Richie Havens
Date of birth: 1941-01-21
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Richard Pierce Havens, Richard Pierce "Richie" Havens
Biography
Richard Pierce Havens was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music encompassed elements of folk, soul, and rhythm and blues. He had an intense and rhythmic guitar style (often in open tunings), and played soulful covers of pop and folk songs. He was the opening act at Woodstock.
Movie Credits
Woodstock
1970-03-26
An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation
Perfect Harmony
1991-03-31
During the 1950s, a private school in the south undergoes racial tension as it experiences desegrega
Richie Havens - Live at Montreux Casino 1972
1972-01-01
Richie Havens concert at Casino de Montreux, Switzerland in 1971. With Paul Williams (guitar), Em
Tribute to Harry Chapin
1991-08-23
Tribute concert held in 1987 at Carnegie Hall (and later televised on PBS), commemorating Harry Chap
...Sings the Beatles
2009-09-12
A look back at some of the Beatles' performances.
Catch My Soul
1974-03-22
Screenwriter John Good's rock & roll adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello who is a wandering evangeli
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
1977-11-25
Train wreck, some might call it a TV special, proving that not everything was better in the good old
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
2013-01-18
Explores the music scene in Greenwich Village, New York in the '60s and early '70s. The film highlig
Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
2003-04-14
Gil Scott-Heron was one of the most influential musicians and poets of the last 50 years. In Don Let
Hearts of Fire
1987-11-06
A reclusive musician, once a huge rock star, takes a young female protegee. While on a tour she meet
The Boss' Son
1978-10-02
Bobby Rose has just returned home after graduating business school. He agrees to start working for h
Street Hunter
1990-11-02
Logan Blade is a tough police officer who has to confront a gang led by ruthless Colonel Walsh.
Orphan of War
1999-01-01
A Mossad agent goes to New York to try to stop an illegal arms shipment to Iraq prior to the Gulf Wa
Woodstock Diary
1994-08-14
Woodstock Diary was originally broadcasted on U.S. TV in August 1994 - in honor of the 25th annivers
Greased Lightning
1977-07-01
The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier N
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
2019-05-24
50 years after the legendary fest, Barak Goodman’s electric retelling of Woodstock, from the point o
Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
2019-03-01
In 1970, three years following his death from Huntington’s disease, an all-star cast of musicians ga
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
1981-05-21
In this sequel to "The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything," down-on-his-luck Kirby Winter inherits a
I'm Not There
2007-10-01
Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his
Wake at Generation
1968-04-07
An unreleased concert film, shot at the Generation Club on 8th St. in NYC on April 7, 1968. Big Bro
... Sings Dylan II
2015-11-06
A feast of cover versions of Bob Dylan songs from the BBC archives, with classic tracks old and new
