{"id":2209,"date":"2010-05-10T18:01:32","date_gmt":"2010-05-11T01:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anthologysd.com\/blog\/?p=2209"},"modified":"2010-05-10T18:02:54","modified_gmt":"2010-05-11T01:02:54","slug":"legendary-richie-havens-returns-to-san-diego%e2%80%99s-anthology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/2010\/05\/10\/legendary-richie-havens-returns-to-san-diego%e2%80%99s-anthology\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Richie Havens Returns to San Diego\u2019s Anthology"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"By Thomas Zizzi | examiner.com<\/a><\/cite><\/p>\n

Richie Havens<\/a> is remembered by many as the spirited folk singer who took the stage early at the Woodstock Music Festival in 1969 and captivated the crowd with his song \u201cFreedom.\u201d His impassioned vocals and explosive guitar may have set the tone for the performances that followed at that historic event, documented in the film, \u201cWoodstock<\/a>,\u201d directed by Michael Wadleigh<\/a>. <\/p>\n

His career actually started a decade before Woodstock in New York City and he\u2019s been touring and recording ever since. In the sixties there may have been some conflict between the generations, but these days Havens enjoys playing to a multi-generational crowd. “I\u2019m feeling really good, still out on the road, every weekend, year-round” and Havens says, with a touch of bewilderment and gratitude, that lately it\u2019s not uncommon for fans from age 7 to 70, who, for instance, have been waiting to get a CD signed, to ask him, \u201cCan I have a hug?\u201d For Havens, it\u2019s a source of inspiration. <\/p>\n

Richie Havens returns to the stage at Anthology (anthologysd.com<\/a>) in San Diego\u2019s Little Italy, on Friday night, May 15. Havens musical style goes well beyond folk music these days and takes him at often into the improvisational style of jazz, which is why Anthology will welcome him to San Diego this Friday. Havens says, there will be \u201cgrandmothers bringing grandkids and fathers bringing mothers,\u201d so he knows he will be playing many of his familiar hits. Like George Harrison\u2019s \u201cHere Comes the Sun,\u201d which helped put his his album \u201cAlarm Clock\u201d on Billboard\u2019s \u201cTop 30\u201d Chart.<\/p>\n

His musical output has been steady through the years, and he has always been a forward-thinking artist. In the 70\u2019s, Havens attached his name to environmental issues and educational programs in a time when much of main-stream America saw \u201csave the earth\u201d as a radical and dangerous notion. <\/p>\n

He appreciates how the business has changed and how the musical efforts of new artists, working without a recording contract, can now find an audience because of technology and the internet. \u201cI marvel at the fact that in the 1970\u2019s Warner Brothers gave me a label. I didn\u2019t even know what to do with a label — but I learned fast.\u201d<\/p>\n

Haven\u2019s most recent release is \u201cNobody Left To Crown,\u201d (Amazon.com<\/a>) includes a rousing version of The Who\u2019s, \u201cWon\u2019t Get Fooled Again\u201d as well as new originals. Always thoughtful and thought-provoking, Haven\u2019s says this album includes \u201csongs of believing, and songs of disbelieving … this is the back end of something and the beginning of something else.\u201d He senses that the folks that come to his shows want to be inspired. It\u2019s not unusual to see people in the crowd who are \u201ccrying after a set …and I look at them and they look at me and we laugh, and there\u2019s been a real contact there.\u201d<\/p>\n

There will no doubt be some some of that kind of contact and inspiration in the air when the soulful Havens takes the stage Friday at Anthology (anthologysd.com<\/a>) in San Diego\u2019s Little Italy.   Richie Havens says he is certain the show will be a lively one, because he knows the first and last songs he’s going to play, What happens in between is sure to make for a spirited evening of music.<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Via examiner.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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