Rest in peace,Richie Havens

[RAY V.]

wow crying shame that i've never heard of this guy until he passed

rest in peace

 

[HAR125LEM]

First saw Havens live in Central Park at a "ROCK AGAINST RACISM" concert during the early 80s.

Met him when at a CMJ convention in '85 when I was a Radio DJ at City College in New York. Very humble man.

I always felt that Havens never got the respect he deserved because it was believe that his Woodstock success was an "accident". An earlier post goes into a bit more detail about this.

I wish there were more Blacks that ventured into Folk music.
Nothing like hearing just a voice and a guitar.

This is my favorite song by him...

 

[Damn Right]

sad news

 

[GOLDIE]

One of the greatest, who died on "Earth Day".

 

[z1590]

My 1st memory of him was on sesame street

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdCx-1afCgM

 

[HNIC]

Awesome song, I never heard it before, love this Kat, first heard of his music through my father, he brought home a lot of albums when he returned home from Vietnam.
Never seen anyone bar cords they way he does, great talent, may he Rest in Peace



HNIC

My 1st memory of him was on sesame street

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdCx-1afCgM

 

[Lick]

Man there is a big difference between people who make music for the love and people who does it for the money..

So true! R.I.P.

 

[shaka38]

RIP Richie

 

[Brother Blues]

One of the greatest, who died on "Earth Day".

Yeah,seems rather appropriate...

 

[bigsuge]

Sounds like he was a Peter Gabriel influence with his inflections.

 

[respiration]

First saw Havens live in Central Park at a "ROCK AGAINST RACISM" concert during the early 80s.

Met him when at a CMJ convention in '85 when I was a Radio DJ at City College in New York. Very humble man.

I always felt that Havens never got the respect he deserved because it was believe that his Woodstock success was an "accident". An earlier post goes into a bit more detail about this.

I wish there were more Blacks that ventured into Folk music.
Nothing like hearing just a voice and a guitar.

This is my favorite song by him...

Wow. That was STUNNING. I never heard him do that one. Great performance and a great song.