Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Childers pụtara na 1979 na album mbụ ya nke akpọrọ "I Ain't No Jukebox" nke o dere site n'enyemaka nke enyi ya Jimmy LaFave. The album natara ọtụtụ mma reviews na dugara Childers na-amalite njem mba. N'ọnwa March afọ 1979,
E nwere ọdachi n'ụlọ ọrụ nuklia dị na Three Mile Island. Ndị na-eme ngagharị iwe nke Three Mile Island, mgbe ha nụrụ abụ Childers bụ "Sunshine, Wind and Water", kpọrọ ya ka ọ bịa mee ngagharị iwe na-enweghị nuklia na Washington, DC. Childers rụrụ n'ihu Arlo Guthrie na Pete Seeger n'ihu igwe mmadụ e mere atụmatụ ịbụ mmadụ 65,000 ruo 100,000.