Editing Phil Ochs (section)

==Legacy==
Almost fifty years after his death, Ochs's songs remain relevant.<ref name="kornfeld">{{cite web|url=http://acousticmusicscene.com/2016/04/06/remembering-phil-ochs-on-the-40th-anniversary-of-his-death/|title=Remembering Phil Ochs on the 40th Anniversary of His Death|last=Kornfeld|first=Michael|date=April 6, 2016|publisher=AcousticMusicScene.com|access-date=April 14, 2016|quote=Many of [Ochs'] songs became anthems for the anti-war movement during the turbulent 1960s, and his music continues to influence and inspire songwriters today – 40 years after his death}}</ref> His work continues to influence singers and fans worldwide, most of whom never saw him perform live. There are mailing lists and online discussion groups dedicated to Ochs and his music;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/maillist.html |title=Phil Ochs Mailing List|website=Web.csc.pdx.edu |access-date=January 28, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/phil-ochs/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709235255/http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/phil-ochs/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 9, 2012 |title=Phil Ochs Yahoo! Group|website=Launch.groups.yahoo.com |access-date=January 28, 2009 }}</ref> websites that have music samples, photographs, and other links;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://myspace.com/philochsmusic/ |title=Phil Ochs on MySpace|website=Myspace.com |access-date=March 18, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nomoresongs.com/ |title=No More Songs |website=Nomoresongs.org |access-date=January 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307043314/http://nomoresongs.com/ |archive-date=March 7, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and articles and books continue to be written and published about him.<ref>Examples include {{citation | last=Marlatt | first=Jayne Stewart | title=There but for Fortune: A Critical Analysis of the Protest Rhetoric of Phil Ochs | publisher=California State University, Sacramento | year=1985 }}, {{cite journal |last=Niemi |first=Robert |date=Winter 1993 |title=JFK as Jesus: The Politics of Myth in Phil Ochs' 'Crucifixion' |journal=Journal of American Culture |volume= 16|issue= 4|pages=35–40 |doi=10.1111/j.1542-734X.1993.00035.x }}, and {{cite journal |title=Tribute to Phil Ochs |journal=Big Bridge |volume=9 |url=http://www.bigbridge.org/issue9/ochstitlepage.htm |access-date=January 28, 2009 |archive-date=August 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821132958/http://www.bigbridge.org/issue9/ochstitlepage.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

His sister, Sonny Ochs (Tanzman), runs a series of "Phil Ochs Song Nights" with a rotating group of performers who keep Ochs's music and legacy alive by singing his songs in cities across the U.S.<ref name="POSN">{{cite web |url=http://www.sonnyochs.com/remembering.html |title=History of Phil Ochs Song Nights |access-date=October 5, 2010|last=Ochs |first=Sonny |publisher=SonnyOchs.com}}</ref> His brother Michael Ochs is a photographic archivist of [[20th-century music]] and entertainment personalities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://company.gettyimages.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=151&isource=corporate_website_ind_press_release |title=Getty Images Acquires the Michael Ochs Archives |access-date=January 28, 2009 |date=February 27, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711091018/http://company.gettyimages.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=151&isource=corporate_website_ind_press_release |archive-date=July 11, 2011  }}</ref> His daughter Meegan Lee Ochs worked with Michael to produce a box set of Ochs's music titled ''[[Farewells & Fantasies]]'', the title of which was taken from Ochs's sign-off on the "postcard" on the back of ''Tape from California'': "Farewells & Fantasies, Folks, P. Ochs".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://freepress.org/Backup/UnixBackup/pubhtml/culture/philochs.html |title=Phil Ochs: Pleasures of the Puzzle |access-date=January 28, 2009 |last=Cohen |first=David |date=December 4, 1997 |work=[[Columbus Free Press]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=[[Tape from California]] |others=Phil Ochs |year=1968 |last=Ochs |first=Phil |type=LP |publisher=A&M }}</ref> Meegan has a son named Caiden Finn Potter, Ochs's only grandchild.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://sonnyochs.com/photos.html |title=Photo page | last=Ochs | first=Sonny | publisher=SonnyOchs.com |access-date=April 23, 2009}}</ref> Alice Skinner Ochs was a photographer;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aliceochsphotography.com/ |title=Alice Ochs Photography |access-date=January 28, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215035529/http://aliceochsphotography.com/ |archive-date=December 15, 2008  }}</ref> she died in November 2010.<ref name="alice-obit">{{cite web| url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/marinij/obituary.aspx?n=alice-elizabeth-ochs&pid=146996915 | title=ALICE ELIZABETH OCHS Obituary|date=December 8, 2010|work=Marin Independent Journal|access-date=January 20, 2011}}</ref>

