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Topic History of: Phil Ochs
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Author	Message
JK2006	Yes I loved Phil; it was when I was taking him around the Charles Dickens museum I said "I need a name for this silly pseudonym record" and he said "why not call them The Weathermen? That would really annoy those anarchists". Small Circle of Friends is great and I did a version (he loved it) of Chords of Fame.
andrew	That is interesting Phil had a great sense of humor and had played silly segments in the studio a lot, I hope some recordings of JK and Phil exist or maybe some conversation.
Hamlet	I read in JK's autobiography that he was a friend of Phil Ochs and that the two of them came up with the band name 'The Weathermen' for one of JK's novelty singles as a joke. Phil Ochs is/was a massively underrated songwriter who seemed to have passed the 60s generation by despite releasing what I think was one of the best albums of the late 60s 'Rehearsals for Retirement'. The title track from that album is one of the best songs of any decade. I was just wondering how well JK knew Phil and what his memories of him are.