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Album: Richie Havens, My Own Way (Wienerworld) The Independent Before the Woodstock film brought him iconic status, Richie Havens was a distinctive presence on the Greenwich Village folk scene. He was a dramatic interpreter of both soul material ("Down in the Valley", "Drown in My Own Tears") and modern folk songs ...
Album: Rumer, Boys Don't Cry (Atlantic) The Independent Any grit in Richie Havens' "It Could Be the First Day", for instance, is ruthlessly excised, while the virtues of songs as varied as Reid's "Brave Awakening" and Van Zandt's "Flyin' Shoes" seem underplayed. When everything comes together right, ...
Greg Brown drops by The Kate, Infinity Hall and the Iron Horse (video) New Haven Register His songs have been covered over the years by dozens of artists, including Willie Nelson, Carlos Santana, Ani DiFranco, Gillian Welch, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Joan Baez, Victoria Williams, Robert Earl Keen, Nina Gerber, Shawn Colvin, Richie Havens, ...
Donald “Duck” Dunn, legendary bass player, dead at 70 World Socialist Web Site In the 1970s Dunn was called upon by many musicians to provide backup, including Jerry Lee Lewis, Freddie King, Rod Stewart, Leon Russell, Richie Havens and Tom Petty. In 1977, after The Band officially broke up, Levon Helm produced an album with Henry ...
Rumer, St James' Church, London The Independent The first seven tracks are from Boys Don't Cry, a covers record of obscure songs originally sung by men, which takes in material by Richie Havens, Hall and Oates, Neil Young and Jimmy Webb. It's firmly rooted in the 1970s, clearly Rumer's decade, ...
Who wrote the book of rock? No. 8 - Jimi Hendrix Vancouver Sun Richie Havens spoke to me once about Hendrix, and he said Hendrix didn't play the guitar, he played the amplifier. And it dawned on me that it's absolutely true. There's no shortage of guitar players who are more technically adept, but when you put ...
Gordon Lightfoot leads this week's Top 5 concerts bill NorthJersey.com (press release) His songs have been covered by some very high-profile artists including Barbra Streisand, Richie Havens, John Mellencamp and Bob Dylan, just to name a few, and many artists — Dylan included — list him as a huge influence on their work.
Last Chance: Woodstock Tribute Concert Patch.com The concert starts at 8 pm and will feature songs by Crosby, Stills & Nash, Arlo Guthrie, Richie Havens, Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead and others. Tickets for the event are $25 and can be purchased online at http://www.am-echad.org/woodstock or by ...
Rumer: 'Boys Don't Cry' - Album review Digital Spy UK Each number has been given the Rumer treatment; her mellow and hushed tones allowing her to flit seamlessly between the likes of Richie Havens's folk-driven 'It Could Be The First Day' to the funk-soul of Issac Hayes's 'Soulsville'.
