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Thread #54604 Message #846850
Posted By: Lanfranc
13-Dec-02 - 02:41 PM
Thread Name: Phil Ochs
Subject: RE: Phil Ochs
I never saw Phil Ochs live, more's the pity. His UK tours must have been poorly advertised, or not advertised anywhere that I saw, because I only learned of them subsequently from the liner notes on an album ("Pleasures of the Harbor" ?).
His songbook was one of the first that I bought, and I still have a handful of his albums on vinyl and CD. He was one of the songwriters that I admired, and I still perform several of his songs ("Changes", "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends", "Flower Lady", "There but for Fortune", "Pleasures of the Harbor" and, after suitable revision, "Highwayman" - it's a l_o_n_g song!) and they have, to my mind, stood the test of time. I have also, lurking somewhere among my Betamax videos, "Chords of Fame" and another programme about him where I didn't record the opening - it could be "The Ballad of Phil Ochs" mentioned above. I must transfer them to VHS before my Betamax finally dies.
I would be very interested to hear more about Jazzyjack's son's project. A video or DVD at some future date, perhaps?
Alan