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Richard Pierce Havens (January 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. [1] . His music encompassed elements of folk, soul (both of which he frequently covered ), and rhythm and blues. He had a rhythmic guitar style (often in open tunings ).
Apr 23, 2013 · Richie Havens, who marshaled a craggy voice, a percussive guitar and a soulful sensibility to play his way into musical immortality at Woodstock in 1969, improvising the song “Freedom” on the...
Apr 22, 2013 · April 22, 2013. Richie Havens Michael Putland/Getty Images. Richie Havens, who brought an earthy soulfulness to the folk scene of the Sixties and was the first act to hit the stage at...
Apr 22, 2013 · 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...
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Apr 22, 2013 · Richie Havens, a Brooklyn-born folk singer whose husky voice, open-tuned guitar and pointed protest hymns welcomed the hippy masses to Max Yasgur's farm at the original Woodstock, died suddenly...
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Apr 22, 2013 · Folk singer and guitarist Richie Havens, who opened the 1969 Woodstock music festival with a legendary and lengthy set that helped make him famous, died Monday at age 72. His family says Havens...
