I have the record somewhere so I should have known that.  But I lived in
Berkeley at the time and things are rather hazy.

Mike

On 8/16/03 6:43 AM, "Chuck Mathis" <cmathis@HOUSTON.RR.COM> wrote:

> According to the Buffalo Springfield boxed set liner notes (or is that
> documentation since they don't use liners with CDs?) the song was written
> when the powers that be changed the curfew for minors in Los Angeles and
> effectively shut down several clubs catering to kids.  Well before the '68
> convention but it was quickly adopted as an anthem afterward.
>
> Chuck
>
> on 8/15/03 11:00 PM, Automatic digest processor at
> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM wrote:
>
>> Date:    Fri, 15 Aug 2003 18:08:32 -0700
>> From:    Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
>> Subject: Re: For Wasser It's Worth
>>
>> Brilliant.  Laughed like heck.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> I'd heard the song was written after the democratic convention, 68.  But I
>> don't really know, of course.
>>
>> Mike
>
>