For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield

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This song was not about Vietnam......from Wikepedia, "Although "For What It's Worth" is often considered an anti-war song, Stephen Stills was inspired to write the song because of the Sunset Strip curfew riots in Los Angeles in November 1966, a series of early counterculture-era clashes that took place between police and young people on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, California, the same year Buffalo Springfield had become the house band at the Whisky a Go Go. Local residents and businesses had become annoyed by how crowds of young people going to clubs and music venues along the Strip had caused late-night traffic congestion. In response, they lobbied Los Angeles County to pass local ordinances stopping loitering, and enforced a strict curfew on the Strip after 10 p.m. The young music fans, however, felt the new laws infringed upon their civil rights.
On Saturday, November 12, 1966, fliers were distributed on the Sunset Strip inviting people to join demonstrations later that day. Several of Los Angeles's rock radio stations also announced a rally outside the Pandora's Box club on the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Crescent Heights. That evening, as many as 1,000 young demonstrators, including future celebrities such as Jack Nicholson and Peter Fonda (who was handcuffed by police) gathered to protest against the curfew's enforcement. Although the rallies began peacefully, trouble eventually broke out. The unrest continued the next night, and periodically throughout the rest of November and December, forcing some clubs to shut down within weeks. It was against the background of these civil disturbances that Stills recorded "For What It's Worth" on December 5, 1966.
The other most interesting thing about this song is how they came up with the name....Stephen Stills brought it in for record execs to hear and said "I have this song, for what it's worth," and the name stuck. Unbelievable!!
Frank hammers the vocals and John plays the lead on my awesome 1997 Bourgeois Country Boy. I am playing the rhythm on my sweet 1994 Gibson Hummingbird. We hope you enjoy our cover of this cool song.

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This was a good one!

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Whats goin down?

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I don’t know but there’s a 1000 people in the street!

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