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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
last updated 2026-09-11 11:26
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Plays on LTZ: 3 across 3 shows (2023-01-26, 2024-04-25, 2026-05-21)
Tracks played
Ohio — researched 2026-09-11
Research
13. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young — Ohio
"Ohio" was written by Neil Young within days of the Kent State massacre on May 4, 1970, in which National Guard soldiers fired on unarmed student protesters opposing the US invasion of Cambodia, killing four and wounding nine. CSNY recorded and released the track within weeks — one of the fastest protest songs ever committed to record and distributed. "Tin soldiers and Nixon coming / we're finally on our own." It reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1970. The track appears here from the So Far compilation (1974).
Placement: Follows Marvin Gaye in the history segment as its natural companion — both tracks are direct political responses to American violence in the same period, both recorded at speed out of urgency. The two tracks together make an argument without a word from the desk.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Origin: Los Angeles, California, USA · Crosby, Stills & Nash formed 1968; Young joined 1969 · on-and-off active, largely inactive since David Crosby's death in January 2023
Members: David Crosby (vocals, guitar — ex-The Byrds, d. 2023), Stephen Stills (vocals, guitar — ex-Buffalo Springfield), Graham Nash (vocals, guitar — ex-The Hollies), Neil Young (vocals, guitar — ex-Buffalo Springfield)
Genre: Folk rock
Discography:
Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969) — Atlantic — as a trio, before Young joined; US No. 6
Déjà Vu (1970) — Atlantic — first album as a quartet, US No. 1, over 8 million copies sold, their most successful release
So Far (compilation, 1974) — Atlantic — US No. 1; source of the "Ohio" single in this vault
American Dream (1988) — Atlantic — first CSNY studio album in 18 years
Facts:
CSNY recorded and released "Ohio" within weeks of the May 1970 Kent State shootings, making it one of the fastest-turnaround protest singles in rock history.
Known as much for their tight vocal harmonies as for their famously turbulent internal relationships, which repeatedly broke the group apart and reunited it in various configurations (CSN vs. CSNY) over five decades.