 In the early 1980s his political activities – which also included appearing in concert for UNICEF and stridently protesting U.S. policy in Central America – overshadowed his music, like at the 1981 Grammy Awards show press conference, when the former army captain, without so much as a cue or a provocation, issued his first loud condemnation of U.S. involvement in Central America by blurting out "Let's get the hell out of El Salvador," as the paparazzi and fellow actors looked on.It is unsurprising, then, that such geopolitical concerns would find their way into his songwriting, with Streissguth noting