Phil Ochs, the disappointed idealist
By Tom Brennan Fifty years ago tomorrow Phil Ochs committed suicide. He was the author and performer of many of the iconic folk songs of the social justice and peace struggles of the 1960s. Ochs was just 35, beaten down by drink, mental illness, a crushed larynx, and a not uncommon disoriented and disillusioned reaction to the post 1960s zeitgeist. My oldest brother first introduced me to Ochs during his senior year in high school, when he brought home his […]
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