Phil Ochs was a protest singer in the 1960s (he preferred the title topical singer, however). He was a devout socialist and considered an heir to folk
legend Woody Guthrie. Ochs had studied journalism at Ohio State University but dropped out before he finished. He took this journalism education
and brought it to his music, he became the singing journalist. He was a contempory of Bob Dylan but never reacher Dylan's level of popularity, even
though Dylan had praised Ochs on many occasions. Ochs kept with folk music for a long while, but like his contempory he eventually went electric,
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Phil Ochs was a protest singer in the 1960s (he preferred the title topical singer, however). He was a devout socialist and considered an heir to folk
legend Woody Guthrie. Ochs had studied journalism at Ohio State University but dropped out before he finished. He took this journalism education
and brought it to his music, he became the singing journalist. He was a contempory of Bob Dylan but never reacher Dylan's level of popularity, even
though Dylan had praised Ochs on many occasions. Ochs kept with folk music for a long while, but like his contempory he eventually went electric,
putting out albums that seemed more targeted at becomming hits rather than educating. He kept with this angle until his suicide in 1976. His
depression was caused by his lack of commercial success, writer's block and alcoholism. « hide
