The late Rose, a fixture of the 60's folk/ singer songwriter scene in Greenwich Village, belongs in a category with people like Fred Neil, Tim Hardin, and Tim Buckley- great singers and powerful lyricists who never made the big time but were very respected back then, though if memory serves he didn't do the original version of this song, which had been kicking around for some time. I suppose it may be considered a bit histrionic and dated by the same people who rely on computers and produce fake English accents to make their music. At any rate, the song is a post -apocalyptic conversation between a father and a daughter who doesn't understand where all the people are. A strong anti-war tune that can also be considered to be an anti- nuclear song- there were many of those around in those days. UFO and Uriah Heep, two early 70's hard rock bands that sometimes get confused with each other, put out versions of the song in 1970- the track was on a popular sampler record put out by Rose's label, and Rose was more popular in Britain than in his native US. I'm not fond of the UFO version, but though much of Uriah Heep's output really did come across as a poor man's Deep Purple, their surprisingly mellow and restrained take on the tune was actually quite good. Hendrix based his rendition of "Hey Joe" on Rose's version, and at the time Led Zeppelin was formed, John Bonham was Rose's drummer on a tour of England. Rose may be best known for popularizing the 60's standard "Morning Dew," which was done by people like The Grateful Dead, Jeff Beck, and numerous others, and had also been in a trio that featured future members of The Lovin' Spoonful and The Mamas and The Papas. This track comes from his fine debut album in 1967.