I used to cook dinner for Phil when he was on the streets in his Luke Train phase. He would come by my loft at 124 W. Houston St. and I'd strip him and stick him in the shower and get him clean and then I would feed him. One time I roasted a chicken and he ate the whole thing. He'd sit there in my loft at my dining room table spinning all of these wild conspiracies he saw everywhere around him. Sometimes he would just get up and go. A few times he racked out in my spare bedroom for a few hours. A sad, sad time. I had him over for Thanksgiving dinner a couple of times when he was well. A great guy. One time I invited Phil, and he came. And then Maurice, the old gray haired street guy who sold Voices on the street (whom I invited every year) walked in with Odetta on his arm. What a night.
Yeah, I have a few stories, not that good, though. Sadly, last time I saw him was at party at Kunstler's when he crashed and waved a golf club over his head dangerously, until deposited outside. Very underrated songwriter, which is often lost....
Tim Hardin's version of "Small Circle of Friends" at Phil's concert for Salvador Allende was the single most moving performance by a singer I've ever heard in my life. He gave that wonderful song an entire new life and new meaning. I had tears running down my cheeks. He was that good.
yeah, I was there also, there were many highlights no matter the chaos back stage....At Crawdaddy we earlier had a great piece by Stew Albert about his trip to Chile with Phil (and Jerry Rubin?) and tribute to Victor Jara
I ran into Abbie at a coffee shop across the street at the Statler Hilton before we went in to the concert. He was in disguise, not a great one, but okay. But he couldn't disguise that laugh. What a character. He was at the concert too.
Our longtime "Travel Editor" at Crawdaddy. He liked to send in ms. with return address on envelop with name of a celeb, such as "Paul Simon." Had to pay him by running cash in a brown paper bag uptown to an attorney.
I miss Phil Ochs. His songs hold up so well after all of these years as history repeats itself.
I used to cook dinner for Phil when he was on the streets in his Luke Train phase. He would come by my loft at 124 W. Houston St. and I'd strip him and stick him in the shower and get him clean and then I would feed him. One time I roasted a chicken and he ate the whole thing. He'd sit there in my loft at my dining room table spinning all of these wild conspiracies he saw everywhere around him. Sometimes he would just get up and go. A few times he racked out in my spare bedroom for a few hours. A sad, sad time. I had him over for Thanksgiving dinner a couple of times when he was well. A great guy. One time I invited Phil, and he came. And then Maurice, the old gray haired street guy who sold Voices on the street (whom I invited every year) walked in with Odetta on his arm. What a night.
Yeah, I have a few stories, not that good, though. Sadly, last time I saw him was at party at Kunstler's when he crashed and waved a golf club over his head dangerously, until deposited outside. Very underrated songwriter, which is often lost....
Tim Hardin's version of "Small Circle of Friends" at Phil's concert for Salvador Allende was the single most moving performance by a singer I've ever heard in my life. He gave that wonderful song an entire new life and new meaning. I had tears running down my cheeks. He was that good.
I suspect it was "Pleasures of the Harbor"--it's up on You Tube and I may use tomorrow.... confirm?
That's it. I got them confused. Incredible rendition however.
also it was phil's memorial...not allende
Jeez, my brain is Swiss cheese.
yeah, I was there also, there were many highlights no matter the chaos back stage....At Crawdaddy we earlier had a great piece by Stew Albert about his trip to Chile with Phil (and Jerry Rubin?) and tribute to Victor Jara
I ran into Abbie at a coffee shop across the street at the Statler Hilton before we went in to the concert. He was in disguise, not a great one, but okay. But he couldn't disguise that laugh. What a character. He was at the concert too.
Our longtime "Travel Editor" at Crawdaddy. He liked to send in ms. with return address on envelop with name of a celeb, such as "Paul Simon." Had to pay him by running cash in a brown paper bag uptown to an attorney.
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