In February 2009, the [[North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance]] gave the 2009 Elaine Weissman Lifetime Achievement Award to Ochs.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tackett|first=Travis |url=http://www.bluegrassjournal.com/2008/10/24/folk-alliance-to-honor-old-town-school-of-folk-music-phil-ochs-guy-candie-carawan/ | title=Folk Alliance to honor Old Town School of Folk Music, Phil Ochs, Guy & Candie Carawan |date=October 24, 2008 |publisher=BluegrassJournal.com |access-date=March 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219132731/http://www.bluegrassjournal.com/2008/10/24/folk-alliance-to-honor-old-town-school-of-folk-music-phil-ochs-guy-candie-carawan/ |archive-date=February 19, 2012 }}</ref>

In September 2014, Meegan Lee Ochs announced that she was donating her father's archives to the [[Woody Guthrie Center]] in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://woodyguthriecenter.org/blog/news/|title=Woody Guthrie Center to house artist Phil Ochs' work|date=September 2014|publisher=Woody Guthrie Center|access-date=September 9, 2014|archive-date=September 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910200226/http://woodyguthriecenter.org/blog/news/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Included are many of his notebooks, journals, videotapes of his performances, the gold lamé suit, photographs, and other documents and memorabilia that Meegan had preserved since his death.<ref name="Guthriearchive">{{cite news| url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/05/phil-ochs-archives-go-to-woody-guthrie-center/|title=Phil Ochs Archives Go to Woody Guthrie Center|last=Kozinn| first=Allan|date=September 5, 2014|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 9, 2014}}</ref>

===Covers and updates of Ochs songs===
{{Main|List of cover versions of Phil Ochs songs}}

Ochs's songs have been [[Cover version|covered]] by scores of performers, including [[Joan Baez]], [[Bastro]], [[Cher]], [[Judy Collins]], [[John Denver]],<ref name="POSN"/> [[Ani DiFranco]], [[Ronnie Gilbert]],<ref name="POSN"/> [[John Wesley Harding (singer)|John Wesley Harding]], [[Henry Cow]], [[Jason & the Scorchers]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.furious.com/perfect/jasonscorchers.html |title=Scorched Earth |last=Crandall |first=Alan |date=July 1998 |work=[[Perfect Sound Forever (magazine)|Perfect Sound Forever]] |access-date=April 10, 2016 }}</ref> [[Jim and Jean]], [[Jeannie Lewis]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/17165 |title=What Phil Ochs Heard |last=Healy |first=Barry |date=July 29, 1998 |work=[[Green Left Weekly]] |access-date=April 10, 2016 }}</ref> [[Gordon Lightfoot]],<ref name="POSN"/> [[Melanie (singer)|Melanie]], [[Christy Moore]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/oct/21/popandrock.shopping3 |title=Christy Moore, Burning Times |last=Denselow |first=Robin |author-link=Robin Denselow |date=October 20, 2005 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=April 10, 2016 }}</ref> [[Morrissey]], [[Pete Seeger]], [[They Might Be Giants]], [[Eddie Vedder]], and [[the Weakerthans]].<ref>Cohen (1999), pp. 273–294.</ref> [[Wyclef Jean]] performed "Here's to the State of Mississippi" in the 2009 documentary ''[[Soundtrack for a Revolution]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/29/AR2010042901451.html |title=Movie Review: 'Soundtrack for a Revolution' |last=Hornaday |first=Ann |date=April 30, 2010 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=April 10, 2016 }}</ref>

