May 4, 2020 was the 50th anniversary of the Kent Stae Massacre. For many of us from that generation this was a turning point. Unarmed college students killed by gunfire from the Ohio National Guard. Many of us have never recovered from the shock of that day. On this week’s program, we feature classic music from the period and some new songs written today about the incident, including songs from Barbara Dane, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Gordon Thomas Ward, Magpie and many more. Return to a dark time in American History … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #20-19: Four Dead in Ohio

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

Malcolm Dalglish & Grey Larsen / “Thunderhead” / Thunderhead / Flying Fish

Neil Young / “Ohio” / Live at Massey Hall 1971 / Reprise

Pete Hamill w/ Bill “Rosko” Mercer / “Four Children Still Dead” / Murder at Kent State / Flying Dutchman

Barbara Dane / “The Kent State Massacre” / I Hate the Capitalist System / Smithsonian Folkways

Graham Nash / “Military Madness” / Songs for Beginners / Atlantic

Magpie / “Kent” / Give Light / Sliced Bread

Peter, Paul & Mary / “The Great Mandella (The Wheel of Life) / Album 1700 / Warner Brothers

The Byrds / “Draft Morning” / The Notorious Byrd Brothers / Columbia

Malcolm Dalglish & Grey Larsen / “Springwater at Jerry's” / Thunderhead / Flying Fish

Gordon Thomas Ward / “Four Angels” / Eiderdown / Self Produced

Pete Seeger / “The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood” / God Bless the Grass / Columbia

Phil Ochs / “The War is Over” / Single / A+M

Joni Mitchell / “The Fiddle and the Drum” / Clouds / Reprise

Crosby, Stills, Nas & Young / “Find the Cost of Freedom” / So Far / Atlantic

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways