Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1970 Haden ya sami Guggenheim Fellowship don Music Composition bisa ga shawarar fitaccen mai gudanarwa Leonard Bernstein. 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 rikice-rikicen 1968 Democratic National Convention
a Chicago, ya superimposed songs kamar "Kai ne mai Grand Old Flag" da kuma "Happy Days ne a nan Again", bambanta da "Za mu shawo kan".