Relaxing Town

Annotation — 1968 Chicago Seven / Eight Songs

Stephen Stills, singer/songwriter born on 3 January 1945 in Dallas, Texas, USA, and currently based in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a member of Buffalo Springfield, composing and singing the famous anti-war song "For What It's Worth", originally released as a single (ATCO Records # 45-6459), and subsequently appearing on the 2nd edition of their 1967 debut album Buffalo Springfield. He was also in the super-group Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young which released the anti-war single Ohio / Find the Cost of Freedom, about the Kent State shooting, with Young composing the A-side, and Stills the b-side. In 1971 he released the song "Relaxing Town" on the solo album Stephen Stills 2 which contained a reference to the Chicago Eight demonstrations. In the post-war period, in 1991, Stills released the song "Treetop Flyer" on the album Stills Alone, about a Vietnam War vet who used is flying skills, gained in Vietnam, to smuggle drugs under the radar. On this album featured the song "Relaxing Town" (Atlantic # SD 7206), which expressed discontent with the protest movement, with the narrator wishing to settle down in a quit town, away from the demonstrations and revolution. It contained a…

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

B-side of the US 7" "Change Partners" (Atlantic 45-2806, 1971); also side B track 1 of the album Stephen Stills 2 (Atlantic SD 7206, July 1971). Written by Stephen Stills; producers Bill Halverson and Stephen Stills; Gold Hill Music.

About the artist

Stephen Stills (born 3 January 1945, Dallas, Texas) was a member of Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. [Wikipedia]

Themes

Chicago Seven · Demonstration · Counter-Culture & Hippies

In collections

1968 Chicago Seven / Eight Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]