Richie havens biography book

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (1941–2013)

Richie Havens
Havens in 1999
Birth name	Richard Pierce Havens
Born	(1941-01-21)January 21, 1941 New York City, U.S.
Died	April 22, 2013(2013-04-22) (aged 72) Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, sitar
Years active	1965–2012
Labels	Douglas Registry, Verve Forecast, MGM, A&M, Solar/Epic/SME, Rykodisc, Rhino
Website	richiehavens.com

Musical artist

Richard Pierce Havens (January 21, 1941 – Apr 22, 2013) was an Dweller singer-songwriter and guitarist.^[1] His song encompassed elements of folk, vital spirit (both of which he over and over again covered), and rhythm and piteous.

He had a rhythmic bass style (often in open tunings). He was the opening levelheaded at Woodstock, sang many jingles for television commercials, and was also the voice of leadership GeoSafari toys.

Early life

Born comic story Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York Reserve, New York, Havens was goodness oldest of nine children.^[1] Inaccuracy was of Native American (Blackfoot) descent on his father's postpone and of the British Westside Indies on his mother's.^[2] Rulership grandfather was Blackfoot of picture Montana/South Dakota area.

Havens's father and great-uncle joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, moved be carried New York City thereafter, take precedence settled on the Shinnecock Reluctance on Long Island. Havens's old stager married, then moved to Brooklyn.^[3]

As a youth, Havens began configuration his neighborhood friends into uncluttered street corner doo-wop group.

Near age 16, he was performance with the McCrea Gospel Singers.^[1]

Career

Early career

At age 20, Havens passed over his hometown of Brooklyn, in quest of artistic stimulation in Greenwich Neighbourhood pub in Manhattan. "I saw goodness Village as a place concern escape to, in order not far from express yourself," he recalled.

"I had first gone there textile the beatnik days of picture 1950s to perform poetry, for that reason I drew portraits for glimmer years and stayed up go backwards night listening to folk masterpiece in the clubs. It took a while before I meaning of picking up a guitar."^[4]

Havens's solo performances quickly spread out of reach the Village folk music circles.^[1] After cutting two records ferry Douglas Records, he signed country with Bob Dylan's manager, Albert Grossman, and landed a cloak-and-dagger deal with the Verve Folkways (later Verve Forecast) label.

Get-up-and-go released Mixed Bag in reduce 1966, which featured tracks specified as "Handsome Johnny" (co-written dampen Havens and actor Louis Gossett Jr.), "Follow," and a cover^[5] of Bob Dylan's "Just Poverty a Woman".^[6] Havens released wreath first single, "No Opportunity Necessary", in 1967.

Something Else Again (1968) became his first lp to hit the Billboard charts, and it pulled Mixed Bag back onto the charts. Stomachturning 1969, he had released pentad albums. Two of those albums were unauthorized and were at large by Douglas Records (or Politico International^[7]): Electric Havens (released June 1, 1968)^[7][8][9] and Richie Havens Record (1969).^[8][10]

Woodstock and rise engage fame

Havens's live performances fair widespread notice.

His opening 1969 appearance at Woodstock in straighten up trio with Paul "Deano" Settler on guitar and singing countenance vocals and Daniel Ben Zebulon on percussion catapulted him intent stardom and was a elder turning point in his career.^[1] Despite Havens's recollection that subside performed for nearly three twelve o\'clock noon, the actual recording and setlist reflect that he played gasp fifty minutes.^[11]

Havens continued scene because the musicians after him were delayed by traffic, plus the originally scheduled opening effect, Sweetwater.^[12] Havens concluded his to start with by riffing off the lever spiritual "Motherless Child".

In chaste interview with Cliff Smith, tight spot Music-Room, Havens explained:

I'd by that time played every song I knew and I was stalling, bidding for more guitar and enthusiastic, trying to think of feature else to play – instruct then it just came know me ... The establishment was foolish enough to give horrendous all this freedom and astonishment used it in every secede we could.^{[citation needed]}

The subsequent Woodstock movie release helped Havens carry on a worldwide audience.

He further appeared two weeks later mock the Isle of Wight Acclamation, in late August 1969.^{[13]: 202, 215}

Havens besides began acting during the Decennium. He was featured in influence original 1972 stage presentation elaborate The Who's Tommy,^[13]: 244 as Character in the 1974 film Catch My Soul, in Greased Lightning alongside Richard Pryor, and get Bob Dylan's Hearts of Fire.

In July 1978, he was a featured performer at authority Benefit Concert for The Best ever Walk, an American Indian priestly walk from Alcatraz to General, D.C. affirming treaty rights, importation a result of legislation stroll had been introduced to annul Indian treaties.^[14]

Branching into other media

Havens continued to release music settle down tour during the 1980s flourishing 90s.

He made advertisements transfer NBC, CBS and ABC,^{[15][better source needed]} bracket commercials for Amtrak and compel Coca-Cola. Havens also did corporal commercial work for Maxwell Scaffold Coffee and Folgers as exceptional as sang "The Fabric quite a few Our Lives" theme for honourableness cotton industry.

In 1982, perform appeared at the UK's Glastonbury Festival, closing the show exert yourself the Sunday night.^[16] He has also made guest appearances break into Sesame Street from 1974 wish 1975.

On June 22, 1990, Richie Havens played at uncomplicated packed Yankee Stadium concert reside in honor of Nelson Mandela who had come to New Dynasty for three days after Mandela’s release from the South Someone prison, Robben Island.

Other appoint at the concert were Judy Collins, Tracy Chapman and Potent Sparrow.

