That is all Richie needed. To sing and play his music. Everyone got the message. He did not need 50 background singers.and 50 dancers looking ridiculous. He is the man. Love Your music Richie,
@brubeck15 жыл бұрын
he doesn't need drums either with that foot tapin metronome
@InjuriousPersonalities3 жыл бұрын
Lol! Who has 50 background singers and dancers? Not any artists in this genre
@livingthroughtheblue3 жыл бұрын
I met him once years ago. What a gracious human being!
@df52953 жыл бұрын
He was the first performer at Woodstock. No other artist was there yet. He played endlessly. I think he even ran out of songs!
@artredoubt3629 Жыл бұрын
Nobody else was ready or had the brass balls to start the party. I saw him there.
@A_Pa-Plainjane Жыл бұрын
Ritchie was ready. But now he is really free. "The only way to fly is to die."
@plusone8015 Жыл бұрын
Loved RH ❤
@foleyhuck23448 жыл бұрын
Whoever did the lighting for this better have received a knighthood
@JevaisaNY4 жыл бұрын
It just works, doesn’t it?
@leemccambley60283 жыл бұрын
Your damn right! Your damn Left too !!!
@flamingberk2 жыл бұрын
The BBC ighting engineer thought it looked dull so came up with the idea of dragging the light and casting a moving shadow - simple things, No-one knows his name as far as I know Inspired
@thebigsthands3 жыл бұрын
i thought i was a fool learning and writing songs in an Open D tuning in high school, until I found Richie and he's been one of my favorites ever since.
@benvoronov23062 жыл бұрын
A masterpiece. He sings it as if he means it. And this kind of simple presentation is all that's needed when the music and the performer are first-class.
@davebirney10 жыл бұрын
best version of this song by a long shot
@shaunboden69518 жыл бұрын
Its amazing how he uses his left foot as an instrument, and it plays a major part right to the the last beat, great stuff and so much more current than today's music.
@leemccambley60283 жыл бұрын
I'm casting my vote. I nominate Richie Havens shadow as the best air guitarist I ever saw!!!
@itsmebd111 жыл бұрын
A true legend and an amazing man. Good night Richie Havens. Your music lives on in our hearts.
@kurlaender. Жыл бұрын
Simply just stunning.
@Gwenhwyfar74 жыл бұрын
This is the third accidental Richie Havens song I've seen today, 50 years later. Crazy.
@mikelisacarb11 жыл бұрын
H"e wanted to fly and the only way to fly was die .... die ..... die" Now Richie Havens is that "High Flying Bird". One of the most powerful and direct singers ever!
@beckjuly10011 жыл бұрын
some people should never leave this earth.
@PhullKnameNullContent12 жыл бұрын
a great voice straight from the heart and a humble human being
@sauquoit134567 жыл бұрын
On this day in 1969 {May 4th} Richie Havens performed "High Flyin' Bird*" on the CBS-TV variety program 'The Ed Sullivan Show'... The song was track one of side one from his 1966 debut album, 'Mixed Bag', the album reached #18 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart... He had one record make Billboard's Top 100 chart, "Here Comes The Sun", it peaked at #14 in 1971... Richard Pierce Havens passed away at the age of 72 on April 22nd, 2013... May he R.I.P. * "High Flyin' Bird" was composed by Billy Edd Wheeler; and he also penned two Top 10 records; "Jackson",which Johnny Cash & June Carter took to #2 in 1967 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart and "The Reverend Mr. Black", a #8 record on the Top 100 by the Kingston Trio in 1963...
@A_Pa-Plainjane Жыл бұрын
Thx for those details, so RPH spanned country, jazz, folk. And rock, not to mention being the sole performer to open the show at woodstock. What a giant of a man !
@kulttumult13522 жыл бұрын
One of the best folk singers ever lived
@WS-110 жыл бұрын
A peerless performance from the man who opened Woodstock-RIP
@westminsterabbey.69169 жыл бұрын
Just watched this on BBC 4 - came straight here to hear it again. Perfect for 3 in the morning
@TheGypsyblue11 жыл бұрын
You've always been that high flying bird. And now you're free. I still can't believe you're gone...you left a hole in my heart and many others. I hope you look down once in a while as you fly by. Rest in Peace, my friend. xo
@jacko91792 жыл бұрын
absolutely floored by this perfomance, nothing but love for Richie and awe at his absolute power as a songwriter and musician, incredible. R.I.P Richie wish i had seen you live x
@wildbill36385 жыл бұрын
Met him a number of times in the Village in the 60's...a cool cat.
@EDJ184511 жыл бұрын
Eternal Peace brother. I thank god I finally met Richie before he left this place... in 2007
@user-tj5ji2tg1e Жыл бұрын
I saw Richie Havens in college in 1970 and about 40 years later. What a powerful, passionate performer. RIP Richie
@PhoenixProdLLC8 жыл бұрын
Richie...a biography totally underappreciated
@olivelavender588610 жыл бұрын
rest in power, richie havens
@stuartthegrant7 жыл бұрын
I heard this last week on TV so here I am. Just love Richie Havens right back to the 1960's.
@helenwaicunas56678 жыл бұрын
Love Richie's music, He was and still is the man.
@bnowb7 жыл бұрын
The most beautiful sad song and that voice.
@multicaruana Жыл бұрын
This is a great song, one of Richie Havens' signature songs, one that both my mother and I loved. Although covered by many artists, I had no idea util five minutes ago that Billy Ed Wheeler wrote the song.