In 1998, Sliced Bread Records released ''[[What's That I Hear?: The Songs of Phil Ochs]]'', a two-CD set of twenty-eight Ochs songs by singers such as [[Billy Bragg]], [[John Gorka]], [[Nanci Griffith]], [[Arlo Guthrie]], [[Magpie (folk duo)|Magpie]], [[Tom Paxton]], and [[Peter Yarrow]].<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r347659|pure_url=yes}} |title=''What's That I Hear?: The Songs of Phil Ochs'' |access-date=April 9, 2016 |last=Eder |first=Bruce |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> The liner notes indicate that all record company profits from the sale of the set were to be divided between the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] Foundation of Southern California and ''[[Sing Out!]]'' magazine.<ref>{{Cite AV media |author=Phil Ochs |year=1998 |title=What's That I Hear?: The Songs of Phil Ochs |title-link=What's That I Hear?: The Songs of Phil Ochs |type=CD |publisher=Sliced Bread }}</ref>

Wood Records released an [[indie rock]]/[[experimental rock]] [[tribute album]] titled ''[[Poison Ochs: A Tribute to Phil Ochs]]'' in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indieville.com/reviews/poisonochs.htm |title=''Poison Ochs: A Tribute to Phil Ochs'' |access-date=April 8, 2016 |last=Shimmer |first=Matt |publisher=indieville.com }}</ref>

In 2005, [[Kind Of Like Spitting]] released an album, ''[[Learn: The Songs of Phil Ochs]]'', consisting of covers of nine songs written by Ochs, to pay tribute to his music and raise awareness of the artist, whom they felt had been overlooked.<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r790586|pure_url=yes}} |title=''Learn: The Songs of Phil Ochs'' |access-date=January 28, 2009 |website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=[[Learn: The Songs of Phil Ochs]] |others=[[Kind Of Like Spitting]] |year=2005 |last=J. |first=David |type=CD |publisher=Hush |id=HSH052 }}</ref><!--On his solo acoustic tour following 'Learn's' release, frontman Ben Barnett refused to sell Kind of Like Spitting T-Shirts, opting instead for black shirts with bold white letters spelling "OCHS". [I can't find any information about this]-->

[[Jello Biafra]] and [[Mojo Nixon]], on their album ''[[Prairie Home Invasion]]'', recorded a version of "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" with lyrics updated to the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] era.<ref>Cohen (1999), p. 274.</ref> Evan Greer, part of the Riot-Folk collective, later updated the song for the [[George W. Bush]] era.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.riotfolk.org/popup.php?p=lyrics&id=205 |title=Love Me, I'm a Liberal (2003) |access-date=March 18, 2015 |last=Greer |first=Evan |publisher=Riot-Folk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308000618/http://www.riotfolk.org/popup.php?p=lyrics&id=205 |archive-date=March 8, 2012 }}</ref> Ryan Harvey, also part of Riot-Folk, remade "Cops Of The World" with updated lyrics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.riotfolk.org/popup.php?p=lyrics&id=486 |title=Cops of the World |access-date=March 18, 2015 |last=Harvey |first=Ryan |publisher=Riot-Folk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106055435/http://www.riotfolk.org/popup.php?p=lyrics&id=486 |archive-date=January 6, 2012 }}</ref> [[The Clash]] used some of the lyrics to "United Fruit" in their song "Up in Heaven (Not Only Here)", which appeared on their 1980 album ''[[Sandinista!]]''.<ref>Cohen (1999), p. 294.</ref> During their performance on ''[[VH1 Storytellers]]'', [[Pearl Jam]] covered "Here's to the State of Mississippi" with updated lyrics to include [[Jerry Falwell]], [[Dick Cheney]], [[John Roberts]], [[Alberto Gonzales]], and [[George W. Bush]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58253/pearl-jam-tells-its-story-at-vh1-taping |title=Pearl Jam Tells Its 'Story' at VH1 Taping |date=June 2, 2006 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=April 10, 2016 }}</ref> In 2002, with the agreement of Ochs's sister Sonny, [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]] added an extra verse to "I Ain't Marching Anymore" to reflect recent American foreign policy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2003/06/richard-thompson.html |title=Richard Thompson: Plunging the Knife in Deeper |access-date=April 10, 2016 |last=Winters |first=Pamela |date=June 9, 2003 |work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] }}</ref> [[Jefferson Starship]] recorded "I Ain't Marching Anymore" with additional lyrics by band member [[Cathy Richardson]] for their 2008 release ''[[Jefferson's Tree of Liberty]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=42167 |title=New Jefferson Starship Album of Formative Folk Treasures: Jefferson's Tree of Liberty |publisher=Top40 Charts.com |date=August 8, 2008 |access-date=April 10, 2016 }}</ref>

