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  1. "Ohio" is a protest song and counterculture anthem written and composed by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970, and performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. [2] It was released as a single, backed with Stephen Stills 's "Find the Cost of Freedom", peaking at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 16 in Canada. [ 3 ]

  2. Jun 7, 2022 · Today, the song “Ohio” by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young is one of those songs. ... Graham Nash Gets Candid on a Reunion With Neil Young and Stephen Stills. October 23, 2024 6:28 pm.

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  3. Crosby summoned the other members of the group - Stephen Stills and Graham Nash - and they recorded the song in Los Angeles on May 21. Ahmet Ertegun, head of their label (Atlantic), flew the master to New York and had it pressed right away. "Ohio" was released on June 4, just a month after the shootings.

  4. David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash cover the Neil Young song "Ohio" on the site of the shootings at Kent State on May 4th, 1970. This performance w...

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  5. Jul 20, 2022 · If they were going to release this song as a single, they needed a suitable b-side. They had been performing Stephen Stills’ Find the Cost of Freedom live on the recent tour. This is still one of his finest songs, and an extremely fitting companion song to Ohio. Where the a-side is filled with anger about the events, the b-side is the ...

  6. Jul 5, 2024 · In May 1970, Neil Young came to his bandmates David Crosby, Graham Nash, and Stephen Stills with a powerful new song: "Ohio." After three days of agitated student-led protests of the invasion of Cambodia, the already incendiary situation at Kent State University exploded on the afternoon of May 4, 1970, when 28 National Guardsmen fired as many as 67 shots into a crowd of people.

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  8. May 3, 2020 · After the Kent State Massacre, ‘Ohio’ Spoke to the Country — and Helped Save CSNY. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young recorded one of their most enduring songs, a response to the National Guard ...