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Though it’s frequently portrayed as this crazy, unbridled festival of rain-soaked, stoned hippies dancing in the mud, Woodstock was obviously much more than that – or we wouldn’t still be talking about it in 2009. People of all ages and colors came together in the fields of Max Yasgur’s farm.

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I remember the first time I was booked into a jazz club. I was scared to death. I’m not a jazz artist. So I got to the club and spotted this big poster saying, ‘Richie Havens, folk jazz artist.’ Then I’d go to a rock club and I’m billed as a ‘folk rock performer’ and in the blues clubs I’d be a ‘folk blues entertainer.’

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Many times, people have come up to me after singing some songs, and they’d say, ‘Richie, do you know what you did?’ And I’d say, ‘What?’ And they’d go, ‘I wrote these songs down for you to sing, and you sang them all in a row.’ But that’s the kind of communication that happens, you know.

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May 26, 2024

Many times, people have come up to me after singing some songs, and they’d say, ‘Richie, do you know what you did?’ And I’d say, ‘What?’ And they’d go, ‘I wrote these songs down for you to sing, and you sang them all in a row.’ But that’s the kind of communication that happens, you know.

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May 26, 2024

I remember the first time I was booked into a jazz club. I was scared to death. I’m not a jazz artist. So I got to the club and spotted this big poster saying, ‘Richie Havens, folk jazz artist.’ Then I’d go to a rock club and I’m billed as a ‘folk rock performer’ and in the blues clubs I’d be a ‘folk blues entertainer.’

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