[[Neil Young]] has cited Ochs as a major influence on his music. In a 1969 interview, Young said, "I really think Phil Ochs is a genius ... he's written fantastic, incredible songs – he's on the same level with [[Bob Dylan|Dylan]] in my eyes."<ref>{{cite book |last1=McDonough |first1=Jimmy |title=Shakey: Neil Young's Biography |date=2002 |publisher=Random House Canada |isbn=0-679-30940-3 |page=137 |edition=Hardback |url=https://archive.org/details/shakeyneilyoungs0000mcdo/page/n7/mode/2up?q=Ochs |access-date=October 12, 2022}}</ref> In 2013, Young performed "Changes" at [[Farm Aid]]<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5719533/farm-aid-2013-pete-seeger-sings-out-neil-young-speaks-up-and-jack-johnson-cows |title=Farm Aid 2013: Pete Seeger Sings Out, Neil Young Speaks Up and Jack Johnson Cows Around |first=Thom |last=Duffy |date=September 23, 2013 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=April 10, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{youTube|c9gyHnWegb4|Neil Young – Changes (Live at Farm Aid 2013)}}</ref> and included it in his 2014 tour set;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/08/arts/music/temperamental-neil-young-starts-run-at-carnegie-hall.html |title=Familiar Yet Distant, With Songs and an Edge |first=Nate |last=Chinen |date=January 8, 2014 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=April 10, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://popcultureblog.dallasnews.com/2014/04/neil-young-gave-his-heart-and-soul-thursday-and-some-folks-just-gave-him-a-hard-time.html/ |title=Neil Young gave his 'Heart' and 'Soul' Thursday, and some folks just gave him a hard time |last=Wilonsky |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Wilonsky |date=April 18, 2014 |work=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |access-date=April 10, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503013236/http://popcultureblog.dallasnews.com/2014/04/neil-young-gave-his-heart-and-soul-thursday-and-some-folks-just-gave-him-a-hard-time.html/ |archive-date=May 3, 2016  }}</ref> it also is the lead track on ''[[A Letter Home]]'', his 2014 album of covers.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-youngs-new-covers-album-available-right-now-surprise-20140418 |title=Neil Young's New Covers Album Available Right Now: Surprise! |last1=Greene |first1=Andy |date=April 18, 2014 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=April 10, 2016 |archive-date=March 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316115311/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-youngs-new-covers-album-available-right-now-surprise-20140418 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2016, [[Richard Barone]] released his album ''Sorrows & Promises: Greenwich Village in the 1960s'', which includes "When I'm Gone".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://observer.com/2016/08/richard-barone-breathes-new-life-into-the-golden-age-of-village-folk/ |title=Richard Barone Breathes New Life Into the Golden Age of Village Folk |first=Peter |last=Gerstenzang |date=August 4, 2016 |work=[[New York Observer]] |access-date=July 4, 2018 }}</ref> Barone said of the project: "My favorite artist on the album is Phil Ochs. I grew up with Phil Ochs songs. I love his topical songs–and I also like his songs that are not political. He was always really good no matter what he was doing."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unionvilletimes.com/?p=35455 |title=Barone Dives Into the Soul of 60's Village Artists |first=Denny |last=Dyroff |date=June 17, 2017 |work=The Unionville Times |access-date=July 4, 2018 }}</ref> On tour, Barone also performed "Changes".<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Barone Concert Setlist at Mexicali Live, Teaneck on July 13, 2017 |url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/richard-barone/2017/mexicali-live-teaneck-nj-33e454b5.html |website=setlist.fm |access-date=July 12, 2018}}</ref>