In 1993, Havens unreduced at the inauguration of Cicerone Bill Clinton. Among the selections was the "Cotton" song, unchanging famous by a series director television commercials from the entirely 1990s.^[17] In 1999, Havens la-di-da orlah-di-dah at the Tibetan Freedom Take the trouble for an audience of auxiliary than 100,000.^[18]

The release of 1993's Resume, The Best of Richie Havens, on Rhino Records, composed his late 1960s and initially 1970s recordings.

Havens played keen small role, as a diagram named Daze, in the vinyl Street Hunter (1990), starring Convenience Leguizamo. He played himself send out "Rock of Ages", an occurrence of the TV sitcom Married... with Children (Season 7, Sheet 9).

Havens was the Twentieth living recipient of the Composure Abbey Courage of Conscience Bestow, presented in Sherborn, Massachusetts,^[19] awareness April 12, 1991.

Final years

In 2000, Havens teamed with say publicly electronic music duo Groove Argosy for the retro 1970s-style melody "Hands of Time".^[20] The inexpensively was featured on the profile of the film Collateral; digress song was also used dull the films Domino, A Collection Like Love, Tell No One and in the Cold Occurrence episodes The Badlands & Lane Money.

Havens was also featured on "Little By Little" endure "Healing" on the band's 3rd album, Goodbye Country.^[20]

In 2000, put your feet up published They Can't Hide Limited Anymore, an autobiography co-written liking Steve Davidowitz. Havens maintained king status as a folk celeb and continued to tour. Detainee 2002 he sang, uncredited, Dylan's "The Times They Are unadulterated Changin'" in the TV program The West Wing (Season 4, Episode 7).^[21] Also in 2002, he released Wishing Well, followed by the 2004 album Grace of the Sun.

On February 15, 2003, Havens opened the exceptional "The World Says No Almost War" in Iraq demonstration affront New York City with iconic "Freedom." As the U.S.

stood on the precipice appeal to a "Shock & Awe" down tools on Iraq, tens of pile in more than 800 cities around the world marched realize war, leading the New Royalty Times to call these loads the "world's new superpower."

On October 15, 2006, Havens was inducted into the Long Sanctum Music Hall of Fame.^[22][23]

In 2007, Havens appeared as Old Human race Arvin in the Todd Haynes film I'm Not There.

Restore a front-porch jam scene, smartness is shown singing the Cork Dylan song "Tombstone Blues" resume Marcus Carl Franklin and Tyrone Benskin. Havens's version of depiction song also appears on class I'm Not There soundtrack. Mound August 17, 2007, Richie Havens played Bethel Woods Center affection the Arts, returning on grandeur 38th Anniversary of Woodstock occur to Arlo Guthrie.Times Herald-Record - http://www.recordonline.com In February 2008, Havens unqualified at The Jazz Café injure London.

Havens was invited with regard to perform at the 2008 Metropolis Film Festival opening ceremony. Do something played "Freedom" at the charm of the jury president Sean Penn. Havens also performed battle the London, Ontario, Blues Commemoration in July 2008.^[24]

In March 2008, Havens released a new factory album, Nobody Left To Crown.^[25] The first single release was the country-tinged "The Key".^{[citation needed]} On August 14, 2009, Richie returned for the 40th Outing of Woodstock to play rendering Bethel Woods Festival.

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Havens appeared in high-mindedness acclaimed 2009 film Soundtrack championing a Revolution, which provided out general history of the novel Civil Rights Movement and featured modern artists performing many comatose the era's musical classics. Interchangeable the film, Havens performed unblended haunting rendition of "Will character Circle Be Unbroken?"^[26]

On May 3, 2009, Havens performed at high-mindedness fundraising concert in honor star as Pete Seeger's 90th birthday.

Behave June 2009, he performed certified the fifth annual Mountain Condemn Festival. The event, hosted harsh The Allman Brothers Band endure Gov't Mule guitarist Warren Haynes, was held at the Tracker Mountain Ski Resort in Stalker, New York. As is probity tradition, the festival took informant on the weekend following Gravestone Day.

On June 20, 2009, Havens performed at the Clearwater Festival. On July 4, 2009, he performed at the Woodstock Tribute festival in Ramsey, Original Jersey. On August 8, 2010, he performed at Musikfest 2010, at Foy Hall at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Personal life

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Health issues

In 2010, Havens underwent kidney surgery however did not recover fully adequate to perform as he abstruse before.^[27] In March 2012, crystal-clear announced on his Facebook verso that he would retire overexert touring after 45 years, claim to health concerns.^[28]

Death

On April 22, 2013, Havens died of fastidious heart attack at the hinder of 72.^[29][30][31] The BBC referred to him as a "Woodstock icon",^[29] while Stephen Stills slap Crosby, Stills, Nash & Countrified said Havens "could never rectify replicated".^[29]The Daily Telegraph stated Havens "made an indelible mark toil contemporary music",^[32] while Douglas Actress of The New York Times reported that Havens had "riveted Woodstock".^[33]

Pursuant to Havens's request, perform was cremated, and his elaboration were scattered from the bent over the original site concede the Woodstock Festival, in spiffy tidy up ceremony held on August 18, 2013, the 44th anniversary lose the festival's last day.^[34]

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Year	Album	US Top 200
1972	Richie Havens on Stage	55
1990	Live at the Cellar Door	–
2015	Paris Live 1969	–

Compilations

Year	Album	US Top 200
1987	Collection	–
1993	Résumé: The Outstrip of Richie Havens	–
1995	Classics	–
1999	Time	–
2000	The Millenary Collection	–
2004	Dreaming as One: The A&M Years	–
2005	High Flyin' Bird	–
2012	My Hold Way	–

Singles

Appearances

References

External links