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I’ve been a fan of Buffalo Springfield since I saw them on the SMOTHERS BROTHERS TV show when I was a kid (“Bluebird” was one of the first records I owned--somehow I landed a white label DJ 45 of it back then). So many of their songs are my favorites, for the song craft, the cohesion between band members, the visionary production values, and so on. However, I was never motivated to cover any of their music till after I heard The Staple Singers cover “For What It’s Worth.”It is the funky-gospel S.S. arrangement that spurred my slide guitar version.

"For What It's Worth" is classified as a quintessential protest song, symbolizing worldwide turbulence arising from events during the 1960s (particularly the Vietnam War). It echoes Biblical prophecy and Orwellian insight. However, that may be overstated. Stephen Stills recounts writing the song in late 1966 simply, and specifically, as a reaction to escalating unrest between law enforcement and young club-goers on Sunset Strip in Los Angeles.

Stills said in an interview that the name of the song came about when he presented it to ATCO record company executive Ahmet Ertegun. Stills said: "I have this song here, for what it's worth, if you want it." It became their first charting single, released in January 1967.

My take was recorded live in Erie PA 9/02. For a time it was #1 on iTunes.

Song composed by Stephen Stills copyright 1966 Warner Chappell Music BMI

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from SNAPSHOTS: LIVE & HALF​-​PLUGGED Expanded Reissue, released September 11, 2003
JJB: slide 12-string guitar, vocals

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Johnny J Blair "Singer at Large" San Francisco, California

"Johnny is a virtuoso"--Brian Wilson
"Pop music with a conscience.”--Goldmine
“the Harry Houdini of rock and roll.”-- Spotlight. Listen to Johnny's fast-paced mix of old school soul, psychedelia, punk/new wave, & classic pop/rock. Singer-songwriter in his own right, he was also a sideman for Davy Jones and The Monkees + performed with David Cassidy, Al Stewart, Buddy & Julie Miller, & others. ... more

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