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Richie Havens – Going Back to My Roots
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Brooklyn NY, United States (1965 – 2013)
Born in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, Havens moved to Greenwich Village in 1961 in time to get in on the folk boom then taking place. Havens had a distinctive style as a folksinger, appearing in such clubs as the Cafe Wha? His guitar set to an open tuning, he would strum while barring chords with his thumb, using it essentially as percussion while singing rhythmically in a gruff voice for a mesmerizing effect. Havens was signed to Douglas Records in 1965 and recorded two albums that gained him a local following. In 1967, the Verve division of MGM Records formed a folk section (Verve Forecast) and signed Havens and other folk-based performers. The result was Havens’s third album, Mixed Bag. It wasn’t until 1968 and the Something Else Again album, however, that Havens began to hit the charts — actually, Havens’s fourth, third, and second albums charted that year, in that order. In 1969 came the double album Richard P. Havens 1983. Havens’ career benefited enormously from his appearance at the Woodstock festival in 1969 and his subsequent featured role in the movie and album made from the concert in 1970. His first album after that exposure, Alarm Clock, made the Top 30 and produced a Top 20 single in “Here Comes the Sun.
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Mixed Bag
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x_Shinji
freedom
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DavidSmith98
RIP
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oldiesfanjohn
RIP Richie Havens. We have lost one of our own. Will never forget you or your wonderful music.
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ARascolnikov
Чо ты умер, сука? Тебе кто разрешал?
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jadedingenue
R.I.P.. <3
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Amnese
Até mais.
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murmler3
You will be missed.
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luisehc
Descansa viejo.
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fastlane01
R.I.P.
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BJBooth
Sleep well, Richie. Thanks for the beautiful music.
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Nochek
see you later, brother.
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RoyDeSmet
The video is blocked from youtube in Europe, but I found it at some obscure Asian website. In my opinion, Richie's best performance. "Just Like A Woman" at Bob Dylan's 30th Anniversary Concert in 1992. http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjY1MTI2OTY4.html
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bygonerr
... finally i have arrived @ this page. my dear friend richie ( richard p havens) has flown skyward. we have been friends for years & years. many (many many) friends have spoken of his touch towards them. many @ npr's page today & yesterday. all have said the same the same the same heartstrings. tho the voices were different - the touch was the same. "i am the well" - a song by richie, plays in the background. his love & understanding is (present tense) ! is Phenomenal ! please take some (much) time to listen to many many of his songs. peace & ever forward, richie. sincerely, from your friends
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Devils1674
RIP
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nolteCOD
RIP man :(
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luckystoned
RIP Richie
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AcePumpkin87
RIP, Richie. Thank you for the music. :-(
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funtomas76
RIP
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bascuuu
RIP Sir.
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Cenobite68
R.I.P. Pax vobiscum
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