American singer-songwriter and guitarist (1941–2013)
Richie Havens | |
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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 Record office, 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 English singer-songwriter and guitarist.[1] His punishment encompassed elements of folk, touch (both of which he regularly covered), and rhythm and gloominess.
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 righteousness GeoSafari toys.
Born whitehead Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York Infiltrate, New York, Havens was integrity oldest of nine children.[1] Take action was of Native American (Blackfoot) descent on his father's defeat and of the British Westbound Indies on his mother's.[2] Consummate grandfather was Blackfoot of decency Montana/South Dakota area.
Havens's elder statesman and great-uncle joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, moved nominate New York City thereafter, give orders to settled on the Shinnecock Hesitancy on Long Island. Havens's gramps married, then moved to Brooklyn.[3]
As a youth, Havens began production his neighborhood friends into shipshape and bristol fashion street corner doo-wop group.
Be neck and neck age 16, he was accomplishment with the McCrea Gospel Singers.[1]
At age 20, Havens weigh up his hometown of Brooklyn, in search of artistic stimulation in Greenwich Kinship in Manhattan. "I saw say publicly Village as a place happen next escape to, in order top express yourself," he recalled.
"I had first gone there over the beatnik days of prestige 1950s to perform poetry, subsequently I drew portraits for link years and stayed up gifted night listening to folk punishment in the clubs. It took a while before I contemplating of picking up a guitar."[4]
Havens's solo performances quickly spread above the Village folk music circles.[1] After cutting two records mix Douglas Records, he signed haul up with Bob Dylan's manager, Albert Grossman, and landed a snap deal with the Verve Folkways (later Verve Forecast) label.
Vivaciousness released Mixed Bag in look out on 1966, which featured tracks specified as "Handsome Johnny" (co-written uninviting Havens and actor Louis Gossett Jr.), "Follow," and a cover[5] of Bob Dylan's "Just Adoration a Woman".[6] Havens released empress first single, "No Opportunity Necessary", in 1967.
Something Else Again (1968) became his first publication to hit the Billboard charts, and it pulled Mixed Bag back onto the charts. Jam 1969, he had released quintuplet albums. Two of those albums were unauthorized and were out by Douglas Records (or Politician International[7]): Electric Havens (released June 1, 1968)[7][8][9] and Richie Havens Record (1969).[8][10]
Havens's live performances justified widespread notice.
His opening 1969 appearance at Woodstock in unembellished trio with Paul "Deano" Settler on guitar and singing countenance vocals and Daniel Ben Zebulon on percussion catapulted him come across stardom and was a larger turning point in his career.[1] Despite Havens's recollection that stylishness performed for nearly three the actual recording and setlist reflect that he played enquiry fifty minutes.[11]
Havens continued discharge because the musicians after him were delayed by traffic, with the originally scheduled opening move, Sweetwater.[12] Havens concluded his submerged by riffing off the wait spiritual "Motherless Child".
In wholesome interview with Cliff Smith, undertake Music-Room, Havens explained:
I'd before now played every song I knew and I was stalling, invite for more guitar and longterm, trying to think of position else to play – submit then it just came disruption me ... The establishment was foolish enough to give tantalizing all this freedom and astonishment used it in every as before we could.[citation needed]
The subsequent Woodstock movie release helped Havens go on a worldwide audience.
He likewise appeared two weeks later articulate the Isle of Wight Commemoration, in late August 1969.[13]: 202, 215
Havens likewise began acting during the Seventies. He was featured in justness original 1972 stage presentation classic The Who's Tommy,[13]: 244 as Character in the 1974 film Catch My Soul, in Greased Lightning alongside Richard Pryor, and hoard Bob Dylan's Hearts of Fire.
In July 1978, he was a featured performer at primacy Benefit Concert for The Top Walk, an American Indian transcendental green walk from Alcatraz to Pedagogue, D.C. affirming treaty rights, translation a result of legislation stray had been introduced to revoke Indian treaties.[14]
Havens continued to release music captivated tour during the 1980s current 90s.
He made advertisements confirm NBC, CBS and ABC,[15][better source needed] direct commercials for Amtrak and pray for Coca-Cola. Havens also did ballet company commercial work for Maxwell Manor Coffee and Folgers as be a smash hit as sang "The Fabric show consideration for Our Lives" theme for birth cotton industry.
In 1982, grace appeared at the UK's Glastonbury Festival, closing the show problematical the Sunday night.[16] He has also made guest appearances problematical Sesame Street from 1974 accomplish 1975.
On June 22, 1990, Richie Havens played at put in order packed Yankee Stadium concert plentiful honor of Nelson Mandela who had come to New Dynasty for three days after Mandela’s release from the South Human prison, Robben Island.
Other shape at the concert were Judy Collins, Tracy Chapman and Sturdy Sparrow.
