What Are Their Names
1971 · Atlantic K 40320 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- David Crosby
- Title
- What Are Their Names
- Release
- If I Could Only Remember My Name....
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- Atlantic # K 40320
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- David Crosby/Jerry Garcia/Young, Neil; Garcia, Jerry; Lesh, Phil; Shreve, Michael; Crosby, David/Neil Young/Phil Lesh/Michael Shrieve
- Genre
- Rock · Folk Rock
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Written a year after Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's classic Vietnam song Ohio, David Crosby produced this solo album (Atlantic # SD 7203), with the song "What Are Their Names" - which like Dylan's "Masters of War", sought to look at the people in power with control over policies of war and peace, portraying them as faceless leaders. It featured Neil Young, Jerry Garcia and other well known West Coast musicians. This fitted into the general anti-war / peace movement category, rather than specifically mentioning Vietnam.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
American singer-songwriter, born 14 August 1941 in Los Angeles, California; died 18 January 2023 in Santa Ynez, California. [Source: Wikipedia]