Comprehensive biography explores the short and influential life of Phil Ochs

For Phil Ochs fans and readers who love an untraditional biography, That Man in the Gold Lamé Suit: Phil Ochs’s Search for Self delves deep into the personality of the 1960s folk singer Phil Ochs. The psychological approach employed in That Man in the Gold Lamé Suit provides the reader with new and special insights into how Ochs’s search for self ended up defining his music, his politics, and his entire life. That Man in the Gold Lamé Suit offers the first fresh perspective of Phil Ochs in over 25 years.

Author Jim Bowers crafts this untraditional and innovative biography of who Phil Ochs was through extensive and well-documented research and in-depth psychological analysis. The result is a compelling and revealing narrative that gives Phil Ochs the chance to share his story as he would have wanted to tell it. In That Man in the Gold Lamé Suit, Phil Ochs’s story takes readers on a journey through his early childhood trauma of a distant mother, the comfort he found in the heroes of the Silver Screen, his need to be and be seen as heroic, and much more. Through Ochs’s own voice, That Man in the Gold Lamé Suit reveals how his search for self shaped who he saw himself to be, how he wanted others to see him, his difficult and ultimately detrimental relationship with Bob Dylan, his songwriting and crippling writer’s block, his political activism, his eventual suicide, and how and why he became that man in the gold lamé suit.

That Man in the Gold Lamé Suit is the perfect read for anyone who loves Phil Ochs, enthusiasts of the 1960s folk music scene, and readers looking for a good musician biography.

That Man in the Gold Lamé Suit is available for purchase online now at Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com.

That Man in the Gold Lamé Suit: Phil Ochs’s Search for Self

Jim Bowers

ISBN: 979-8-8229-1373-8

Publication Date: Available now at Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com.

About the Author

Jim Bowers is a retired professor of Political Science & Legal Studies. Over his 34-year career, he has written or edited a number of books on topics ranging from mayoral

leadership to constitutional theory and abortion. That Man in the Gold Lamé Suit is his first book about music. Jim’s teaching career included a diverse collection of courses, one of which was “Music & Politics.” Jim also is a songwriter and has recorded three CDs of his original music. He brings that sensitivity to telling Phil Ochs’s story of his search for self.

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