I never saw Phil in person but I do have most of his records, in one format or another. In a high school class in the late sixties we were given an assignment - by a teacher who was trying to be hip - to choose an example of a meaningful song and a silly song. I don't remember why. Most students chose one or another love song as their meaningful song and "Yummy Yummy Yummy I've Got Love in My Tummy" (the things you remember!) as their silly song. My choice of silly songs was some dreck love song and my meaningful song was "Small Circle of Friends". I was immediately branded a hippie, non-conformist, etc. It became a turning point for me. I saw that I had a choice of being a sheep or striking out independently. I left the sheep behind. I will always thank Phil Ochs for that.