In 2020, Welsh singer-songwriter Martyn Joseph released ''Days of Decision: A Tribute to Phil Ochs'' containing 14 Ochs covers, as well as liner notes by Ochs' sister, Sonny.<ref name="martyn">{{cite news |last1=Ainscoe |first1=Mike |title=Martyn Joseph – Days Of Decision, A Tribute To Phil Ochs: Album Review |url=https://atthebarrier.com/2020/01/16/martyn-joseph-days-of-decision-album-review/ |access-date=19 November 2022 |work=At The Barrier |date=16 January 2020}}</ref>

In 2024 [[The Men They Couldn't Hang|Phil Odgers]] and [[Merry Hell|John Kettle]] released an album of 11 Ochs covers called "Far Rockaway".

===Tributes===
On learning of Ochs' death, Tom Paxton wrote a song titled "Phil", which he recorded for his 1978 album ''Heroes''.<ref name=Cohen296>Cohen (1999), p. 296.</ref> Ochs is also the subject of "I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night", by Billy Bragg, from his 1990 album ''[[The Internationale (album)|The Internationale]]'', which was based on the [[Alfred Hayes (writer)|Alfred Hayes]]/[[Earl Robinson]] song "[[I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night|Joe Hill]]" which Ochs helped popularize.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Billy Bragg - The Internationale Album Reviews, Songs & More  |website=[[AllMusic]] |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-internationale-mw0001958374 |access-date=2023-06-03 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Bragg |first=Billy |author-link=Billy Bragg |title=I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night |url=http://www.billybragg.co.uk/music/album.php?albumID=21&songID=178 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204212436/http://billybragg.co.uk/music/album.php?albumID=21&songID=178 |archive-date=December 4, 2011 |access-date=January 20, 2012 |publisher=BillyBragg.co.uk}}</ref> Ochs also had his own, different song ("Joe Hill") about the early 20th-century union activist/songwriter. "Thin Wild Mercury," by Peter Cooper and [[Todd Snider]], is about Ochs's infamous clash with Dylan and getting thrown out of Dylan's limo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.petercoopermusic.com/track/203843/thin-wild-mercury?feature_id=39256&trackship_id=319919 |title=Thin Wild Mercury |access-date=March 18, 2015 |last=Cooper |first=Peter |author2=Todd Snider |publisher=Peter Cooper – The Official Site |author2-link=Todd Snider }}</ref>

Ochs is mentioned in the [[Dar Williams]] song "All My Heroes Are Dead", the [[Will Oldham]] song "Gezundheit", the [[Chumbawamba]] song "Love Me", and the They Might Be Giants song "The Day".<ref name="Cohen295-297">Cohen (1999), pp. 295–297.</ref> The [[Josh Joplin Group]] recorded a tribute to Ochs on their album ''Useful Music''.<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r415306|pure_url=yes}} |title=''Useful Music'' |last=Swihart |first=Stanton |access-date=February 1, 2009  |publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> [[Schooner Fare]] recorded "Don't Stop To Rest (Song for Phil Ochs)" on their 1981 album ''Closer to the Wind''.<ref name=Cohen296/> [[Latin Quarter (band)|Latin Quarter]] memorialized him in the song "Phil Ochs" on their album ''Long Pig'' (1993).<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r220274|pure_url=yes}} |title=''Long Pig'' |last=Schnee |first=Stephen SPAZ |access-date=February 1, 2009 |publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>

