Richie Havens is not a complex guitarist, but he has solid rhythm and intensity galore. I have CDs of him here largely doing a lot of nice covers. Very nice stuff.Saw both Richie Havens and Harry Chapin, at different dates, in 1973 at Miami-Dade Junior College in Miami.
Me and some friends were playing frisbee out in the parking lot, and I swear to God this is no shit, Harry Chapin came out and threw frisbee with us and the shot the shit about Nixon and politics.
Just like The Edge with U2, he had a unique style that was totally his own, that's why he didn't fit into any easily categorized style.He was self taught and used open tuning.
His power was in his strumming.
First on at Woodstock and a legend forever after!
He is sorely missed and the world is lesser without him.