Maybe one of you who knew Dylan well could comment on whether what I am about to say had any bearing on the Dylan/Ochs clash. I knew Phil pretty well.

Thinking about the times I performed Phil's songs at civil rights and anti-war rallies, I was reminded that Phil could really deliver outdoors. A lot of Phil's songs were written with outdoor delivery in mind. I remember the night I typed up "Here's to the State of Mississippi," which Phil practically dictated. He could get more volume singing out of the side of his mouth than most performers could get swallowing the mike.

Dylan, on the other hand, couldn't really perform well outside of a studio (until he made enough dough to rent the kind of sound equipment we could never find in the smoke and beer drenched cellars we used to perform in).

Did Phil's ability to put across a song in any venue bother Dylan? It never seemed to bother Tom Paxton, who was always a pleasure to listen to in any house, and Paxton's protest songs were the equal of anybodies.