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Phil Ochs. Philip David Ochs ( / ˈoʊks /; December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was an American songwriter and protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer). Ochs was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, political activism, often alliterative lyrics, and distinctive voice.
10 de abr. de 1976 · Phil Ochs, the folk singer, guitarist and lyricist whose music provided some of the strongest notes of protest against the Vietnam War in the early 1960's, committed suicide yesterday morning...
20 de ene. de 2021 · Phil pretty much stuck to his journalistic protest songwriting throughout and espoused many causes from Kentucky miners to leftwing Chilean detainees and was heavily involved in the civil rights movement and grassroots politics.
Philip David "Phil" Ochs (El Paso, Texas, 19 de diciembre de 1940-Far Rockaway, Nueva York, 9 de abril de 1976) fue un cantante estadounidense de música folk, emblema de la década de 1970, famoso por su estilo irónico y su voz rasgada, similar a la de Bob Dylan.
6 de ene. de 2011 · Rising to fame in the 1960s, Ochs used his music to both chronicle and help mobilize the labor rights, civil rights and antiwar movements. He recorded hundreds of songs that reached millions of...
18 de abr. de 2016 · They say Ochs was radicalized by the events of 1968 which included a violent clash between police and protestors at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, as well as the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy.
Thirty-five years ago this Saturday, Phil Ochs, the earnest singing polemicist of the 1960s, hanged himself. He suffered from depression and other emotional problems, as his father had, and he...
