Just Got Back From Richie Havens And Have But ONE Word

[matcom]

:wow:

opened with All Along The Watchtower and it got even BETTER from there! auditorium sat about 200. we were 20 feet away from him.

others included:

Here Comes The Sun
Woodstock
Motherless Child (20 minutes worth) :wow:
ACAPELLA version of Gilmore's "On The Turning Away" that brought the house to TEARS!

fucking amazing. have NEVER seen a performer give 1000% like he did tonight. he left the stage EXHAUSTED.

KICK.FUCKING.ASS.

[Blue_In_AK]

1. I love Richie Havens...

He was here about a month ago, but we had other plans. :(. We're NOT missing Emmylou Harris next week, though.

[GOPisEvil]

2. Freebird?

:7

On The Turning Away acapella? Wow. That just sounds kick ass. I saw Floyd do that song in '94 and that was emotional enough.

[matcom]

3. i saw Floyd do it too

and let me tell you, this was 1000% MORE powerful! blew my fucking MIND!

oh and btw, no. no Freebird :D

[yvr girl]

4. I know I'm going to regret this

Who is Richie Havens?

[matcom]

5. *sigh*

there truly IS no hope http://www.richiehavens.com

only the guy who OPENED Woodstock for THREE hours!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

11. I'm not into 60s stuff, so I didn't know that fact either

:blush:

My favorite '60s bands were the Velvet Underground and the Stones. I also love garage music from that time period. But Woodstock and hippy culture? I'm square. :smoke:

[yvr girl]

12. It's not like I was there

you still love me right?

[matcom]

23. of COURSE i still love you!

not like i was there either :D

[jonnyblitz]

18. hey matcom i know all about richie havens

i was a young pre-teen hippy with hair down to my ass in the 70's and I owned the woodstock album at a young age. i thought the country joe fish cheer was cool...GIVE ME AN F , give me a U...what's that spell!!! etc etc..

but anyways i always loved richie haven's voice! :D

[BlueJazz]

7. He played drums for the "Bay City Rollers".

[GalleryGod]

25. Sheeeeeeeesh!

:hide:

[Robeson]

6. He is awesome....

...and does some great vocals on some Groove Armada tracks, too!

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. Wow - that blows me away!

When I hear "Richie Havens" I think "60s nerd music ala the Nelsens and David Cassidy and etc."

Either he's changed, or else I have no idea who Richie Havens actually is.

Sonofabitch.

I love "on the turning away" - a capella could be incredibly powerful!

[matcom]

9. oh, FORGOT to mention the fucking STORIES in between SONGS!

talked about how the gov't spends TRILLIONS of dollars to "explore" space.......




when "we are already there" :rofl:

[Zomby Woof]

10. He was/is a folkie

Opened Woodstock... great acoustic guitar player. Nowhere near nerd territory. :-)

Always has been great at interpreting others' songs, even did an album of Dylan and Beatles covers.

[Rabrrrrrr]

14. Well, then, I've really cheated myself

somewhere along the line I lumped him into the nerds, so never bothered with him.

I just picture a guy in a blue liesure suit, or some kind of blue outfit, playing music that some producer wrote for him because he was cute, something that safe girls in skirts and sweaters at the Christian Armory concert can giggle and scream over.

Is there a Richie Valens, or something like that? Could I have mixed these two performers into one my whole life?

[matcom]

15. photo

notice no leisure suit :P

[Rabrrrrrr]

16. And I see from undisclosedlocation that there IS a Richie Valens

So I bet in my whole life I've never differentiated between the two.

This is why people should not be allowed to have names that are similar in any way.

I'm so fucking awful with names.

[GOPisEvil]

17. Richie Valens did "La Bamba" and "Donna"

Blue Diamond Almond, er, Lou Diamond Phillips played him in the movie "La Bamba".

[tinfoilinfor2005]

20. Do yourself a favor and listen to an old Woodstock "album"

oh Lord, I feel ancient...
I guess CD is the right word. Nevertheless...this is the man who seemed to embody the spirit of Woodstock. When you hear him sing about "Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom..." the words just go to the marrow.

[Bossy Monkey]

13. I think you may be thinking of Ritchie Valens from the 50s

Forget whether it was he, Buddy Holly or the Big Bopper for whom Waylon Jennings gave up his seat on the plane. Some day rockers will learn to stay off of fucking airplanes.

[givemebackmycountry]

19. SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD....

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child...

Freedom!
Freedom!
Freedom!
Freedom!
Freedom!
Freedom!
Freedom!
Freedom!

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child.
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child.
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child.
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

21. I saw him play at Hampton Bay Days several years ago, and he

was terrific.

[Floogeldy]

22. Did he do the Folger's song?

"The best part of wakin' up
Is Folger's in your cup."

B-)

[peekaloo]

27. .

:rofl:

[GalleryGod]

24. I TOLD you, Mat. I AM in to 60's Stuff! It's the Soundtrack of My Life

Richie is an amazing Spirit!

You were truly blessed tonight!

Glad you could go,Ma Man!

[catmandu57]

26. All of you younguns

need to see the woodstock movie, or, at the very least listen to the cd.