Showing posts with label Woodstock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Woodstock. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Richie Havens and the Freedom Song



When I lived in the McGill Student Ghetto, I was told that Richie Havens once lived in the building next door.

Either shortly before or after Woodstock, when he fell in love with a woman who worked at Eaton's. Or so the legend went.

And when I sat on my small rickety wooden balcony, on a hot summer's night, and played my guitar, I would think of him. Because he was amazing.