Richard Pierce "Richie" Havens (January 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013) was an American folk singer and guitarist. He is best known for his intense and rhythmic guitar style (often in open tunings), soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. Havens' career benefited enormously from his appearance at the Woodstock festival in 1969 and his subsequent featured role in the movie and album made from the concert in 1970. His first album after that exposure, Alarm Clock, made the Top 30 and produced a Top 20 single in "Here Comes the Sun." These recordings were Havens' commercial high watermark, but by this time he had become an international touring success. By the end of the '70s, he had abandoned recording and turned entirely to live work. Havens came back to records with a flurry of releases in 1987: a new album, Simple Things; an album of Bob Dylan and Beatles covers; and a compilation. In 1991, Havens signed his first major-label deal in 15 years when he moved to Sony Music and released Now. Nobody Left to Crown was issued by Verve Forecast in 2008. On April 22, 2013, Havens died of a heart attack at home in Jersey City, New Jersey. He was 72.
01. High Flyin' Bird
02. Drown In My Own Tears
03. Morning, Morning
04. Just Like A Woman
05. The Dolphins
06. Here Comes The Sun
07. God Bless The Child
08. The Klan
09. Handsome Johnny
10. Follow
11. Younger Men Grow Older
12. Medley Run Shaker Lifedo You Feel Good
13. What About Me
14. Minstrel From Gault
15. Rocky Raccoon
16. San Francisco Bay Blues
17. Freedom http://fp.io/b5c18b4d/
