Cika wannan magana: A shekara ta 1970 Haden ya sami Guggenheim Fellowship for Music Composition bisa ga shawarar da fitaccen darektan Leonard Bernstein ya bayar. A tsawon shekaru, Haden ya sami tallafin NEA da yawa don abun da ke ciki. Haden ya kafa ƙungiyarsa ta farko, Liberation Music Orchestra ("LMO") a cikin 1969, yana aiki tare da mai shirya Carla Bley, tsohuwar matar Paul Bley. Waƙar su ta kasance mai gwaji sosai, tana bincika duka fannonin free jazz da kiɗan siyasa. Kundin farko ya mai da hankali ne musamman kan kiɗa daga Yaƙin Basasa na Spain wanda ya yi wahayi zuwa ga Haden. Hakanan an yi wahayi zuwa gare shi ta hanyar tashin hankali
A taron kasa na Jam'iyyar Democrat na 1968 a Chicago, ya sanya waƙoƙi kamar "Kai ne Babban Tsohon Flag" da "Happy Days are Here Again", wanda ya bambanta da "Za mu shawo kan".