my elbow, I smashed the window and said "Fuck capitalism!" And what did I get?' A severed tendon, Phil. And he played anyway. What a legend."
"Phil Ochs deserves so, so much more hype. There's a reason the FBI has a 500-page file on him, that's still mostly classified. You can look up what happened later when the FBI stalking went too far, and about John Butler Train. This dude had a heavy life."
