Richie Havens - Maggie's Farm/Won't Get Fooled Again - Rhythm Festival 2008

[BobMillahhh]

saw him and arlo guthrie in cleveland last summer, best concert of my entire life... except for jeff beck two days ago, which MIGHT be in the same ballpark

[verbaud]

Saw Richie sing this at Great American Music Hall in SF last year. Initially, I thought, "But Obama..."

Leaders all get the opium of power and offer their butts to the highest bidder.

Mr Natural sez: "Twas ever thus."

[lvcmike]

Incredible sound- like an old friend said,"All he does is strum the damn thing!" One of a kind, Richie. He did a recording of "MInstrel From Gault" around 1970 that someone needs to post. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE

[madhoneydew]

it's called "minstrel from gaul"

i'm sure if you look THAT up, you'll find it on YOUTube

[lvcmike]

mhd- thanks for prompting me to look further- I found it. You tube, its posters, and Richie still call it "Minstrel From Gault" , but it still comes up, even misspelled, and still is a tremendous song.

[ronboy51]

Saw Richie and these two excellent co-musicians perform these songs here in Connecticut last summer.

My wife said it was less like a concert, more like a spiritual experience. I have to agree.

Thanks Richie, and thank you "beachviewman"!!!!

[therealcoolin]

im doin a project about richie for school.

fine arts connection from the 40s-present literature.

[Keimboy]

I saw Richie and Walter Parks (the guitarist) tonight and I have to say it was one of the best performances I have ever seen. Over forty years of music and still going strong.

[beachviewman]

Thanks for the comment.  Richie is one of the greats from the Woodstock generation without a doubt. I regularly watch this video.

[robbo5451]

Met Richie once at JFK Airport. Swapped stories about our Guild acoustics. Fantastic guy. Friendly, down-to-earth. A journeyman musician. Still travelling and playing. Like me. Good on you, Richie.

[Yossarian30306]

He is a great person. After the concert he did a meet & greet with the audience along with Walter & Stephanie.

[Yossarian30306]

Thanks for the vid, we saw him with these backup players last night and they were great.

[beachviewman]

Thanks. Great man, eh?  I've always been a big fan.

beachviewman

[Detour0311]

This is awesome!

[beachviewman]

Yes! It was a great final evening to a fantastic weekend - Richie and fellow musicians just shone out! Glad I kept enough memory on my camera to capture these three songs!