John Wesley Harding recorded a song titled "Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman, David Blue and Me", the title a reference to the Ochs song "Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Me".<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r8949|pure_url=yes}} |title=''It Happened One Night'' |last=Woodstra |first=Chris |access-date=February 1, 2009 |website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref> Singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith wrote a song about Phil entitled "Radio Fragile", included in her album ''[[Storms (Nanci Griffith album)|Storms]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://popdose.com/the-popdose-guide-to-nanci-griffith/|title=The Popdose Guide to Nanci Griffith|date=January 8, 2008|publisher=Popdose|access-date=April 9, 2018}}</ref> English folk/punk songwriter Al Baker recorded a song about Ochs entitled "All The News That's Fit To Sing", a reference to the title of Ochs's first album.<ref name="Cohen295-297"/> Cajun musician Vic Sadot wrote a song about Ochs entitled "Broadside Balladeer".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vicsadot.com/2011/09/23/broadside-balladeer/ |title=Broadside Balladeer |access-date=April 4, 2012 |publisher=Vic Sadot Music |date=September 23, 2011 |archive-date=May 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524045400/http://vicsadot.com/2011/09/23/broadside-balladeer/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Singer-songwriter [[Jen Cass]]'s "Standing In Your Memory", and [[Harry Chapin]]'s "The Parade's Still Passing By" are tributes to Ochs. [[Leslie Fish]] recorded "Chickasaw Mountain", which is dedicated to Ochs, on her 1986 album of that name.<ref name="Cohen295-297"/>

The punk band [[Squirrel Bait]] cited Ochs as a major creative influence in the liner notes of their 1986 album ''Skag Heaven'', and cover his "Tape From California".<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r18799|pure_url=yes}} |title=''Skag Heaven'' |last=Cook |first=Stephen |access-date=February 1, 2009  |website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref> The American hardcore punk supergroup [[Hesitation Wounds]] wrote a song called "P. Ochs (The Death of a Rebel)", which appeared on their self-titled debut EP in 2013.<ref>Hesitation Wounds, "P. Ochs (The Death of a Rebel)." Retrieved August 17, 2022. https://secretvoice.bandcamp.com/album/hesitation-wounds</ref> The song's lyrics reference the folk singer's life and suicide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hear a New Song from Hardcore Supergroup, Hesitation Wounds |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/hesitation-wounds-new-abuse/ |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=Vice.com |date=March 23, 2016 |language=en}}</ref> Ochs has also influenced Greek folk-rock songwriters; Dimitris Panagopoulos' ''Astathis Isoropia'' (''Unstable Equilibrium'') (1987) was dedicated to his memory.<ref name=Cohen296/> On the 2005 Kind Of Like Spitting album ''In the Red'', songwriter Ben Barnett included his song "Sheriff Ochs", which was inspired by reading a biography of Ochs.<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r804778|pure_url=yes}} |title=''In the Red'' |access-date=February 1, 2009  |website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref> On April 9, 2009, Ochs' friend [[Jim Glover]] performed a tribute to Ochs at Mother's Musical Bakery in [[Sarasota, Florida]].<ref>{{cite web |title=A Tribute to Phil Ochs |url=http://www.mothersmusicalbakery.com/EventDescription.html |publisher=Mother's Musical Bakery |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527235629/http://www.mothersmusicalbakery.com/EventDescription.html |archive-date=May 27, 2010  }}</ref>

