Showing posts with label folk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label folk. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

RIP Richie Havens

a powerful force on the mid/late 60's folk scene, Richie Havens became an international star after his classic performance opened the Woodstock Festival in 1969.  one of the finest voices from his era.  R.I.P.







Saturday, September 1, 2012

Bob Dylan - Canadian tv performance 1964


from Quest, Canada CBC tv. 
the version of Girl from the North Country is among my favorite musical performances. quality is not great, but better than nothing. this needs to be on dvd in its entirety (Girl from the North Country was featured in the bonus features of martin scorceses' dylan doc "no direction home."