R.I.P. Richie Havens...

• Guest 710

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  23 April 2013     00:08226562
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  Farewell Richie Havens, gentle man
  Wont get fooled again
  Woodstock's opening act, the crowd went wild
  would you Adam & Eve it, A Motherless Child
  
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/apr/22/richie-havens-dies-aged-72
  
  Freedom (from Woodstock)...
  [URL][/URL]
  Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
• Guest 653

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  23 April 2013     05:27226569
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  I've heard the name (I think) but never seen or heard him perform.
  
  
  
  
  Roger
• Guest 710

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  23 April 2013     11:20226652
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  Here he is in later life, there's hope for us all Roger...
  
  Here Comes The Sun...
  
  http://www.last.fm/music/Richie+Havens/_/Here+Comes+The+Sun
  
  Fifty tracks...
  
  http://www.last.fm/music/Richie+Havens/+tracks
  Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
• Guest 710

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  23 April 2013     11:39226655
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  Fifty track? Not quite, a great many 'not yet available'.
  
  Youtube playlist instead...
  
  [URL][/URL]
  Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
• Guest 641

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  23 April 2013     16:10226699
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  I remember seeing him through a psychedelic haze at an open air concert at Crystal Palace in '72, 'Freedom' it lasted at least 20 mins R.I.P. Ritchie
• howard mcsweeney1

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  23 April 2013     16:16226700
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  never saw him live but he was certainly a great musician.
• Guest 710

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  23 April 2013     20:36226727
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  Richie Havens obituary
  
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/apr/23/richie-havens
  Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.