@TheRunner7511 жыл бұрын
Very powerful song with some energetic acoustic guitar playing. R.I.P. Richie
@HEALTHCOACH.5 жыл бұрын
WOW! My heart is open, Richie.
@tjessie1302116 жыл бұрын
Richie havvvvvvvvens my pops went to your concert at woodstock 69 haha
@ata18112 жыл бұрын
This is beyond wonderful!!!
@yeuxdor412 жыл бұрын
What a stunning song & performance. Just saw that programme on TV (Christmas 2011), thanks vinylsolution for putting the snippet up!
@johng42508 жыл бұрын
Richies left hand is absolutely magical for a guitar player.
@kyleh85006 жыл бұрын
john g I shook his right hand and it was at least 2 times the size of my own!
@Insolation15 жыл бұрын
You do know he actually wasn't a guitar player as he never attempted to play the guitar; everything was tuned to open D where you can almost strum anything, it's almost like drumming the guitar rather than playing it .
@Hasenkind111 жыл бұрын
Rest in Peace, i grew up with his music
@davidanthonystone51654 жыл бұрын
I was a senior in High School. I saw him Many times.
@NayaLedesma12 жыл бұрын
The oppressed suffer from despair because they are not free, but above all because they know that freedom is out there, out there, there is liberty. That's the kind of desperation that makes you look up and see the birds, and see the sun, while you're rooted in the earth like a tree.
@HeindelDavid11 жыл бұрын
There goes another High Flying Bird...RIP Richie...
@dougauzene83895 жыл бұрын
1969 - How Late lt ls... 2019 - Even Later Now...
@bobaldo23394 жыл бұрын
I've always thought Richie sounded best, as here, without accompaniment. Too often the fills played by other guitar players just got in the way of his vocals, and the percussive style of his guitar precluded the need for more percussion.
@ghostrider-ek8gu Жыл бұрын
A true talent, a mesmerizing entertainer.
@roniedelyrio30512 жыл бұрын
Artista fantástico meu preferido
@DeviousDamion11 жыл бұрын
Peace be with you. A true legend.
@hikr10111 жыл бұрын
Thanks for having this performance on here.
@AlligatorWhine12 жыл бұрын
thanks for putting this up such a HEAVY HEAVY song.....
@leemccambley60283 жыл бұрын
The only thing cooler than Richie Havens is his shadow !!!
@jonsoulfire689110 жыл бұрын
a great cover love judy henke's take on it too
@germantrujillo46485 жыл бұрын
Este maravilloso hombre y su sencilla guitarra dan ganas de libertad revolucionaria marihuana y vino
@blindnarcissus7 жыл бұрын
LEGEND.
@quinn799 жыл бұрын
awesome
@filthygren12 жыл бұрын
Top class, cheers
@MusicMom12311 жыл бұрын
Rest in Peace and keep on singin' !
@robhalford49748 жыл бұрын
genial canta toca y ese ritmo punta taco con el pie un genio
@mooh6212 жыл бұрын
i swear this is one of the best videos for Havens that i ever saw. thank you.
@marcusprice11 жыл бұрын
safe travels, brother richie. rip
@martinthomas51555 жыл бұрын
Angela Huth (the presenter) was gorgeous... A big schoolboy crush of mine....
@mistersnoid11 жыл бұрын
RIP, Richie.
@LFORSK11 жыл бұрын
touching.as allways
@gasparucciox970611 жыл бұрын
R.I.P good old richie
@johnstanton84993 жыл бұрын
Fly Ritchie Fly
@alexiapoidevin49755 жыл бұрын
Who's here from Netflix's High Flying Bird movie? 🙌
@flaviodasilvajunior19765 жыл бұрын
me
@AmericanSirenProductions4 жыл бұрын
I'm here because of Richie Havens
@mickyhurd53943 жыл бұрын
Me 👌😁
@emilmitsov19698 жыл бұрын
Amazing this my mates at it
@derekmtheriault11 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. UGottaListen2B4UDie.
@NAOIFE11 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace
@PHAEDRIDER11 жыл бұрын
rest in peace,
@Nazarfest3 жыл бұрын
Спасибо большое Автор
@Apocalypse416212 жыл бұрын
7 billion people in the world and we got 19 likes?? come on people! :P
@mariaharsfalvi43110 жыл бұрын
Woodstock - 45 éve !!!!!!!
@Witregel10 жыл бұрын
I saw a glimpse of Tim Buckley at the beginning there, were they showcased on the same show? if so, I find that very fitting.
@stuartthegrant7 жыл бұрын
Yes it was a BBC program in the late 1969, if you look Tim is on KZbin from the same program.
@Steaminlidz5 жыл бұрын
It was actually a BBC clip show 'Sounds Of The Sixties' kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGqahHSBebKgfsk that compiled performances on a variety of things. I recorded it on VHS as a teenager and watched it obsessively. Dylan, Hardin, Cohen, Buckley - they're all on there.
@jdotglenn12 жыл бұрын
I wonder if that light was in his eyes.
@williambrodie80829 жыл бұрын
version
@Juancis811 жыл бұрын
zarpado!, me pregunto a quien se le ocurrió traducir su apellido
@cristianrougier744611 жыл бұрын
Billy Edd Wheeler
@Nazarfest3 жыл бұрын
Привет Человек из Украины
@pegasusdesire11 жыл бұрын
MORNING JOINT____((*))____
@leohorishny95612 жыл бұрын
I appreciate his rendering but it still doesn’t hold a candle to Judy Henske’s version of the song. It’s a definitive one.