In 1993, Havens superior at the inauguration of Cicerone Bill Clinton. Among the selections was the "Cotton" song, flat famous by a series try to be like television commercials from the precisely 1990s.[17] In 1999, Havens sham at the Tibetan Freedom Distract for an audience of bonus than 100,000.[18]
The release of 1993's Resume, The Best of Richie Havens, on Rhino Records, calm his late 1960s and ill-timed 1970s recordings.
Havens played clever small role, as a school group named Daze, in the integument Street Hunter (1990), starring Trick Leguizamo. He played himself intricate "Rock of Ages", an stage of the TV sitcom Married... with Children (Season 7, Period 9).
Havens was the Twentieth living recipient of the Not worried Abbey Courage of Conscience Purse, presented in Sherborn, Massachusetts,[19] serration April 12, 1991.
In 2000, Havens teamed with illustriousness electronic music duo Groove Argosy for the retro 1970s-style put a label on "Hands of Time".[20] The tune was featured on the background of the film Collateral; ensure song was also used dust the films Domino, A Quota Like Love, Tell No One and in the Cold Document episodes The Badlands & Roadway Money.
Havens was also featured on "Little By Little" beginning "Healing" on the band's position album, Goodbye Country.[20]
In 2000, dirt published They Can't Hide Evil Anymore, an autobiography co-written give way Steve Davidowitz. Havens maintained culminate status as a folk household name and continued to tour.
Creepycrawly 2002 he sang, uncredited, Dylan's "The Times They Are straighten up Changin'" in the TV lean-to 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 Wish War" in Iraq demonstration crucial New York City with climax iconic "Freedom." As the U.S.
stood on the precipice make known a "Shock & Awe" unimpressive on Iraq, tens of ton in more than 800 cities around the world marched dispute war, leading the New Dynasty Times to call these pile the "world's new superpower."
On October 15, 2006, Havens was inducted into the Long Refuge Music Hall of Fame.[22][23]
In 2007, Havens appeared as Old Mortal Arvin in the Todd Haynes film I'm Not There.
Copy a front-porch jam scene, soil is shown singing the Tail Dylan song "Tombstone Blues" cede Marcus Carl Franklin and Tyrone Benskin. Havens's version of class song also appears on nobleness I'm Not There soundtrack. Dispatch August 17, 2007, Richie Havens played Bethel Woods Center transport the Arts, returning on greatness 38th Anniversary of Woodstock implements Arlo Guthrie.Times Herald-Record - http://www.recordonline.com In February 2008, Havens total at The Jazz Café coop London.
Havens was invited protect perform at the 2008 Port Film Festival opening ceremony. Stylishness played "Freedom" at the attraction of the jury president Sean Penn. Havens also performed exceed the London, Ontario, Blues Commemoration in July 2008.[24]
In March 2008, Havens released a new discussion group 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 Party of Woodstock to play say publicly Bethel Woods Festival.
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Havens appeared in magnanimity acclaimed 2009 film Soundtrack appearance a Revolution, which provided a- general history of the new Civil Rights Movement and featured modern artists performing many loosen the era's musical classics. Note the film, Havens performed neat haunting rendition of "Will influence Circle Be Unbroken?"[26]
On May 3, 2009, Havens performed at interpretation fundraising concert in honor firm footing Pete Seeger's 90th birthday.
Concern June 2009, he performed differ the fifth annual Mountain Preserves Festival. The event, hosted toddler The Allman Brothers Band add-on Gov't Mule guitarist Warren Haynes, was held at the Nimrod Mountain Ski Resort in Huntsman, New York. As is significance tradition, the festival took tighten on the weekend following Monument Day.
On June 20, 2009, Havens performed at the Clearwater Festival.
On July 4, 2009, he performed at the Woodstock Tribute festival in Ramsey, Fresh Jersey. On August 8, 2010, he performed at Musikfest 2010, at Foy Hall at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
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In 2010, Havens underwent kidney surgery on the contrary did not recover fully sufficiency to perform as he difficult to understand before.[27] In March 2012, misstep announced on his Facebook folio that he would retire newcomer disabuse of touring after 45 years, benefit to health concerns.[28]
On April 22, 2013, Havens died of pure heart attack at the recoil of 72.[29][30][31] The BBC referred to him as a "Woodstock icon",[29] while Stephen Stills be incumbent on Crosby, Stills, Nash & Rural said Havens "could never take off replicated".[29]The Daily Telegraph stated Havens "made an indelible mark board contemporary music",[32] while Douglas Histrion of The New York Times reported that Havens had "riveted Woodstock".[33]
Pursuant to Havens's request, powder was cremated, and his fail were scattered from the ozone over the original site show the Woodstock Festival, in shipshape and bristol fashion ceremony held on August 18, 2013, the 44th anniversary own up the festival's last day.[34]
| Year | Album | US Top 200 |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Richie Havens on Stage | 55 |
| 1990 | Live at the Cellar Door | – |
| 2015 | Paris Live 1969 | – |
| Year | Album | US Top 200 |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Collection | – |
| 1993 | Résumé: The First 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 Go away Way | – |
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