Jim Glover

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Jim R. Glover (born 1942) is a long-time peace activist and folk singer from Cleveland, Ohio, who currently lives in Brandon, Florida.

Jim was part of the 1960s folk music duo Jim and Jean, along with Jean Ray, and they performed and recorded music from the early 1960s to the late 1960s. Jim and Jean were married for a time, and were listed as Jim and Jean Glover in the liner notes of their albums, but eventually went their separate ways. Jim attended Ohio State University, where he met Phil Ochs in the Fall of 1959 [Michael Schumacher. "There But for Fortune: The Life of Phil Ochs" (1996) p.33] and introduced Ochs to folk music, Leftist politics, and taught him how to play guitar. [Marc Eliot. "Death of A Rebel: A Biography of Phil Ochs" (1995) pp.22-25] [Michael Schumacher. "There But for Fortune: The Life of Phil Ochs" (1996) pp.33-37] Glover introduced Ochs to the music of Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and The Weavers. [Marc Eliot. "Death of A Rebel: A Biography of Phil Ochs" (1995) p.22] Jim's father, Hugh Glover, was a Socialist, and he was very influential to both Jim and Phil. [Marc Eliot. "Death of A Rebel: A Biography of Phil Ochs" (1995) p.23] [Michael Schumacher. "There But for Fortune: The Life of Phil Ochs" (1996) p.34] 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". [Marc Eliot. "Death of A Rebel: A Biography of Phil Ochs" (1995) pp.28-31] [Michael Schumacher. "There But for Fortune: The Life of Phil Ochs" (1996) pp.38-41] Though the group didn't last long, Jim and Phil remained friends.

In 1961, Jim left Ohio and moved to New York City, 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] Jim and Jean began performing music together and developed a good following at Café Raffio's in Greenwich Village [Marc Eliot. "Death of A Rebel: A Biography of Phil Ochs" (1995) p.47] , and soon began making enough money to pay the rent on their Thompson Street apartment. [Michael Schumacher. "There But for Fortune: The Life of Phil Ochs" (1996) p.46] In 1962, Phil Ochs moved in with Jim and Jean when he was first starting his musical career in Greenwich Village. [Marc Eliot. "Death of A Rebel: A Biography of Phil Ochs" (1995) p.48] [Michael Schumacher. "There But for Fortune: The Life of Phil Ochs" (1996) pp.46-47] Jean introduced Phil to her friend Alice Skinner, and Phil soon moved in with Alice [Marc Eliot. "Death of A Rebel: A Biography of Phil Ochs" (1995) pp.49-51] [Michael Schumacher. "There But for Fortune: The Life of Phil Ochs" (1996) pp.47-48] and eventually married her. [Marc Eliot. "Death of A Rebel: A Biography of Phil Ochs" (1995) pp.59-61] [Michael Schumacher. "There But for Fortune: The Life of Phil Ochs" (1996) pp.56-58] 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 was at Phil Ochs' 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. 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 show together at the People's Voice Cafe in New York City on March 18, 2006.

Jim has participated in a number of peace 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.

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