![]() ![]() ![]() It took a while before I thought of picking up a guitar." "I had first gone there during the beatnik days of the 1950s to perform poetry, then I drew portraits for two years and stayed up all night listening to folk music in the clubs. "I saw the Village as a place to escape to, in order to express yourself," he recalled. Career Early career Īt age 20, Havens left his hometown Brooklyn, seeking artistic stimulation in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. ![]() At age 16, he was performing with the McCrea Gospel Singers. Īs a youth, Havens began organizing his neighborhood friends into a street corner doo-wop group. Havens's grandfather married, then moved to Brooklyn. Havens's grandfather and great-uncle joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, moved to New York City thereafter, and settled on the Shinnecock Reservation on Long Island. His grandfather was Blackfoot of the Montana/ South Dakota area. He was of Native American ( Blackfoot) descent on his father's side and of the British West Indies on his mother's. He was the opening act at Woodstock, sang many jingles for television commercials, and was also the voice of the GeoSafari toys.īorn in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, Havens was the oldest of nine children. He had a rhythmic guitar style (often in open tunings). His music encompassed elements of folk, soul (both of which he frequently covered), and rhythm and blues. Richard Pierce Havens (Janu– April 22, 2013) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. ![]()
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