Jim Glover
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Jim R. Glover is a long-time peace activist
and folk singer
from Cleveland, Ohio
, who currently lives in Brandon, Florida
.
, where he met Phil Ochs
in the Fall of 1960 and introduced Ochs to folk music
, Leftist politics
, and taught him how to play guitar
. Glover introduced Ochs to the music of Pete Seeger
, Woody Guthrie
, and The Weavers
. Jim's father, Hugh Glover, was a Socialist
, and he was very influential to both Jim and Phil. As a result, the two became gradually more interested in politics
and folk music
. Jim and Phil were in a short-lived folk duo called the "Singing Socialists", later renamed the "Sundowners". Though the group didn't last long, Jim and Phil remained friends.
Jim was at Phil Ochs's infamous Gunfight at Carnegie Hall
performance in March, 1970, and even performed the last song of the evening, "No More Songs", with Phil that night (though that song was not included for release on the official live album). Jim sings backing vocals on the version of "No More Songs" that was previously released on Phil's Greatest Hits
album in 1970. Jim appeared on the The Midnight Special (TV series)
with Phil Ochs in 1974, and they performed the songs "Power and the Glory
" and "Changes" together.
and moved to New York City
, where he met Jean Ray at the Café Raffio and later fell in love with her. Together, they formed the 1960s folk music
duo Jim and Jean
.
Jim and Jean developed a good following at Café Raffio's in Greenwich Village
, 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 Phil to her friend Alice Skinner, and Phil soon moved in with Alice and eventually married her. As Phil 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 GNP Crescendo
that featured a number of folk acts. Jim and Jean went on to record three albums: Jim and Jean (Philips
1965), Changes (Verve Folkways
1966), and People World (Verve Forecast
1968). Jim and Jean recorded seven Phil Ochs songs across these three albums - The Bells and There But For Fortune
on the 1965 album, Crucifixion
, 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.
Jim recorded some small budget albums on his own (No Need To Explain in 1980 and Outsider in 2003), and Jean went on to perform in some small budget plays
. Jim and Jean both reunited to play one last show together at the People's Voice Cafe in New York City on March 18, 2006.
demonstrations
over the years, including the March on the Pentagon on October 21, 1967 to protest
the war in Vietnam
. Jim demonstrated at the 1968 Democratic National Convention
in Chicago
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 9/11
and recited it at a peace rally in September 2001, and he wrote a peace-inspired Letter to the Editor
that appeared in the St. Petersburg Times
on September 28, 2001. Jim continues to perform peace-related folk songs. On April 9, 2009, Jim Glover performed a tribute to Phil Ochs at Mother's Musical Bakery in Sarasota, Florida.
Peace activist
This list of peace activists includes people who proactively advocate diplomatic, non-military resolution of political disputes, usually through nonviolent means.A peace activist is an activist of the peace movement.*Jane Addams*Martti Ahtisaari...
and folk singer
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
from Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
, who currently lives in Brandon, Florida
Brandon, Florida
Brandon is a census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a total population of 103,483.-Founding:...
.
Relationship with Phil Ochs
Jim attended Ohio State UniversityOhio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
, where he met Phil Ochs
Phil Ochs
Philip David Ochs was an American protest singer and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and haunting voice...
in the Fall of 1960 and introduced Ochs to folk music
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
, Leftist politics
Left-wing politics
In politics, Left, left-wing and leftist generally refer to support for social change to create a more egalitarian society...
, and taught him how to play guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
. Glover introduced Ochs to the music of Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger
Peter "Pete" Seeger is an American folk singer and was an iconic figure in the mid-twentieth century American folk music revival. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead...
, Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his...
, and The Weavers
The Weavers
The Weavers were an American folk music quartet based in the Greenwich Village area of New York City. They sang traditional folk songs from around the world, as well as blues, gospel music, children's songs, labor songs, and American ballads, and selling millions of records at the height of their...
. Jim's father, Hugh Glover, was a Socialist
Socialism
Socialism is an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy; or a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises,...
, and he was very influential to both Jim and Phil. As a result, the two became gradually more interested in politics
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
and folk music
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
. Jim and Phil were in a short-lived folk duo called the "Singing Socialists", later renamed the "Sundowners". Though the group didn't last long, Jim and Phil remained friends.
Jim was at Phil Ochs's infamous Gunfight at Carnegie Hall
Gunfight at Carnegie Hall
Gunfight At Carnegie Hall was Phil Ochs' final album, comprising songs recorded at the infamous, gold-suited, bomb-threat shortened first set at Carnegie Hall in New York City on March 27, 1970, though it contains less than half of the actual concert...
performance in March, 1970, and even performed the last song of the evening, "No More Songs", with Phil that night (though that song was not included for release on the official live album). Jim sings backing vocals on the version of "No More Songs" that was previously released on Phil's Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits (Phil Ochs album)
Greatest Hits was Phil Ochs' seventh LP and final studio album. Contrary to its title, it offered ten new tracks of material, mostly produced by Van Dyke Parks, and was released in 1970...
album in 1970. Jim appeared on the The Midnight Special (TV series)
The Midnight Special (TV series)
The Midnight Special is an American musical variety series that aired on NBC during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Burt Sugarman. It premiered as a special on August 19, 1972, then began its run as a regular series on February 2, 1973; its last episode was on May 1, 1981...
with Phil Ochs in 1974, and they performed the songs "Power and the Glory
Power and the Glory
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" and "Changes" together.
