Richie Havens passed this way

glenster

Richie Havens January 21, 1941--April 22, 2013 (72 years old)

Woodstock, 1969
"As the festival's first performer, he held the crowd for nearly
three hours (in part because he was told to perform a lengthy set
because many artists were delayed in reaching the festival loca-
tion), and was called back for several encores. Having run out of
tunes, he improvised a song based on the old spiritual "Motherless
Child" that became "Freedom". The subsequent Woodstock movie re-
lease helped Havens reach a worldwide audience.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dncuk7aiz9Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA51wyl-9IE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-jJ4nIclpc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Havens

BizzyBee

FREEDOM!

RIP, Richie.

Band on the Run

I saw and heard him perform at Woodstock. He regularly played smaller venues in NYC. I believe he opened for some bigger folkstar when I first saw him. This past year I thought it would be nice to see him again. I can't explain it but he projected a nice, warm feeling.

designs

Freedom!

RIP

Glander

FREEDOM !

R I P Richie

Wasanelder Once

I was 13 when I saw the movie of woodstock. This was so impressive to me as a boy. I thought if we could just have what he was singing in that song we could all be happy. And being a white kid I thought it was a slave anthem! Still gives me shivers. He did a wonderful version of If Not For You.