Richie Havens - Here Comes the Sun

The great Richie Havens recorded live in Yellow Springs, Ohio, in Sept 2006. A true rock/folk legend and a class act all the way.

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[drhooter]

Was he just awesome this summer of 2006 or what???!

[blackmikesilver]

Most definitely. I have more short video clips, this weekend I'm planning on uploading them. he's so underrated.

[ZakGurutube]

George Harrison wrote this song, not Richie Havens

[juggler778]

@arapinha58

no one's superior.

One Race. The Human Race.

[ScottGBoeke]

well I'd say Richie sings real sweet

[FRANCECHILD]

THE SON THESON THESON?

[GLWillaims]

have you seen? dont fish and drive!

[spacepatrolman]

@1Shmoo1 ritchie used to have an electric guitar player playing solos around him meanwhile donavan goes on the pete seager tv show and says he mastered the sitar in 3 months ravi heard that and said he has been playing for 30 years and he hasnt mastered it yet [justin hayward said he picked up the sitar because he heard a group indo jazz fusions with ravi shankar that was somebody else good sitar player on that joe harriot record but not a super virtuoso like ravi ,crosby told harrison

[spacepatrolman]

@arapinha58 your right they are mohammed alli is the greatest boxer oscar peterson is the greatest jazzz pianist

[ZakGurutube]

Répondre à cette vidéo... Richie opened Woodstock, no small thing. Not just anybody got invited to do that. At that time, he was a "Protest Singer" like Joan Baez, Bob Dylan etc., but I prefer "Freedom Singer" in Richie's case.

Some people think he murdered the Beatles covers, but I bet the "Fab Four" were proud to be covered by him.

Peace spacepatrolman :-}

[ZakGurutube]

@spacepatrolman

Most of the released Beatles songs were written by Lennon & Mc Cartney, but Harrison wrote lotsa songs that were never used, but the ones that were were brilliant. While my Guitar Gently Weeps, Here comes The Sun(also covered by Richie Havens),Across The Universe & others. The Beatles were The Beatles,Lennon was Lennon, Harisson was Harisson(both dead),Ringo is Ringo, Mac is Mac, & Richie Havens- Richie Havens. You cannot compare between these people.

[spacepatrolman]

@ZakGurutube its true a lot of beatle songs were written separately like please please me was john lennon

[SupernalOne]

hmm - if your point is that Havens only does covers, that's true - but so did nearly all other folk singers of the period - the point of the music was to return to roots, to earlier, purer music - depends on what you mean by talent. Hell, for a black man to sing folk was a risky career move in those days anyway, give him credit for having balls enough to go there - he made a successful career of it. If you don't like the folk sound, that's legitimate, but just a matter of taste - no offense

[Simbai69]

@Kaalec o.k. I made a mistake,so you can stop breaking my balls. As regards the "no discernible talent" comment, you need a brain transplant(and make sure they connect your ears)