Woodstock Festival of 1969 Richie Havens Stalls at Woodstock

Sarah Dejak — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 20:50:02 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnpzsveBJdA

Singer Richie Havens, who was also the first performer at the original Woodstock Festival in Bethel, New York on August 15, 1969, talks about his extended performance that ended up lasting two hours and 45 minutes. Because some of the bands that were supposed to come up after Havens were late due to the amount of traffic, Havens was asked to play more and more songs for the crowd in order to wait for the other bands to arrive. He also goes on to talk about the crowd of Woodstock, commenting on the generation that attended and explaining that they were a generation that wanted to help, connect with everybody around them and be emotionally moved by the performances.

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Woodstock Festival of 1969 Richie Havens: Playing Woodstock's Unique Atmosphere

Witnify — Sun, 19 May 2013 23:47:55 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIWI9e2B044

Richie Havens was interviewed in 2009 about his Woodstock experience by Voice of America's Adams Phillips on the 40th anniversary of the festival. Havens discuses Woodstock's unique atmosphere and his memories of the festival.

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