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Richie Havens

Richie Havens

Born: 1941-01-21 • Brooklyn, New York, USA

Richard Pierce Havens was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music encompassed elements of folk, soul, and rhythm and blues. He had an intense and rhythmic guitar style (often in open tunings), and played soulful covers of pop and folk songs. He was the opening act at Woodstock.

Filmography
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation poster
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
2019 • Self
Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970 poster
Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
2019 • Self
... Sings Dylan II poster
... Sings Dylan II
2015 • Self (archive footage)
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation poster
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
2013 • Self
No Image
...Sings the Beatles
2009 • Self (archive footage)
I'm Not There poster
I'm Not There
2007 • Old Man Arvin
Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised poster
Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
2003 • Himself
No Image
Orphan of War
1999
Woodstock Diary poster
Woodstock Diary
1994 • Self
Woodstock Directors cut poster
Woodstock Directors cut
1994 • Self
Tribute to Harry Chapin poster
Tribute to Harry Chapin
1991
Perfect Harmony poster
Perfect Harmony
1991 • Scrapper Johnson
Street Hunter poster
Street Hunter
1990 • Daze
Hearts of Fire poster
Hearts of Fire
1987 • Pepper Ward
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite poster
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
1981 • Amos
The Boss' Son poster
The Boss' Son
1978 • Albert
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary poster
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
1977 • Self - Performer
Greased Lightning poster
Greased Lightning
1977 • Woodrow
Catch My Soul poster
Catch My Soul
1974 • Othello
Richie Havens - Live at Montreux Casino 1972 poster
Richie Havens - Live at Montreux Casino 1972
1972
Woodstock poster
Woodstock
1970 • Self
Wake at Generation poster
Wake at Generation
1968 • Self