Richie Havens

Richard Pierce "Richie" Havens (January 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music encompassed elements of folk, soul, and rhythm and blues. He is best known for his intense and rhythmic guitar style (often in open tunings), soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.

Life and career

Early life

Born in Brooklyn, Havens was the eldest of nine children. He was of American Indian (Blackfoot) descent on his father's side, and of the British West Indies on his mother's. His grandfather was Blackfoot of the Montana/South Dakota area. Havens' grandfather and great-uncle joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, got off in New York City and ended up on the Shinnecock Reservation in Long Island. There he got married then moved to Brooklyn.

As a youth in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Havens began organizing his neighborhood friends into street corner doo-wop groups and was performing with the McCrea Gospel Singers at age 16.

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Famous quotes by Richie Havens:

"When I flew over the crowd, that's what I said to myself, ... I said, 'If they put this picture in the newspaper, it's all over for them, because now they can't hide us anymore .'"
"I told him, 'You don't need to get gigs from the union. You can make your own band,' ... That's how he did it. He went down to the coffeehouse I told him to go to. A month later, I'm around the corner at another cafe. Friend of mine comes up and says, 'You gotta hear this band! This guy was great!' And I went around the corner and went, 'It's him! It's that guy!' He was so magical."
"It's a brand new world, and it's just beginning again, but on such a wonderful level of being able to communicate with each other directly, being able to talk to people all over the world,"
"Go around the middleman; get your music straight to the people, ... You've got the Web now. Do it. Don't even hesitate. Because people want to hear real music, and there's a lot of talented kids out there, millions of them as far as I'm concerned, and they really have something to say. And they just needed their medium, and now they have it. That's what I tell them. Go to the Web ... but do it."
"In the last two years, the youngest people are asking me for the oldest songs, ... I'm talking kids . It blows my mind. I look at them and go, 'How could you have heard that song? I haven't sung it in 20 years.' It's like I'm just starting now. I finally got a career."
"You've got to go down to the Village. That's where it's happening."
"It's the first time that the original people were invited back to play, ... They're doing it right. It's going to be a wonderful 30th anniversary and reunion. I'm looking forward to it."

Richie Havens

ALBUMS

Nobody Left to Crown

Released 2008

Wishing Well

Released 2005

Grace of the Sun

Released 2004

Stonehenge

Released 2002

20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Richie Havens

Released 2000

Mixed Bag

Released 1993

Résumé: The Best of Richie Havens

Released 1993

Now

Released 1991

Simple Things

Released 1987

Collection

Released 1987

Common Ground

Released 1983

Connections

Released 1980

The Great Blind Degree

Released 1971

Alarm Clock

Released 1970

Richard P. Havens, 1983

Released 1969

Dreaming as One: The a & M Years

Time

Somethin' Else Again

Richie Haven Sings Beatles and Dylan

The Classics

Born: 1941-01-21

Died: 2013-04-22

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Here Comes The Sun

by: Richie Havens

Little darling
It's been a long, long lonely winter
Little darling
It feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun,
Here comes the sun, and I say
It's all right
Little darling
The smiles are returning to the faces
Little darling
It seems like years since they been there
Here comes the sun,
Here comes the sun, and I say
It's all right
Little darling, mmmm
I feel the ice is slowly melting
Little darling
It seems like years since it's been clear
There goes the sun, mmmm
Here comes the sun, and I say
It's all right
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say,
It's all right




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