- Geboren am
- Verstorben22. April 2013 · Jersey City, New Jersey, USA (Herzattacke)
- GeburtsnameRichard Pierce Havens
- Größe1,91 m
- Richie Havens wurde am 21 Januar 1941 in Brooklyn, New York, USA geboren. Er war Schauspieler und Komponist, bekannt für Green Lantern (2011), I'm Not There (2007) und Collateral (2004). Er war mit Nancy verheiratet. Er starb am 22 April 2013 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.
- EhepartnerNancy(? - April 22, 2013) (er verstorben, 3 Kinder)
- In the film Woodstock (1970), he played the song "Freedom", which became his trademark. The song was improvised on the spot.
- Of Afro-Caribbean descent on his mother's side and Native American (Blackfoot) descent on his father's side. His paternal grandfather was a performer in William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody's Wild West Show.
- Was born in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York.
- Folk singer and guitarist.
- Though he was scheduled to be the 5th act on day one (August 15 1969) of the Woodstock Music Festival, Havens was rushed into opening the event because the band, Sweetwater, originally scheduled to play, were delayed in gridlock traffic.
- I opened the Woodstock Festival even though I was supposed to be fifth. I said, "What am I doing here? No, no, not me, not first!" I had to go on stage because there was no one else to go on first - the concert was already two-and-a-half hours late. Everyone was at the hotel seven miles away and couldn't get to the stage because the one back road they thought they could take was completely blocked. I was alone on stage for two-and-a-half hours before any of the other performers came!
- I really sing songs that move me. I'm not in show business. I'm in the communications business. That's what it's for me.
- [on the song 'Freedom performed at Woodstock] For me, the oddest thing was, I had to go see the movie to see what I did. I remember 'Freedom' and I remember 'Motherless Child,' but I didn't remember how it was structured. And I went to the movies and I saw it. It was the first time I saw myself on the screen, anywhere.
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