Phil Ochs May 1973 Interview by Vic Sadot & Rich Lang (30:10) Truth Troubadour YouTube Channel https://youtu.be/pHC78U8HOEk Phil Ochs was interviewed by Vic Sadot and Rich Lang, host of Interface, a WGTB Public Affairs Program, in Washington, DC in early May of 1973. The Sound Engineer was Skip Pizzi. Rich Lang announces the show and introduces Phil Ochs and Vic Sadot. Vic explains that Phil is in DC for a week long engagement at The Cellar Door. Vic asks Phil about Watergate, the Senate and the press. Phil talks about āthe Watergate conspiracyā and the increasing possibility of impeachment of President Richard Nixon... Phil Ochs sings "Hereās to the State of Richard Nixon", an update of a song he had previously written and released as "Hereās to the State of Mississippi". Includes Phil's lyrics... Phil had just returned from South America. So Vic asked Phil about his travels in recent years. Phil covers the globe with his commentary on Vietnam and Cambodia, and his report on his most recent travels to Chile, Argentina, Peru, Uruguay, Bolivia, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Bali, Jakarta, Singapore, Thailand, the Phillipines, and Philadelphia. Phil describes the struggle going on in Chile with the democratic election of Salvador Allende, a socialist who nationalized the copper mines, a great national asset of Chile that came to be owned by ITT Anaconda. This interview was in May 1973, which is 4 months before the coup by General Pinochet. Unknown to us at the time, ITT and the CIA were working with the Chilean military to plan the attack on the elected Chilean government. The coup came on September 11, 1973, and Phil was deeply affected in a traumatic way due to his personal experience in Chile under the ambiance of hope under President Salvador Allende.
