Jim R. Glover (born 1942) is an American

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and folk singer. He is from

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and lives in Brandon, Florida.

Relationship with Phil Ochs

Glover attended

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, where he met

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in the fall of 1960 and introduced Ochs to

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, leftist politics, and taught him how to play

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. Glover introduced Ochs to the music of

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, and The Weavers. Both Ochs and Glover were campers at the cooperative summer camp in

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, where the cook had been Big Bill Broonzy and a frequent visitor was Pete Seeger. Jim's father, Hugh Glover, was a

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, and he was very influential to both Jim and Phil. As a result, the two became gradually more interested in politics and folk music. Glover and Ochs were in a short-lived folk duo called the "Singing Socialists", later renamed the "Sundowners". Though the group didn't last long, they remained friends. Glover was at Phil Ochs's infamous ''

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'' performance in March 1970, and even performed the last song of the evening, "No More Songs", with Ochs that night (though that song was not included for release on the official live album). Glover sings backing vocals on the version of "No More Songs" that was previously released on Ochs' '' Greatest Hits'' album in 1970. He also appeared on ''The Midnight Special'' TV series with Phil Ochs in 1974, and they performed the songs "

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" and "Changes" together.

Jim and Jean

In 1961, Glover left

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and moved to

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, where he met Jean Ray at the Café Raffio and later fell in love with her.Michael Schumacher. ''There But for Fortune: The Life of Phil Ochs'' (1996) p.46 Together, they formed the 1960s

duo Jim and Jean.Jean Ray Obituary
''

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'' (

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). August 26, 2007. Jim and Jean developed a good following at Café Raffio's in

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, and soon began making enough money to pay the rent on their Thompson Street apartment. In 1962, Phil Ochs moved in with Jim and Jean when he was first starting his musical career in Greenwich Village. Jean introduced Ochs to her friend Alice Skinner, and the couple soon moved in together and eventually married.Michael Schumacher. ''There But for Fortune: The Life of Phil Ochs'' (1996) pp.56-58 As Ochs got better at songwriting, Jim and Jean began to perform, and later recorded, a number of his songs. Jim and Jean's first appearance on record, ''Jack Linkletter Presents a Folk Festival'', was a live 1963 compilation album released on

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that featured a number of folk acts. Jim and Jean went on to record three albums: ''Jim and Jean'' (

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1965), ''Changes'' (

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1966), and ''People World'' (

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1968). Jim and Jean recorded seven Phil Ochs songs across these three albums - "The Bells" and " There But For Fortune" on the 1965 album, "

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", "Changes" and "Flower Lady" on the 1966 album, and "Ringing of Revolution" and " Cross My Heart" on the 1968 album. Eventually, Jim and Jean split up and went their separate ways. They did perform together at the Phil Ochs Memorial Concert in 1976, singing “Crucifixion”. Glover recorded some small-budget albums on his own (''No Need to Explain'' in 1980 and ''Outsider'' in 2003), and Jean Ray went on to perform in some small-budget plays. Jim and Jean reunited to play one last show together at the People's Voice Cafe in New York City on March 18, 2006.

Activism

Glover has participated in a number of

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over the years, including the

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on October 21, 1967, to protest the

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. Jim demonstrated at the

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and entertained other demonstrators, with Jean Glover and Phil Ochs, at the Quiet Knight Coffee House during breaks in the protests. He wrote a peace-related poem the day after

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and recited it at a peace rally in September 2001, and wrote a peace-inspired

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that appeared in the ''

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'' on September 28, 2001. Glover continues to perform peace-related folk songs. On April 9, 2009, he performed a tribute to Phil Ochs at Mother's Musical Bakery in

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References

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