Ohio
1970 · Atlantic 45-2740 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- Title
- Ohio
- Release
- Ohio / Find the Cost of Freedom
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- Atlantic # 45-2740
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Neil Young
- Genre
- Singer Songwriter · Singer Songwriter
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Neil Young wrote the protest song "Ohio" (Atlantic # 2740), performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - a super-group, formed in 1969 in Bethel, New York, USA, featuring David Crosby (vocals, guitar), Stephen Stills (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass), Graham Nash (vocals, guitar, keyboards), and Neil Young (vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica). The narrator lamented and warned that soldiers and Richard Nixon were coming and "cutting us down". The line "what if you knew her and found her dead on the ground" brought to mind the John Filo photograph of Mary Ann Vecchio standing over the body of Jeffrey Miller after he was shot dead by the National Guard. (1) In fact, Young wrote the song immediately after seeing the photo in a magazine. David Crosby said that he handed Young the magazine, who "looked at it, got out his guitar and wrote the song right there in front of me. On the porch in the sunlight. I called Nash - book the studio, now". (2) The most popular of the songs dealing with the Kent State demonstration, the label rush released the single in early June 1970, having been recorded on 21 May 1970 at Record Plant Studio 3 in Hollywood (according to the linear notes of 2004's…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Kent / Jackson State Songs
Neil Young wrote the protest song "Ohio" (Atlantic # 2740), performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - a super-group, formed in 1969 in Bethel, New York, USA, featuring David Crosby (vocals, guitar), Stephen Stills (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass), Graham Nash (vocals, guitar, keyboards), and Neil Young (vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica). The narrator lamented and warned that soldiers and Richard Nixon were coming and "cutting us down". The line "what if you knew her and found her dead on the ground" brought to mind the John Filo photograph of Mary Ann Vecchio standing over the body of Jeffrey Miller after he was shot dead by the National Guard. (1) In fact, Young wrote the song immediately after seeing the photo in a magazine. David Crosby said that he handed Young the magazine, who "looked at it, got out his guitar and wrote the song right there in front of me. On the porch in the sunlight. I called Nash - book the studio, now". (2) The most popular of the songs dealing with the Kent State demonstration, the label rush released the single in early June 1970, having been recorded on 21 May 1970 at Record Plant Studio 3 in Hollywood (according to the linear notes of 2004's…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
American-Canadian rock supergroup formed 1969 in Los Angeles, California ('Ohio'). [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
Kent State · Anti-War · Nixon · Demonstration
In collections
Kent / Jackson State Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs