Late Night Music Club With Phil Ochs

Phil Ochs was still a young man when he died in 1976. But he left a rich legacy of protest music that still impacts people today. When I was a student
By Howie Klein — March 31, 2008

Phil Ochs was still a young man when he died in 1976. But he left a rich legacy of protest music that still impacts people today. When I was a student he I saw him at all the big protest rallies-- against the War in Vietnam and for civil rights. Many thought he was the real musical heir of Woody Guthrie. His second album, I Ain't Marching Anymore came out in 1965, just as the War in Vietnam was starting to heat up. Here's the title track. Do you have a favorite protest song of all time?

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