Phil Ochs - Jim Dean of Indiana (live 1975)

[@BazookaTooth707]

This will never not hurt. RIP to a great man.

[@RickNowels1]

this is heartbreaking but the melodies sublime as always.

[@johnmitchelljr]

Keep the folk scare alive. Great channel. Thank you.

[@JaneFrieman]

I could perceive the deterioration in Phil Ochs tune . What a sad story is presented here regarding his mental health.

[@johnholland723]

Sad. But his voice still beautiful even after they broke his vocal chords. Drunk for sure but still he was trying. This is brilliant. I never knew he played piano. I have covered his songs for years. I can see now how he write his songs,... looking for that note. Many conspiracy stiries abound as to his suucide . Once your vision of who you see yourself becoming ,gets obscured by society's demands upon you

[@SaltShaker57]

Bipolar Disorder, inherited from his father. Alcohol was attempted self-medication.

[@Paul-ju5px]

Sad what happened to Phil. Had tickets to see him at the Main Point in Bryn Mawr, PA in April, '76 but he had hanged himself just before that. He was only 35.

[@willmartinfilms]

+Paul Phillips Didn't know he had concerts planned. That goes in line with him shopping for a new guitar days before he passed.

[@Paul-ju5px]

+Will Martin He was a very complicated person; optimistic and fatalistic at the same time. Too bad the drink got him. Some say he had no direction after Vietnam and all the protests ended; it was a major focus of his songs.

[@alnicospeaker]

And his sister said he played this very melody very much on the piano in his final months at her home..

[@majestic3992]

Ahh this is such a shame. Are there any piano live performances of Changes or Pleasures of the Harbour before 1973 by Phil Ochs?

[@ASUrhart]

Kind of: the clip in the Michael Ochs-produced documentary, There But For Fortune.

[@filipchetwynd7746]

Yes! Pleasures of the Harbor: Gunfight at Carnegie Hall. I'm now seeing this comment is 5 yo.

[@majestic3992]

@@filipchetwynd7746 No worries! My love for Phil Ochs is timeless hahaha

[@filipchetwynd7746]

@@majestic3992 Hold on, just found another recording! kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3u2aJV6gJyEqNU

[@majobr100]

give me liberty or give me a drink