by Dada Vedaprajinananda
Richie Havens, one of the greatest contemporary American folk singers, passed away this week and his passing made me remember him, his unique music and my own evolution in the 1960s.
Sometime in 1967 or 1968 I was sitting in a coffee house on my college campus and I heard a record playing Richie Havens’ version of “Just Like a Woman.” It was a track from his album “Mixed Bag.” The pleasing melody of Bob Dylan’s song and Richie Havens’ comforting voice really struck me and I liked it immediately. Continue reading
