Q: What are some of the venues in New York City where Phil Ochs performed in the 1960s and 1970s?
Here's a list I compiled a few years ago:
The Bitter End - 147 Bleecker Street (between Thompson and LaGuardia), New
York City, NY
Kettle of Fish - 114 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY
Gaslight Cafe - 116 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY
Village Gate - corner of Thompson Street and Bleecker Street, Greenwich
Village, New York City, NY
Cafe Wha? - 115 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY
The Folklore Center - 110 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York
City, NY
Carnegie Hall - 881 Seventh Avenue, Midtown Manhattan, New York City, NY
Gerde's Folk City - 11 West 4th Street (corner of Mercer Street) - no longer
exists
Washington Square Park (40°43'51"N, 73°59'51"W) - located at the foot of
Fifth Avenue (site of War Is Over demonstration)
Che (Phil's short-lived bar) - corner of Broome Street and Mercer Street,
New York City, NY
Tavern-on-the-Green - Central Park at West 67th Street, New York City, NY
Central Park (40°46'55"N, 73°57'58"W) - Manhattan, New York City, NY
Interlude Cofeehouse (now the Bliss Gourmet cafe) - 8260 Austin Street,
Jamaica, NY
United Nations Headquarters - First Avenue between 42nd Street and 48th
Street, New York City, NY
Cooper Union - East Village, around Cooper Square and Astor Place (Third
Avenue & 6th-9th Streets), Lower Manhattan, New York City, NY
Columbia University (McMillin Auditorium, now Miller Theatre) - 2960
Broadway (at 116th Street), New York City, NY
New York University (Loeb Student Center) - Washington Square Campus, End of
Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY
Hunter College Auditorium - 69th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues,
New York City, NY
Strand Theatre - 714 Beach 20th Street (Central Avenue), Far Rockaway, NY
Madison Square Garden (Felt Forum) - 4 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York City, NY
Queens College - Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, NY
Max's Kansas City - 213 Park Avenue South between 17th and 18th, New York
City, NY
Bottom Line (now NYU) - 15 West Fourth Street, Greenwich Village, New York
City, NY
Philharmonic Hall (renamed Avery Fisher Hall in 1973) - corner of Columbus
Avenue and 65th Street, New York City, NY
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Wednesday, 14 July 2010
Thursday, 24 June 2010
Q&A: Phil Ochs' Voice After 1973
Question: I was wondering, how slowly Phil's voice faded useless (if we say that word) after Africa trip?
As recorded in Phil Ochs' biographies, in 1973 he was attacked and strangled by robbers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, which damaged his vocal cords. The effect on his voice was immediate, but he still continued to perform concerns while in Africa, trying to soothe his throat with beer while on stage (which in actuality only made his voice worse). He was unsure whether his voice would ever fully recover, and in fact, it never did. The main effect the attack had was to eliminate the upper range of his voice, which is audible on his later recordings. His 1974 version of "Power and the Glory," for instance, showcased a deeper sounding voice than was typical, and his vocal performances tended to sound as if he had a permanent cold. Some of his recorded concerns from 1974 particularly highlight the damage, where in some songs, like "There But for Fortune" he was forced to speak, rather than sing, part of a line in the chorus. This is not to say that he could not still turn in a good vocal performance, however; "Here's to the State of Richard Nixon" (the flip side to the "Power and the Glory" single), recorded live, is a worthy companion to the original "Mississippi" track. His voice did seem in somewhat better shape for the War Is Over rally in 1975, which necessitated a performance of "The War Is Over." In advance of performing the song, he apologized for his damaged voice, but he managed to sing it quite well, missing only the high note contained in the line "I declare the war is over" (a high G, for those who are interested), which he mostly speaks instead. As can be heard in the clip below from Midnight Special in 1974, his voice may have lost its range, but it was far from gone:
As recorded in Phil Ochs' biographies, in 1973 he was attacked and strangled by robbers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, which damaged his vocal cords. The effect on his voice was immediate, but he still continued to perform concerns while in Africa, trying to soothe his throat with beer while on stage (which in actuality only made his voice worse). He was unsure whether his voice would ever fully recover, and in fact, it never did. The main effect the attack had was to eliminate the upper range of his voice, which is audible on his later recordings. His 1974 version of "Power and the Glory," for instance, showcased a deeper sounding voice than was typical, and his vocal performances tended to sound as if he had a permanent cold. Some of his recorded concerns from 1974 particularly highlight the damage, where in some songs, like "There But for Fortune" he was forced to speak, rather than sing, part of a line in the chorus. This is not to say that he could not still turn in a good vocal performance, however; "Here's to the State of Richard Nixon" (the flip side to the "Power and the Glory" single), recorded live, is a worthy companion to the original "Mississippi" track. His voice did seem in somewhat better shape for the War Is Over rally in 1975, which necessitated a performance of "The War Is Over." In advance of performing the song, he apologized for his damaged voice, but he managed to sing it quite well, missing only the high note contained in the line "I declare the war is over" (a high G, for those who are interested), which he mostly speaks instead. As can be heard in the clip below from Midnight Special in 1974, his voice may have lost its range, but it was far from gone:
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