HOMESPUN
Taught
By Richie Havens.
Level 2
One 85-minute DVD or VHS, includes tablature booklet
Hosted By Artie Traum
Richie Havens is a rare performer who transcends genre, style and category. His distinctive guitar sound, rich voice and compelling arrangements of folk, blues and rock classics have enthralled millions throughout his long and successful career.
This instructive and thoroughly entertaining lesson provides invaluable insights into guitar playing, song arranging and performing, and offers exciting challenges for all guitarists. Richie Havens teaches some of his best-known songs, breaking down his matchless arrangements and detailing the open tunings, unconventional fretting style and amazing rhythmic strumming techniques for which he is internationally famous. He provides innumerable ideas that you can use for developing guitar sounds and arrangements of your own.
In addition to improving your guitar skills, you’ll see sensational performances of the well-known songs he teaches: "Just Like A Woman," "God Bless The Child," "Paradise Is A Hard Place To Find," "San Francisco Bay Blues," "What About Me," "High Flying Bird," "Things I Used To Do" and "Here Comes The Sun." You’ll hear stories about his days as a young doo-wop singer in Brooklyn, his life-changing introduction to the Greenwich Village folk scene of the Sixties, and his insightful thoughts and approach to the music that bears his indelible mark.
Review:
"...believe me - when he "covers" James Taylor ("Fire
and Rain"), The Beatles ("Here Comes the Sun") or Bob Dylan ("Just
Like a Woman"), Havens reveals a whole new soul within the songs.... A wonderful
instructional program from a master guitarist, this is highly recommended. Editor's
Choice." - Video Librarian
Richie Havens’ distinctive guitar sound, rich voice and compelling arrangements
of folk, blues and rock classics have enthralled millions throughout his long
and successful career. He is a rare performer who transcends genre, style and
category.
Richie’s soulful singing and unique guitar style have electrified audiences from the Woodstock Music & Arts Fair in 1969 to the 30th Woodstock Anniversary celebration, “A Day In The Garden,” in 1999. For three decades, Richie has used his music to convey messages of brotherhood, personal freedom and a lifelong passion to music and community. With over twenty albums and a world wide touring schedule, he remains one of America’s premier performing artists.