Originally released on his 1964 debut album, All the News That's Fit to Sing, "Power and the Glory" is said to have contributed to Ochs' profound impact.
Singer/songwriter Phil Ochs is said to have "spent half his adult life dodging FBI microphones hidden in his soup.
[1] In that same year, Ochs began writing "Power and the Glory," a song that honors the way of life that America symbolized to the world.
[5] A fourth verse, not added to the final production release, but found in a bootleg demo recording and confirmed by Ochs' sister Sonny, contains a call to action: Yet our land is still troubled by men who have to hate They twist away our freedom and they twist away our fate Fear is their weapon and treason is their cry.
[1] "Power and the Glory" also has been covered by many performers, including Theodore Bikel, Anita Bryant, Ronnie Gilbert, Pete Seeger, The Limeliters, Clem Tholet, and the U.S. Army Soldiers Chorus.