===Popular culture===
Among Ochs's many admirers were the short story writer [[Breece D'J Pancake]]<ref>{{cite book |title=The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake |first=James Alan |last=McPherson |editor=Breece D'J Pancake |publisher=Back Bay |location=Boston |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-316-71597-3 |page=12 |chapter=Foreword }}</ref> and actor [[Sean Penn]].<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=A Toast to Those Who Are Gone |title-link=A Toast to Those Who Are Gone |others=Phil Ochs |year=1986 |first=Sean |last=Penn |type=CD |publisher=Rhino }}</ref> Meegan Lee Ochs, who worked as Sean Penn's personal assistant from 1983 to 1985,<ref name="PennBio">{{cite book |last=Kelly |first=Richard T. |title=Sean Penn: His Life and Times |publisher=Canongate U.S. |location=New York |year=2006 |page=xvii |isbn=978-1-84195-739-5 }}</ref> wrote in her foreword to ''Farewells & Fantasies'' that she and Penn discussed "over many years" the possibility of making a movie about her father;<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Farewells & Fantasies |title-link=Farewells & Fantasies |others=Phil Ochs |year=1997 |chapter=Foreword |first=Meegan Lee |last=Ochs |page=3 |type=CD |publisher=Elektra |id=R2 73518 }}</ref> the plan has not yet come to fruition, although Penn expressed an interest in the project as recently as February 2009.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/sean-penn-the-story-behind-the-story-20090206 |title=Sean Penn: The Story Behind the Story |access-date=April 4, 2012 |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=February 6, 2009 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-date=November 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116000652/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/sean-penn-the-story-behind-the-story-20090206 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Singer [[Harry Chapin]]'s song "The Parade's Still Passing By" from his 1976 album ''[[On the Road to Kingdom Come]]'' is dedicated to Ochs and is a response to his dissatisfaction with his lack of chart success and suicide.

Author [[Jim Carroll]]'s autobiography, ''[[The Basketball Diaries (book)|The Basketball Diaries]]'' (1978), was dedicated in memory of Phil Ochs.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Carroll |first1=Jim |author-link=Jim Carroll |title=The Basketball Diaries |year=1978 |publisher=Penguin Books |location=New York |isbn=978-0-14-024999-6 |title-link=The Basketball Diaries (book) }}</ref>

Ochs is mentioned in the song "The Day" from the 1986 self-titled ''[[They Might Be Giants (album)|They Might Be Giants]]'' album.

On the cover of [[the Go-Betweens]]' ''The Lost Album'' (1999), [[Grant McLennan]] wore a shirt with the words "Get outta the car, Ochs", a reference to the limousine incident involving Ochs and Dylan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.citypages.com/1999-06-09/music/entre-nous/ |title=Entre Nous |access-date=January 26, 2009 |last=Dolan |first=Jon |date=June 9, 1999 |work=[[City Pages]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412020103/http://www.citypages.com/1999-06-09/music/entre-nous |archive-date=April 12, 2009  }}</ref>

The 1994 film ''[[Spanking the Monkey]]'' makes reference to Ochs and his suicide.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailynebraskan.com/woosters-stories-offer-cure-for-all-things-depressing/article_eb70f5cc-422a-5fd5-bd3e-67714814c9bf.html |title=Woosters Stories Offer Cure for All Things Depressing |access-date=March 18, 2015 |last=Lane |first=Zack |date=June 20, 2002 |work=[[Daily Nebraskan]] }}</ref>

Ochs is mentioned in the [[Stephen King]] novels ''[[The Tommyknockers]]'' (1987)<ref>{{cite book |title=The Tommyknockers |first=Stephen |last=King |publisher=Signet |location=New York |year=1988 |isbn=978-0-451-15660-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/tommyknockers00king/page/80 80] |url=https://archive.org/details/tommyknockers00king/page/80 }}</ref> and ''[[Hearts in Atlantis]]'' (1999).<ref>{{cite book |title=Hearts in Atlantis |first=Stephen |last=King |publisher=Pocket Books |year=2001 |location=New York |isbn=978-0-671-02424-6 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/heartsinatlantis00king_1/page/397 397–398, 401, 405, 407, 460, 511, 514, 516] |url=https://archive.org/details/heartsinatlantis00king_1/page/397 }}</ref>

In the 2019 novel ''Revolutionaries'' by [[Joshua Furst]], based on the life of [[Abbie Hoffman]], Ochs appears as a character under his own name.<ref>{{cite book |title=Revolutionaries |first=Joshua |last=Furst | publisher=[[Penguin Random House]] |year=2019|location= New York}} {{ISBN|9780307271143}}</ref>

