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AsianDivaGirlsWebDude 04-23-2013 03:41 PM

RIP Richie Havens
 
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Richie Havens, a Brooklyn-born singer who sang gospel as a teenager, began playing folk music in Greenwich Village clubs in the 1960s and was the opening act at the Woodstock Music & Art Fair in 1969, died Monday of a heart attack at his home in Jersey City, N.J., according to his agent. He was 72 years old.

Havens had a long career as a musician, but if he had done nothing else, his performance at Woodstock would secure his place in American music history. Havens was the first performer to walk onto the stage at the festival; he sat on a stool and performed for nearly two hours ? including an improvisation that incorporated the spiritual "Motherless Child," later called "Freedom." It became a highlight of the documentary about the festival and introduced him to audiences around the world.
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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 Woodstock 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 he 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.




RIP Richie Havens...

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harvey 04-23-2013 03:56 PM

respect, nigga

AsianDivaGirlsWebDude 04-23-2013 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by harvey (Post 19593982)

respect, nigga



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Spunky 04-23-2013 04:47 PM

RIP Richie :(

AsianDivaGirlsWebDude 04-23-2013 10:17 PM

Richie Havens performing Van Morrison's "Tupelo Honey", plus his own version of Bob Dylan's "Just Like A Woman" live:



Richie Havens on sitar:



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jscott 04-24-2013 12:44 AM

That woodstock Freedom song, freaking MASTERPIECE.

JFK 04-24-2013 12:48 AM

R i p ........

NoOrdinary 04-24-2013 01:39 AM

RIP my friend...


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