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RIP Richie Havens

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Football_Bat, Apr 22, 2013.

  1. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    Peaceloving dude and rare African-American folk musician who opened Woodstock in 1969.

    Charted one time in his career with a cover of the Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun." Debuted 3/20/71 and was in the Hot 100 for 14 weeks, peaking at No. 16.

    Stormy F. 656

    http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1559103/richie-havens-folk-and-woodstock-legend-dead-at-72
     
  2. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    With Alvin Lee's passing a few weeks ago, that's 2 of Woodstock's memorable performers going down.
     
  3. Frank_Ridgeway

    Frank_Ridgeway Well-Known Member

    Saw him play in 1997 or 1998 in a 1,000-seat theater and thought he sucked pretty bad. I realize that anyone can have a bad night. Also, he was upstaged by a young, energetic opening act, Burlap to Cashmere, that had the unusual opportunity to play for about an hour and performed as if they were auditioning for a record deal rather than just having signed one. I did go see them again once but never again saw Havens.
     
  4. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    RIP, good sir. Recalled his work with Steve Hackett on "Icarus Ascending" and "How Can I?"
     
  5. trifectarich

    trifectarich Well-Known Member

    A great talent. RIP.
     
  6. SockPuppet

    SockPuppet Active Member

    RIP. There goes the sun.
     
  7. Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.

    Corky Ramirez up on 94th St. Well-Known Member

    Damn. I believe he improvised the last portion of his Woodstock performance because the next act wasn't ready yet.

    I have his Mixed Bag LP, and it's a great album. My favorite, "San Francisco Bay Blues":
     
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