{"id":2236,"date":"2010-05-14T10:34:29","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T17:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anthologysd.com\/blog\/?p=2236"},"modified":"2010-05-14T10:34:29","modified_gmt":"2010-05-14T17:34:29","slug":"richie-havens-cancels-anthology-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/2010\/05\/14\/richie-havens-cancels-anthology-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Richie Havens cancels Anthology shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy T. Loper<\/a> | NBC San Diego<\/a><\/cite>
\nAnthology bookers had to scramble this week after folk legend Richie Havens<\/a> canceled both shows on Friday because of a viral infection that affected the singer’s voice, but the local music landmark thinks it found a way to keep Havens’ fans happy.<\/p>\n

The club rescheduled both show for Oct. 23rd, 2010, and all May 15 tickets will be honored for that performance, the venue said via a news release. Ticketholders can also get a refund at the box office.<\/p>\n

In the place of the Havens performances Friday, Anthology booked 4 Way Street: A Tribute to Crosby Stills Nash & Young for a single performance from 7:30-9:30 p.m Ticketholders for both shows can attend the 4 Way Street performance for free, according to Anthology.<\/p>\n

Before the show was canceled, SoundDiego’s T. Loper had the opportunity to chat with Havens, a down-to-earth kind of guy who said he doesn’t have to go looking for a song, the songs find him — <\/em>Ed.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

SoundDiego<\/strong>: How did you first get into playing music?<\/p>\n

Richie Havens<\/strong>: I think I inherited it from my father, who was a pianist. He could hear any song and play it back to you. He did that not for a living, but for his own joy<\/p>\n

SoundDiego<\/strong>: You started out in the Greenwich Village<\/a> folk scene.<\/p>\n

Havens<\/strong>: I played folk songs and spiritual songs — songs that educated me. I couldn’t call it anything but Mixed Bag<\/em> (1967) at first, but I continue to learn like that. [Music] is a place to be educated about the world around you.<\/p>\n

SoundDiego<\/strong>: How did you end up playing the opening slot at Woodstock<\/a>?<\/p>\n

RH<\/strong>: By a freak of nature! There wasn’t one person there who went on when they were supposed to.<\/p>\n

SoundDiego<\/strong>: When you went up there, did you know that Woodstock was going to be a household name for the next forty years?<\/p>\n

RH<\/strong>: No, the interesting thing is that most of the people who were there on the stage, were there by contract. It blossomed, and everyone saw that they were a part of something. There were grandparents who brought their kids the week before it all went down because it was going to be like the Newport Folk Festival<\/a>. [Woodstock] had something for every one of us.<\/p>\n

SoundDiego<\/strong>: Can you tell me a little about your writing process?<\/p>\n

RH<\/strong>: I actually don’t go looking for songs. They absolutely find me.<\/p>\n

SoundDiego<\/strong>: You’ve been pretty prolific. Do songs come to you often?<\/p>\n

RH<\/strong>: Now they do. A sound comes through: the melody. And then if I just sit and watch it, and just listen to that sound over and over again, the next line is written for me, and then I know exactly what I’m going to be singing.<\/p>\n

SoundDiego<\/strong>: Are you working on anything new that might make its way into the setlist in San Diego<\/a>?<\/p>\n

RH<\/strong>: It’s possible. Because wherever I go, I either get something or I don’t. That’s the way it works. I don’t go looking for it. It has to pop out.<\/p>\n

T. Loper<\/b> is a writer for the San Diego music blog Owl and Bear<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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