
The 1970 song Neil Young called CSNY at their best: “Greatest”
- ‘Ohio’ was Neil Young’s defining CSNY song.
- It responded directly to the Kent State shootings.
- The 1970 single combined protest with urgency.
The article identifies ‘Ohio’ as the 1970 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song Neil Young regarded as the group at its best. Written in response to the Kent State shootings, the track mattered because it turned a recent political tragedy into an urgent protest song and became one…




