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Thread #110120   Message #2307836
Posted By: GUEST,30_button
05-Apr-08 - 06:24 PM
Thread Name: Review: Phil Ochs
Subject: RE: Review: Phil Ochs
I learned to play guitar thru a TV course, and the first song was one of Phil's.

During the summer of 68 I worked for the National Mobilization Committee in Chicago, and Phil periodically turned up at our offices on S. Dearborn Street. I was just a flunky, but he was very pleasant to me.

During the Convention demonstrations, I held one of the speakers when Phil sang in front of the Conrad Hilton Hotel. I seem to remember he sang "The War is over," and maybe "I Ain't Marching." Until that moment, I never really understood the potential music has to impel action; it was amazing to see.