Childers was born on November 20 , 1946 , in West Union , West Virginia , to parents Howard and Rhea ( Gaskins ) Childers . At the age of seven , he and his family moved to Ponca City , Oklahoma . He developed an interest in music and started playing guitar at age 16 . After graduating from Ponca City High School , he moved even further west to study music in Berkeley , California . After a stint in California , Childers returned to Oklahoma , this time to Stillwater , where he found " people interested in the natural and supernatural aspects of life and love , and folks not afraid to sing about it . " Childers emerged in 1979 with his debut album titled '' I Ai n't No Jukebox '' which he recorded with help from friend Jimmy LaFave . The album received many positive reviews and led Childers to begin touring nationwide . In March 1979 , the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor disaster took place . Protestors of Three Mile Island , having heard Childers ' song " Sunshine , Wind and Water , " invited him to perform at a no-nukes rally in Washington , DC . Childers performed before Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger in front of a crowd estimated to be 65,000 to 100,000 persons
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