Richie Havens Tupelo Honey Just Like A Woman.avi

Born in Brooklyn, Havens was the eldest of nine children. At an early age, he began organizing his neighborhood friends into street corner doo-wop groups and was performing with The McCrea Gospel Singers at 16. At the age of 20, Richie left Brooklyn to seek out the artistic stimulation of Greenwich Village. I saw the Village as a place to escape to in order to express yourself, he recalls. I had first gone there during the beatnik days of the 1950s to perform poetry, then I drew portraits for 2 years and stayed up all night listening to folk music in the clubs. It took a while before I thought of picking up a guitar.[citation needed]

Havens' reputation as a solo performer soon spread beyond the Village folk circles. After joining forces with manager Albert Grossman, Havens landed his first record deal with the Verve label, which released Mixed Bag in 1967. This debut album featured tracks like Handsome Johnny (co-written by Havens and future Oscar-winning actor Louis Gossett Jr.), Follow, and a version of Bob Dylans Just Like A Woman. By 1969, he had released five more albums (Something Else Again (1968) became Havens' first album to hit the Billboard chart and also pulled Mixed Bag onto the charts).

Havens' reputation as a live performer earned him widespread notice. His Woodstock appearance proved to be a major turning point in his career. As the festivals first performer, he held the crowd spellbound for nearly three hours (in part because he was told to perform a lengthy set because many artists were delayed in reaching the festival location), and called back for encore after encore. Having run out of tunes, he improvised a song based on the old spiritual Motherless Child that became Freedom. The subsequent Woodstock movie release helped Havens reach a worldwide audience.

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[MrFeego]

That the one disliker may be struck with a ball of his/her own shit!!

[nahmeanson]

The Best

[cumpadizum]

@flmcmaster Thank you so much my friend! Be always happy!

[flmcmaster]

@cumpadizum it was "Live at the Cellar Door" Released in 1970 , Tupelo Honey was released by Van Morrison in 1971. "Nobody Knows the trouble I've seen - My Sweet Lord" was track 12 :)

[equinocio68]

Buenisimo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HopeWithPandora]

Stepping stones...

With music...our feet never get wet!!!

Our eyes???

Well...that depends.

[ATLJRC]

so glad i know of this man! saw him live like 3 years ago at a middle school in new york. it was so awesome and beautiful. the man plays the sweetest guitar and not to mention did a flying kick after jamming for like an hour or so on his feet at his age still!!!!!! im 28

[wat700son]

Amazing

[sassyreggae]

totally brilliant ! A truly unique talent. This deserves 12 million views.

[musician0202]

this is pretty cool =)