Americana UK interviews Amchitka album producer, John Timmins:

Amchitka took place only one year after Woodstock. If the Woodstock tells a story of a worry-free decade of sex, drugs and rock n’roll, then what story does Amchitka tell? The 60’s were gone, and the world was facing a decade of Nixon, Vietnam and nuclear bombs. Do you think Amchitka marked the end of innocence more so than Altamont?
I think that on the music map Altamont to Amchitka marks a transition to a more introspective, self awareness from Altamont’s “loss of innocence” tag. That transition was embodied by the three musicians on the stage that night. Phil Ochs, in the tradition of the great protest singers in folk and blues, angry and tired, his career slowly setting, and James and Joni, their stars rising, saying chill, breath for a moment, the examined life is preferable. Out of this period of social unrest came the environmental movement having learned a lot from its historical/organizational roots and ready to move forward.

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