Max Ochs

After attending high school in Annapolis, Ochs studied at the University of Maryland, College Park where he became friends with Ed Denson in a creative writing class.

During his time in New York, he collaborated with Buzzy Linhart and was a founding member of the folk-raga group, the Seventh Sons.

[1] After leaving New York and heading west in 1965, Ochs was invited to appear with fellow University of Maryland student and fingerstyle guitarist Robbie Basho, as well as John Fahey and Harry Taussig on a Takoma Records release titled Contemporary Guitar.

[2] The LP presents a collection of fingerstyle guitar songs often performed in a subtle and sometimes improvised manner.

Now based in Severna Park, Maryland, Ochs continues to perform, write and record songs in an early folk and blues tradition.