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'Ritchie Havens' Singer and Songwriter

Ritchie Havens is gifted with one of the most recognizable voices in popular music. His fiery,poignant, always soulful singing style has remained unique and ageless since he first emerged from the Greenwich Village folk scene in the early 1960's. It's a voice that has inspired and electrified audiences from the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair in 1969, to the Clinton Presidential Inauguration in 1993-coming full circle with the 30th Woodstock Anniversary celebration,"A Day In The Garden",in 1999. Ritchie's Woodstock appearance proved to be a major turning point in his career. As the festival's first performer, he held the crowd spellbound for nearly three hours, 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", a song now considered to be the anthem of a generation.

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Gail Caduff-Nash 23 Apr 2008

oh, no kidding. another favorite!! i've seen him twice in the past 4 years. very cool and good taste. have you sent it to him?

Greg Dubois 19 Dec 2007

Cool work Karen!

Mark Saxton 15 Dec 2007

super job.

kevin rollins 12 Dec 2007

again, brilliant work, pencil is so labour intensive!

Jessica Courtley-Rose 10 Dec 2007

WOW!!! You go girl!