Music Pick: Phil Ochs' "Crucifixion"

Phil Ochs (1940-1976) was the tormented 1960's protest singer who, unlike Bob Dylan, couldn't make the transition from protest circuit to super nova stardom. Ochs had it all - charisma, haunting voice, poet's gift for words, beautiful melodist - except ability to change with the times, and it doomed him. He hung himself after years of trying to remain relevant but he left of great body of uncompromising songs that continue to haunt and stir us. The best may be the feature "Crucifixion" which most consider his take on the JFK assassination fifty years ago today.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIwbeEGXj5E