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Richard George Fariña ( Spanish IPA: /ˈfariɲa/; March 8, 1937 – April 30, 1966) [1] was an American folksinger, songwriter, poet and novelist. [2] Early years and education. Fariña was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States, [3] the son of an Irish mother, Theresa Crozier, and a Cuban father of Galician origin, also named Richard Fariña. [4] .
Apr 30, 2024 · Mimi Fariña (born April 30, 1945, Stanford, Calif., U.S.—died July 18, 2001, Mill Valley, Calif.) was an American folk singer and social activist who, with her first husband, Richard Fariña, helped revitalize folk music in the 1960s. She was the younger sister of folk singer Joan Baez.
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Jul 10, 2023 · Learn about the life and work of Richard Fariña, a counterculture writer and musician who died in a motorcycle accident in 1966. His debut novel, Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me, is a psychedelic campus satire that influenced generations of readers and artists.
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Richard Fariña. Richard George Fariña was an American writer and folksinger. With an Irish mother and a Cuban father, Farina was born a rebel. He grew up in Brooklyn, pre-revolutionary Cuba and Ireland. At 18 he was associated with members of the IRA, and was asked to leave Ireland.
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Apr 28, 2016 · Richard Fariña’s Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me at 50. By Steve Nathans-Kelly | April 28, 2016 | 3:21pm. Books Features. On May 23, 1958, Cornell University’s serene,...
Aug 12, 2016 · Culture. Folk hero: Richard Fariña’s wild ride from Tyrone to Greenwich. The late writer and musician made a big impression in the 1960s, whether playing with Bob Dylan or fishing in Ireland....
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Oct 1, 2023 · RICHARD FARIÑA REMEMBERED (2023): The man who wouldn't be king | Elsewhere by Graham Reid. Graham Reid | Oct 1, 2023 | 12 min read. Michael, Andrew and James. See him there in that photo from the early Sixties, the young singer standing alongside the beautiful Baez sisters Joan and Mimi.
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