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Post subject: Richie Haven's family get an ideal place to spread his ashes
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 6:55 pm
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After Richie Haven's death his family wanted to scatter his cremains in a place that he would appreciate and that would a suitable memorial for him.They found the absolute perfect place to honor his memory forever and that was at what once was Max Yasgur's farm-in Bethel Woods-better known as the original site of Woodstock.Musicians who gave freely of their time to pay homage to their friend were John Sebastian (of The Lovin' Spoonful),José Feliciano,John Hammond,Guy Davis and more of his musical peers. Also in attendance were Michael Lang and Joel Rosenman-the original Woodstock organizers. Plus Louis Gossett Jr. and Danny Glover.Louis Gossett co-wrote "Handsome Johnny" with Ritchie.I don't think that there would another place anywhere on earth more suitable for his final resting place.He was the first performer and he played for over 2 hours because other acts got stranded in the humungous traffic jams so Ritchie had to keep the crowd entertained until they could arrange helicopters for the stranded acts.

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Post subject: Re: Richie Haven's family get an ideal place to spread his a
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 6:39 am
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I suppose the farm was a far more pastoral place than the steps leading down to the Cafe WHA?? in Greenwich Village. I can personally vouch for the fact that they knew his footfalls dozens of times more often than the the soft earth of Yazgur's Farm.
My bandmates and I will truly miss that man. :cry:

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Post subject: Re: Richie Haven's family get an ideal place to spread his a
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 10:10 am
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He certainly had an inimitable style and he was probably the most humble of all music icons,plus he was such a commited humanitarian.

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Post subject: Re: Richie Haven's family get an ideal place to spread his a
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 10:36 am
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guitslinger wrote:
He certainly had an inimitable style and he was probably the most humble of all music icons,plus he was such a commited humanitarian.

You had to be one on one with him to really appreciate what you've just stated. :wink:

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Post subject: Re: Richie Haven's family get an ideal place to spread his a
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 12:32 pm
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Don't know who he was. But reading from this post - - - he was a great human being. RIP.


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Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 1:22 pm
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reno2atlanta wrote:
Don't know who he was. But reading from this post - - - he was a great human being. RIP.

Reno, no malice aforethought, but this is definitely what is known as 'generation gap'. Cable channels often show the multihour documentary about 'Woodstock 1969'. Havens leads off the program when the planned starters were to arrive late. His career was on the ascendancy for a good 4-5 years prior when I knew him while working on the same bill at the Cafe WHA?? in NYC. The concert was definitely his booster rocket to stardom. You might go into YouTube and see what you can cull of his work.

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Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:58 pm
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Hi Doc,although I never met Ritchie,he always came across to me as having great humility and also I have read articles about him and he was always said to not be the ostentatious type by a long shot and his feelings about war and such he practically wore on his sleeve and were reflected in a lot of his songs.He always struck me as having the same kind of quiet reverence that George Harrison had,I don't know how spiritual he was but that's always the impression that I got from him plus I felt too that he had great compassion for the oppressed and those whose lot in life was difficult.I do know though that whenever I see footage of him singing "Motherless Child/Freedom"at Woodstock I still get goosebumps and a lump in my throat just by seeing that it was coming right from the depths of his soul.

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Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:28 pm
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guitslinger wrote:
Hi Doc,although I never met Ritchie,he always came across to me as having great humility and also I have read articles about him and he was always said to not be the ostentatious type by a long shot and his feelings about war and such he practically wore on his sleeve and were reflected in a lot of his songs.He always struck me as having the same kind of quiet reverence that George Harrison had,I don't know how spiritual he was but that's always the impression that I got from him plus I felt too that he had great compassion for the oppressed and those whose lot in life was difficult.I do know though that whenever I see footage of him singing "Motherless Child/Freedom"at Woodstock I still get goosebumps and a lump in my throat just by seeing that it was coming right from the depths of his soul.


He was all of that, and more. :wink:

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Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 7:01 pm
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Very nice indeed, glad that his family found his resting place, thanks for posting Derek.

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