R.I.P. Woodstock Legend Richie Havens
April 22, 2013
The great “folk singer and guitarist Richie Havens, who opened the 1969 Woodstock music festival, died Monday at age 72, his talent agency, the Roots Agency, reports.”
Richie Havens in concert in 1973.
Havens career spaned decades but he is perhaps most remembered as being the opening act for Woodstock with a 2 hour performance that included “improvising the song “Freedom” based on the old spiritual “Motherless Child.””
Here’s one of my favorite Richie Havens tunes:
R.I.P. Richie Havens… Thank you for blessing the world with your music. You will be missed.
Rolling Stone has more here.
