One of the truly great voices and solo performers of the 20th Century, Richie Havens passed away yesterday.
He'll always be remembered for his intense and captivating performance at the Woodstock festival ( > see post ) and over the following decades he continued to put his heart and soul in to all performances.
Always generous in encouraging and working with young performers, for a decade his website has carried chord charts, tuning and techniques he used for one of the most singularly individual styles of guitar playing ever seen. He hid nothing and shared all his experience.
The songs he chose to perform on over 30 albums throughout his career were chosen with care and meaning, from his own compositions to the one's he covered by other songwriters.
To see Richie Havens in concert was simply unforgettable, a force of nature.
Here he sings with the Groove Armada at the Brixton Academy, UK in 2007.
