Richie Havens RIP

random man
random man Posts: 1,518
edited April 2013 in The cake stop
He had a distinctive, original style. I had his album Stonehenge and used to play it to death when I were young.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N6cSYWde8M

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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    :(

    Seen it on FB yesterday - v sad.
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA51wyl-9IE
    "Havens' reputation as a live performer earned him widespread notice. His Woodstock appearance proved to be a major turning point in his career.

    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 location), 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 release helped Havens reach a worldwide audience. He also appeared at the Isle of Wight Festival in late August, 1969." Wiki
    Cycling weakly

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