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Somebody from the protest-folk era who ate himself up - jazzboCR - 09-03-2015 Being committed to causes and writing brilliant music to support them is one thing; letting that lead you to alcoholism and suicide is another. Phil Ochs. His Wiki:: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Ochs His Discog: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/phil-ochs-mn0000333634/discography << This greatly understates him--he wrote hundreds of songs freely given to others. Tunes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JNDt11Y6v4 <<Appropriately corrosive of US military adventurism << Take that, thoughtless if impatient neo-cons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u52Oz-54VYw << name-checks a bunch of obscurities but the essential hypocrisy shines through to this day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMeG6dAFqXw << Your move... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9fWjzYiRUE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N93OCCBXGXc << Draw your own conclusions about the last 50 years, the last 20 in the Middle East especially. BONUS: 3-1/2 hours of his works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcrPKoEGiMA Somebody from the protest-folk era who ate himself up - CRAZY-HORSE - 09-03-2015 Here's Billy Bragg's tribute to Phil Ochs... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IawUkcbju98 audio link ive championed Billy on the forum a lot... he's sort of a cross between Phil Ochs,Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan IMO.... Guthrie's widow thought so much of Bragg that she asked him to put music to some of her dead husband's poetry... Bragg got Jeff Tweedy(wilco) to participate in the project... here's Bragg's Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bragg and the page for the "mermaid avenue" albums with the Gutrhie songs: "mermaid avenue" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid_Avenue "mermaid avenue volume II" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid_Avenue_Vol._II "mermaid avenue volume III/the complete sessions" [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid_Avenue:_The_Complete_Sessions"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid_Avenue:_The_Complete_Sessions [/URL] some Billy Bragg tracks you may or may not like: "think again" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP9iyszy_vE "waiting for the great leap forewards" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP9iyszy_vE "a new england" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jphA05ka6E and the Kirtsy McColl version that was a huge hit in the UK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnzpg5GgQCo "the few" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSG6C29Q-qc i recommend his third album "talking with the taxman about poetry" if youre interested in taking Billy's music further or the first "mermaid avenue" album.... really, anything after the second "mermaid avenue" album isnt to my liking... Somebody from the protest-folk era who ate himself up - jazzboCR - 09-03-2015 I take a little quiet pride in spurring efforts like C-H's here. Magnificent job, Bro.