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. The 13-second barrage killed four students – Jeffrey Miller, Allison Krause, William Schroeder and Sandra Scheuer – and injured nine more.
This research guide provides resources on the events of May 4, 1970; the musical careers of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; and the song "Ohio."
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CSNY 1974 by
Recorded live Capital Centre Landover, MD Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL Wembley Stadium London, England Nassau County Coliseum Hempstead, NY San Francisco Civic Auditorium August 14-December 14 1974. Contents: First set. Love the one you're with -- Wooden ships -- Immigration man -- Helpless -- Carry me -- Johnny's garden -- Traces -- Grave concern -- On the beach -- Black queen -- Almost cut my hair --
Second set. Change partners -- The lee shore -- Only love can break your heart -- Our house -- Fieldworker -- Guinevere -- Time after time -- Prison song -- Long may you run -- Goodbye Dick -- Mellow my mind -- Old man -- Word game -- Myth of Sisyphus -- Blackbird -- Love art blues -- Hawaiian sunrise -- Teach your children -- Suite: Judy Blue Eyes --
Third set. Déjà vu -- My angel -- Pre-road downs -- Don't be denied -- Revolution blues -- Military madness -- Long time gone -- Pushed it over the end -- Chicago -- Ohio --
DVD. Only love can break your heart -- Almost cut my hair -- Grave concern -- Old man -- Johnny's garden -- Our house -- Déjà vu -- Pushed it over the end
Déjà vu by
Recorded at Wally Heider's Studio III, Los Angeles. Contents: Carry on -- Teach your children -- Almost cut my hair -- Helpless -- Woodstock -- Déjà vu -- Our house -- 4 + 20 -- Country girl -- Everybody I love you
So Far by
Recorded at Wally Heider's 3, Los Angeles; Wally Heider's C, San Francisco Record Plant, Los Angeles, 1969-1970. Contents: Déjà vu -- Helplessly hoping -- Wooden ships -- Teach your children -- Ohio -- Find the cost of freedom -- Woodstock -- Our house -- Helpless -- Guinnevere -- Suite : Judy blue eyes
Kent State: 67 Shots that Pierced the Nation, a documentary chronicling the events of the days leading up to and including the Kent State Shootings on May 4, 1970. A film by Darren Samuels, Abby Xie, and Annalise Tolley
MSNBC's 50th anniversary coverage of the Kent State shootings, 2020.
NBC 4's Mike Jackson travels to Kent State to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Kent State shootings. He talks with professors who were there on the dark day four students were killed and nine others were injured.
WEWS 5's Leon Bibb remembers the Kent State shooting on May 4, 1970
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The war in Iraq is the backdrop as the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young Freedom of Speech Tour crisscrosses North America. Echoes of Vietnam-era anti-war sentiment abound as the band connects with today's audiences.
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Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young perform "Ohio" at the Air Canada Centre, Toronto, on March 30, 2000.
Neil Young performs "Ohio" at Massey Hall, 1971.
Ween covers "Ohio" at the Tabernacle in Atlanta, GA, on April 10, 2010.
Tim McIlrath of Rise Against covers "Ohio" on "A Day to Remember" in Kent, OH.
All-female band Wednesday Wine from Columbus cover "Ohio."
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