Phil Ochs

Of all the major figures of the early-'60s folk boom, Phil Ochs adhered longest to Woody Guthrie's tradition of songs fired by social activism. Dylan moved toward more idiosyncratic poetry; Eric Andersen and others shifted their emphasis toward love songs and the softer singer/songwriter material; Joan Baez kept pace with Ochs in terms of political engagement, but the material she chose to cover l...