Comments on: It’s Richie Havens’ World

By: TestaOn

TestaOn — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:23:15 +0000

Wow! Thank you, Crawdaddy, for the feature article on Ritchie. He is as vital now as ever.

Here is a man who doesn’t speak directly about political things but can move an entire audience in a moment… you will cower to the awesome power when you witness him scream “WE WON’T GET FOOLED AGAIN!” at the top of his lungs in concert.

Rock on, Ritchie! You are loved.

By: Steve Lee Lincoln UK

Steve Lee Lincoln UK — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:44:09 +0000

I saw Richie play at the Rhythm Festival in Bedford England just a couple of weeks ago and he was as great as ever. After the show he stood for hours afterwards meeting and talking to us the lowly general public, he had time to chat to each and everyone of us individually and was very humble. Those enormous hands of his give you a firm but warm handshake, and the guy never stopped smiling. This is one of the nicest guys you could ever wish to meet.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:23:34 +0000

“He went to the polls for the first time for the 2008 presidential primaries.”

Mr. Haven where have you been for the past 40 years while the black youth have grown up fatherless and no direction, Mr. Havens you should have peached to your people.

By: JD Smith/DJ The Time Warp-KUSF-FM

JD Smith/DJ The Time Warp-KUSF-FM — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:47:13 +0000

I met Ritchie only once. Never ever saw him perform live, although have him on a few videos.
1) He was one of the nicest guys you could ever hope to meet and talk to. 2) He just might know everybody- he knows all the people we talked about. Our conversation was in the studios at KKCY-FM in San Francisco before that changed hands for the worst (unfortunatly).
As a musician and radio DJ myself for the past 35 years, I told him flat out that was the only person/performer I knew who could change both the arrangement and chord structures of a song without taking the song out of the original context/feel. He’s about the only person I know who can do that. He’s THAT unique.