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A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit.
Phil Ochs
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Phil Ochs
Age: 35 †
Born: 1940
Born: December 19
Died: 1976
Died: April 9
Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
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El Paso
Texas
Philip David Ochs
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