“I’ve always written more than people can keep up with. I write a lot of plays and I write a lot of lyrics. I just write all the time.”
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Folk genius Dwain Story died a legend to the few who still knew his music
Dwain Story roomed with Phil Ochs and made a fan of Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, but mental illness denied him a career like theirs.
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How the 1968 DNC protests in Chicago ‘killed’ protest folk singer Phil Ochs
Fifty years ago, Phil Ochs performed at the bloody and chaotic protests in Lincoln Park and left a changed and broken man.
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Folksinger Bob Gibson was among the brightest stars at the Gate of Horn
At the height of the folk revival, Bob Gibson influenced the likes of Phil Ochs and Peter, Paul & Mary, but addiction kept him from his full potential.