Childers ya fito ne a shekarar 1979 tare da kundi na farko mai suna "I Ain't No Jukebox" wanda ya rubuta tare da taimakon abokinsa Jimmy LaFave. Kundin ya sami ra'ayoyi masu kyau da yawa kuma ya jagoranci Childers don fara yawon shakatawa a duk faɗin ƙasar. A watan Maris na shekarar 1979,
Hatsarin nukiliya na tsibirin Three Mile ya faru. Masu zanga-zangar tsibirin Three Mile, bayan sun ji waƙar Childers "Sunshine, Wind and Water", sun gayyace shi ya yi aiki a wani taron ba-nuclear a Washington, DC. Childers ya yi aiki a gaban Arlo Guthrie da Pete Seeger a gaban taron da aka kiyasta cewa mutane 65,000 zuwa 100,000.