Jim and Jean
In 1961, Jim left OhioOhio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
and moved to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, where he met Jean Ray at the Café Raffio and later fell in love with her. Together, they formed the 1960s folk music
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
duo Jim and Jean
Jim and Jean
Jim and Jean, composed of Jim Glover and Jean Ray were an American folk music duo, who performed and recorded music from the early to the late 1960s....
.
Jim and Jean developed a good following at Café Raffio's in Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village, , , , .in New York often simply called "the Village", is a largely residential neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City. A large majority of the district is home to upper middle class families...
, and soon began making enough money to pay the rent on their Thompson Street apartment. In 1962, Phil Ochs
Phil Ochs
Philip David Ochs was an American protest singer and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and haunting voice...
moved in with Jim and Jean when he was first starting his musical career in Greenwich Village. Jean introduced Phil to her friend Alice Skinner, and Phil soon moved in with Alice and eventually married her. As Phil 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 GNP Crescendo
GNP Crescendo Record Co.
GNP Crescendo Record Co. is an American record label based in Hollywood, California. Its catalog primarily consists of jazz records, as well as motion picture and television soundtracks and film scores, mostly in science fiction, fantasy and horror....
that featured a number of folk acts. Jim and Jean went on to record three albums: Jim and Jean (Philips
Philips Records
Philips Records is a record label that was founded by Dutch electronics company Philips. It was started by "Philips Phonographische Industrie" in 1950. Recordings were made with popular artists of various nationalities and also with classical artists from Germany, France and Holland. Philips also...
1965), Changes (Verve Folkways
Verve Records
Verve Records is an American jazz record label now owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels, Clef Records and Norgran Records , and material which had been licensed to Mercury previously.-Jazz and folk origins:The Verve...
1966), and People World (Verve Forecast
Verve Forecast Records
Verve Forecast Records is a record label specializing in cutting-edge material which was founded in 1967 by Verve Records and since been revived twice....
1968). Jim and Jean recorded seven Phil Ochs songs across these three albums - The Bells and There But For Fortune
There but for Fortune (song)
"There but for Fortune" is a song by Phil Ochs, a U.S. singer-songwriter from the 1960s. Ochs wrote the song in 1963. He recorded it twice, for New Folks Volume 2 and Phil Ochs in Concert...
on the 1965 album, Crucifixion
Crucifixion (song)
"Crucifixion" is a 1966 song by Phil Ochs, a U.S. singer-songwriter. Ochs described the song as "the greatest song I've ever written".-The song:...
, 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.
Jim recorded some small budget albums on his own (No Need To Explain in 1980 and Outsider in 2003), and Jean went on to perform in some small budget plays
Play (theatre)
A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...
. Jim and Jean both reunited to play one last show together at the People's Voice Cafe in New York City on March 18, 2006.
Activism
Jim has participated in a number of peacePeace movement
A peace movement is a social movement that seeks to achieve ideals such as the ending of a particular war , minimize inter-human violence in a particular place or type of situation, often linked to the goal of achieving world peace...
demonstrations
Demonstration (people)
A demonstration or street protest is action by a mass group or collection of groups of people in favor of a political or other cause; it normally consists of walking in a mass march formation and either beginning with or meeting at a designated endpoint, or rally, to hear speakers.Actions such as...
over the years, including the March on the Pentagon on October 21, 1967 to protest
Protest
A protest is an expression of objection, by words or by actions, to particular events, policies or situations. Protests can take many different forms, from individual statements to mass demonstrations...
the war in Vietnam
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
. Jim demonstrated at the 1968 Democratic National Convention
1968 Democratic National Convention
The 1968 Democratic National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party was held at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, from August 26 to August 29, 1968. Because Democratic President Lyndon Johnson had announced he would not seek a second term, the purpose of the convention was to...
in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
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 9/11
September 11, 2001 attacks
The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
and recited it at a peace rally in September 2001, and he wrote a peace-inspired Letter to the Editor
Letter to the editor
A letter to the editor is a letter sent to a publication about issues of concern from its readers. Usually, letters are intended for publication...
that appeared in the St. Petersburg Times
St. Petersburg Times
The St. Petersburg Times is a United States newspaper. It is one of two major publications serving the Tampa Bay Area, the other being The Tampa Tribune, which the Times tops in both circulation and readership. Based in St...
on September 28, 2001. Jim continues to perform peace-related folk songs. On April 9, 2009, Jim Glover performed a tribute to Phil Ochs at Mother's Musical Bakery in Sarasota, Florida.