Musicians United for Safe Energy

Musicians United for Safe Energy,orMUSE,is anactivistgroupfounded in 1979byJackson Browne,Graham Nash,Bonnie Raitt,Harvey WassermanandJohn Hall.The group advocatesagainst the use of nuclear energy,forming shortly after theThree Mile Island nuclear accidentin March 1979. MUSE organized a series of fiveNo Nukesconcerts held atMadison Square GardeninNew Yorkin September 1979. On September 23, 1979, almost 200,000 people attended a large rally staged by MUSE on the then-empty north end of theBattery Park City landfillin New York.^[1]^[2]

Other musicians performing at the concerts includedCrosby, Stills and Nash,Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band,James Taylor,Carly Simon,Chaka Khan,the Doobie Brothers,Jesse Colin Young,Gil Scott-Heron,Tom Petty,Dan Fogelberg,Pocoand others. The albumNo Nukes,and a film, also titledNo Nukes,were both released in 1980 to document the performances. A full No Nukes concert featuring Browne and Crosby, Stills & Nash was also filmed near the beach inVentura, California,at theVentura County Fairgrounds,but none of that footage made it into the final cut.

In the2006 midterm elections,Hall was elected to theUnited States House of RepresentativesfromNew York's 19th congressional district,on a platform that included intensive investment inalternative energy.He defeated the incumbent,Sue Kelly.

In 2007, Raitt, Nash, and Browne, as part of the No Nukes group, recorded amusic videoof theBuffalo Springfieldsong "For What It's Worth".^[3]^[4]

Thirty two years after the No Nukes concert in New York, on August 7, 2011, a MUSE benefit concert was held atShoreline AmphitheaterinMountain View, CA.to raise money for MUSE and forJapanese tsunami/nuclear disasterrelief. Artists included Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, John Hall, Graham Nash,David Crosby,Stephen Stills,Kitaro,Jason Mraz,Sweet Honey in the Rock,the Doobie Brothers,Tom Morello,andJonathan Wilson.The show was poweredoff-grid.

References

^Herman, Robin (September 24, 1979). "Nearly 200,000 Rally to Protest Nuclear Energy".New York Times.p. B1.
^Commentary: Stealth Nuke Effort Should be Stoppedby Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Graham Nash & Harvey Wasserman: Special to CNN in Planet in Peril/CNN.com (October 12, 2007)
^""For What It's Worth," No Nukes Reunite After Thirty Years ".Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-19.Retrieved2007-11-09.
^Musicians Act to Stop New Atomic Reactors Archived2015-06-09 at theWayback Machine

External links

Official Website

[nyt-1] Herman, Robin (September 24, 1979). "Nearly 200,000 Rally to Protest Nuclear Energy".New York Times.p. B1.

[2] Commentary: Stealth Nuke Effort Should be Stoppedby Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Graham Nash & Harvey Wasserman: Special to CNN in Planet in Peril/CNN.com (October 12, 2007)

[3] ""For What It's Worth," No Nukes Reunite After Thirty Years ".Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-19.Retrieved2007-11-09.

[4] Musicians Act to Stop New Atomic Reactors Archived2015-06-09 at theWayback Machine

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