Contrary to its title, it offered ten new tracks of material, mostly produced by Van Dyke Parks, and was released in 1970. Keep your comments focused on the release. Get the Phil Ochs Setlist of the concert at Central Park, New York, NY, USA on May 11, 1975 and other Phil Ochs Setlists for free on setlist.fm!

In early summer of 1975, Phil Ochs’ public persona abruptly changed. .

(1975) Professional ratings; Review scores; Source Rating; Allmusic: Christgau's Record Guide: B– Greatest Hits was Phil Ochs' seventh LP and final studio album.

Ochs's friends tried to help him. Philip David Ochs (pronounced:ˈoʊks) (December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was a Jewish American protet singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer) and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and haunting voice. Last Stand at Gerde's, a Bootleg of songs by Phil Ochs.

Using the name John Butler Train, Ochs proclaimed himself to be a CIA operative and presented himself as a belligerent, right-wing thug.

As he was unravelling in fear and trembling, I believe he was referring to a real John Train, a CIA operative, when he metaphorically said “on the first day of summer 1975, Phil Ochs was murdered in the Chelsea Hotel by John Train….For the good of societies, public and secret, he needed to be gotten rid of.” Train assassinates Ochs.

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Posted: September 24, 2012. reddirtreporter@gmail.com. Listen free to Phil Ochs – Last Stand at Gerde's (Live July 1975) ([intro], [unknown] and more). philochslive-october19,1975.

As he was unravelling in fear and trembling, I believe he was referring to a real John Train, a CIA operative, when he metaphorically said “on the first day of summer 1975, Phil Ochs was murdered in the Chelsea Hotel by John Train….For the good of societies, public and secret, he needed to … .

Folk City. First Set.

Sammy Walker - East Colorado Dam (3:34) 5. Phil Ochs/Bob Gibson - That's the way it's gonna be (live) 1974 - Duration: 3:11. . Red Dirt Report, editor. Ochs var känd för sin skarpa och bittra humor, innerliga humanism, politiska aktivism, insiktsfulla texter och distinkta röst. Phil Ochs "Farewells & Fantasies" . “Walker, who at least once downplayed his own success by claiming he has "only 50 fans, one in each state", performed a memorable opening set for Ochs at Gerde's Folk City on October 19, 1975, when Ochs drunkenly staged what Ochs billed as the final Phil Ochs concert and the first John Train performance. Music and lyrics.

In mid-1975, Ochs took on the identity of John Butler Train.

OKLAHOMA CITY – While watching the fascinating 2011 documentary Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune, you hear Ochs’ engaging, leftist political folk songs, melodic voice, and his desire to be approved by his peers, like Bob Dylan, and you are

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All the community rules apply here. 36 tracks (65:10). He told an interviewer that, “on the first day of summer 1975, Phil Ochs was murdered in the Chelsea Hotel by John Train …

Phil Ochs - Jim Dean of Indiana 10 - 19 - 1975 One of his last perfomances He played also Changes and Pleasures of The harbor on the piano. He fundamentally influenced my view of the world and my own efforts at being a topical songwriter to the point where I and my brother Joe Sadot (RIP 1978) submitted songs and got them published in the pages of “Broadside: The National Topical Song Magazine”. Phil Ochs Phil Ochs in Concert: Rated: The original concert recordings were not a success so Ochs performed the songs again in an empty hall and the applause was overdubbed. Phil was a true troubador .

. Phil told the story of the Carnegie concert battle and sang I Ain't Marching Anymore (with his acoustic guitar) to demonstrate the 'old folkie' Phil Ochs. . . he sang "the news" and he sang "the people" . Skip navigation Sammy Walker - Funny Farm Blues (3:28) 4. brings back magically present to us not only the voice but the person that was Phil Ochs! 1975 - (Francois de Menil footage - Barricade) October 23, 1975 - (Renaldo and Clara) Films with Music by Phil Ochs. Sammy Walker - Decoration on the Wall (5:15) 3. This is from one of Phil's last concerts in 1975, a very rare occasion on which Phil sang his African song, "Bwatue", solo acoustic. "The War Is Over" is an anti-war song by Phil Ochs, an American protest singer in the 1960s and early 1970s, who is known for being a harsh critic of the war in … I remember that his right hand was bandaged and Phil explained to Frost that right after the concert some disgruntled fans had complained to Phil that they felt gypped by the performance. Phil Ochs is a figure both glorious and tragic who haunts the history of the 1960s folk revival and its aftermath.

Philip David "Phil" Ochs, född 19 december 1940 i El Paso, Texas, död 9 april 1976 i Queens, New York, var en amerikansk protestsångare och sångskrivare.

In his last years he said he was John Train (sometimes John Butler Train), not Phil Ochs, and that John Train had killed Phil Ochs in the Chelsea Hotel on the summer solstice in 1975, the solstice being a significant turning point.