Ochs is mentioned in [[David Bowie]]'s 2013 song "(You Will) Set the World on Fire" on ''[[The Next Day]]'' album.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/david-bowie-tribute-to-bob-dylan-final-masterpieces/ | title=David Bowie's tribute to Bob Dylan on one of his final songs|website=Faroutmagazine.co.uk | date=February 3, 2022 }}</ref>

===Films===
Michael Korolenko directed the 1984 biographical film ''[[Chords of Fame (film)|Chords of Fame]]'', which featured Bill Burnett as Ochs. The film included interviews with people who had known Ochs, including Yippies Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, manager Harold Leventhal, and Mike Porco, the owner of [[Gerde's Folk City]]. ''Chords of Fame'' also included performances of Ochs songs by folk musicians who knew him, including Bob Gibson, Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton, Dave Van Ronk, and Eric Andersen.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B00E5DE133BF935A25751C0A962948260 |title=Film: Phil Ochs, A Short Biography |last=Maslin |first=Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin |date=February 16, 1984 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=May 17, 2010 }}</ref>

Filmmaker Ken Bowser directed the documentary film ''[[Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune]]'', which premiered at the 2010 [[Woodstock Film Festival]] in [[Woodstock, New York]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://philochsthemovie.com/ |title= Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune |access-date=May 17, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/movies/26ochs.html |title=Tracing the Arc of a Tragic Folk Singer |last=Baker |first=Bob |date=December 26, 2010 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=December 26, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmthreat.com/festivals/25287/ |title=2010 Woodstock Film Festival Announces Lineup |last=Bell |first=Mark |date=September 1, 2010 |work=[[Film Threat]] |access-date=September 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904072219/http://www.filmthreat.com/festivals/25287/ |archive-date=September 4, 2010  }}</ref> Its theatrical run began on January 5, 2011, at the IFC Theater in Greenwich Village, New York City, opening in cities around the US and Canada thereafter.<ref name="FirstRun">{{cite web|url=http://firstrunfeatures.com/philochs_playdates.html|title=First Run Features: PHIL OCHS|publisher=First Run Features|access-date=January 24, 2011}}</ref> The film features extensive archival footage of Ochs and many pivotal events from the 1960s [[civil rights]] and [[peace movement]]s, as well as interviews with friends, family and colleagues who knew Ochs through music and politics.<ref name="HRReview">{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/phil-ochs-fortune-film-review-67588|title=Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune – Film Review|last=Rooney |first=David |date=January 2, 2011|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=January 24, 2011}}</ref><ref name="EW-rev">{{cite magazine|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/12/10/phil-ochs-there-but-for-fortune/|title='Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune,' a great documentary about an underappreciated folk singer |last=Vozick-Levinson|first=Simon|date=December 10, 2010|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=January 24, 2011}}</ref> The [[PBS]] ''[[American Masters]]'' series opened its 2012 season with an edited version of the film.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsburger/53162293-53/ochs-american-calloway-masters.html.csp|title="American Masters" to feature Phil Ochs and Cab Calloway in 2012|last=Burger|first=David|date=December 21, 2011|work=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]|access-date=January 20, 2012}}</ref><ref name="pbs film">{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/phil-ochs-there-but-for-fortune/watch-the-full-documentary/1962/|title=Phil Ochs: But There For Fortune – Watch the Full Documentary|date=January 24, 2012|publisher=[[PBS]]|access-date=July 19, 2013}}</ref>

Experimental filmmaker [[Phil Solomon (filmmaker)|Phil Solomon]] named his 2007 experimental film ''Rehearsals for Retirement'' after Ochs' 1969 song of the same name.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://academichack.net/solomon.htm|title = Phil Solomon Visits San Andreas and Escapes, Not Unscathed|website=Academichack.net}}</ref>

In the 2011 film ''The Chicago 8'' the role of Phil Ochs was played by the actor Steven Schub (lead singer of The Fenwicks and HaSkaLA.)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Chicago 8 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1511476/ |publisher=[[IMDb]]}}</ref>