Beautiful - evokes very evocative memories for me of the 60's when I was swept up in the controversy, protest and draft of Vietnam.Best anti-war piece ever
top-tier Los Angeles session players: P. F. Sloan on guitar, Hal Blaine (of Phil Spector's Wrecking Crew) on drums, and Larry Knechtel on bass guitar. The vocal track was thrown on as a rough mix and was not intended to be the final version, but a copy of the recording "leaked" out to a disc jockey, who began playing it.[5]The song was an instant hit, and as a result, the more polished vocal track that was at first envisioned was never recorded.