Graham Nash

In June of 1971, I graduated from Watterson High School in Columbus , Ohio and Graham had just released his album ” Songs for Beginners” in May. The Vietnam War was still on but The Mansfield Amendment, authored by Senator Mike Mansfield, was adopted by Congress. The amendment urged withdrawing American troops from South Vietnam at “the earliest practical date”—the first time in U.S. history that Congress had called for the end of a war. There were still 200,000 troops there. I was not one of them. I was 17 and my draft number would not be drawn until February of 1973. The war tore the roof off our home figuratively speaking as my dear brother Jim was staunchly opposed to the war, my brother Bob was on a Navy sub and my dad
is a former Navy pilot. I was against the war as well and was not about to enlist as I was headed to the University of Cincinnati to begin my new life there. I knew my first love was going to end as she headed off to Miami University. I was really, really sad. So much time spent together (3 yrs) in high school.
Anyway, this song “Man in the mirror”, I am feeling very emotional about right now…The lyrics are here. Graham has always been one of my favorite song writers. The song is here.
here. The lyrics of the song are hitting hard today. Especially the last…
“Is the image I’m making the image I see
When the man in the mirror is talking to me”