by Wolfmoon Lady » Sun Sep 17, 2006 2:21 am
On March 31, 1968, I was at a Phil Ochs concert in Wilton, CT. It was near the middle of the set when someone came out on stage and handed him a piece of paper. He stopped the show to read aloud the announcement -- that Lyndon Johnson would not seek or accept the Democratic Party's nomination for re-election. Everybody went completely nuts. I remember him laughing, tossing the white scrap of paper into the air, and launching into, "I Ain't Marching Anymore."<br><br>That is a true story -- one of the best memories of my youth.<br><br>Here he is, immortalized, thanks to the wonderful people who upload these images. I'm overcome.<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5pgrKSwFJE" target="top">I Ain't Marching Anymore</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> (1969)<br><br>At the Bitter End, West Village, NYC, doing <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTjRPugJ8CA" target="top">There But For Fortune</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> (1967)<br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Show me a country where the bombs had to fall<br>Show me the ruins of the buildings once so tall<br>And I'll show you a young land<br>With many reasons why<br>There but for fortune, go you or I</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> <p></p><i></i>