Credited on the record as Bruce Springsteen (with Steel Mill).
Where Was Jesus in Ohio
1970 · Not On Label none · Freehold, New Jersey
- Artist
- Bruce Springsteen
- Credited on the record as
- Bruce Springsteen (with Steel Mill)
- Title
- Where Was Jesus in Ohio
- Release
- Unreleased (live, The String Factory, Richmond, VA, June 1970)
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- Not On Label # none
- Format
- Unreleased · Unreleased
- Language
- English
- Country
- Freehold, New Jersey, USA
- Songwriter
- Bruce Springsteen
- Genre
- Rock · Rock
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — Kent / Jackson State Songs
Live performance, never appeared on a studio album1Sources1springsteenlyrics.com↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Written in May or early June 1970 in response to the Kent State shootings of 4 May 1970. Sung solo on acoustic guitar during a Steel Mill set at The String Factory, Richmond, Virginia, most likely 19 or 20 June 1970 (exact date unconfirmed); never on a studio album. The only circulating recording is an audio clip of that show posted on YouTube on 10 November 2013. [springsteenlyrics.com]
About the artist
Born Freehold, New Jersey, USA (23 September 1949). Currently Rumson, New Jersey.
Themes
In collections
Bruce Springsteen Songs · Kent / Jackson State Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]