Richie Havens Tickets

I was honored to be able to see Mr Havens and would have paid the ticket price just to see him walk on stage. He is a kind and gentle soul and a seasoned performer and a symbol of our folk music history, the Woodstock symbolism aside. However, his performance was somewhat disjointed and haphazardly executed. There were vague bridges that seems hesitant and confusing between pieces and his back up guitarist was obviously struggling to follow, although he was a skilled and competent "picker" in his own right. There were some missteps and he acknowledged at least one of them. He did not seem well prepared for the set. Mr Havens still plays in the same pseudo-slide way he always has, frenetically strumming a guitar pretuned in an E level chord to avoid complicated chord changes. All the songs performed were familiar covers. Some were done to completion, some a melange with other fragments. I believe we all were glad to see and hear him and be a part of a wonderful benefit, but I was not "moved" aside from that; there was nothing exciting or new or original here, which is fine for those who expected nothing different from 1970, so from that aspect, I suppose I should not complain. The opening performer, Gove Scrivener, was his usual wonderful self with his amazing auto harp instrumentals as much as his vocals with guitar. Wish we had more of him, as al;ways. He is unappreciated outside our relative small folk-circuit.

I guess I expected to see Richie's 1960s-1970s fervor, passion and energy as I had close up in concert in 1967...instead, now older and wiser, I saw a "muser" whose life philosophy had become much simpler and almost defeated. He has found his peace, but he has left a gang of us behind who live for the day of revival and truth. His energy and zeal for justice and truth and the common good are his legacies in us today. Thanks for the trip, Richie! It was almost a journey. Were it not for his accompanist, Richie's concert would have taken a huge nose dive, in my opinion.

Richie Havens gave an excellent performance. His set list was incredible. I've never seen anyone get more sound out of a guitar. Besides his playing, he told interesting stories between each song. After the concert ended, he was in the lobby meeting with fans.

Richie Havens is certainly young enough to qualify to play next years half time show at the Superbowl. At 69 years old it is amazing to watch his right hand blur as he strums his guitar. How can he not have carpal tunnel syndrome after all these years. One could only guess how many times he has flicked that wrist during 60 plus years of performing. His peaceful demeanor, stories and his wonderful interpretations were a joy to experience. The Gamble Rogers Festival being moved to a venue like the auditorium was a great decision.

This was the first time we'd seen Havens, and also the first time that we'd been to the Capitol Theatre. The acoustics were awesome. Very intimate theatre. Not a bad seat in the house. Richie is such a talent. His voice & guitar playing was truly beautiful. The guitarist accompanying him was outstanding as well. Loved the song that the guitarist played at the end of the concert. Thank you for a wonderful evening. We really enjoyed the show.

I've admired Richie Havens unique style of guitar playing since I was a kid. It was great to finally see him play live after all these years. The Capitol Theatre in Clearwater is an intimate concert hall that seats less than 500 people and has a wonderful staff. Richie is still an amazing artist after all these years. Aside from his own outstanding material, I've always enjoyed his original arrangements of other artists work. He also told stories about when him and his contemporaries such as Bob Dylan were starting out in Greenwich Village which were after all part of our music history.

Richie Havens was in voice, and he had a super backup guitarist onstage w/him, but he tended to go into rambling monologues that had no point to them,between many of his ( too limited ) numbers. I think his age might be showing, and he was resting between the energeticly played numbers. He might just have lost his way during a few of the long -almost rambling monologues, and they often went nowhere. He's still Richie though, and his voice and playing were as remembered, and-what we paid to see. All in all-it was worth the $ and effort, and we'd probably go again if he came back to the area. By the way-the venue was super, but they make a mistake to admit latecomers during the performance-no matter how late ,or what's going on on the stage, and they allow the audience to take food and beverages into the area, which is inconsiderate to the rest of the audience.

the show was great,Seen him several times and every time the man is consitent.. He aen' lost a drop of his ability to move an audience.. Still has his heart and songs on the pulse of the wrld. Will see hem evry time he is in town. He is still >the man" hesings his heart.. dont ever stop Richie...

Richie Havens plays a guitar like he was born with it attached to his body. He rocks the room with chords and rifts long forgotten and lost to more mortal artists. His voice has a gentle reassurance to it, a velvet texture crying to the audience to listen. All of this combined with his humor and telling us to listen to the young people now. I came away saying still and again.....more.

Richie is great as always...this is the second time I have seen him. He does a lot of storytelling during his concerts and sometimes he is difficult to follow. It is nice that he always stays after concert to sign autographs but unfortunately he does a LOT of chatting with people so you can wait on line for hours. I guess it is nice for people who actually get up to him, but for others waiting in line it is frustrating. This is the second time I have waiting for almost an hour and still never got autograph.

About 400 people (sold out) in the Event Gallery of the Woodstock Museum at Bethel Woods, a beautiful venue but hardly the grundgy coffeehouse atmosphere that I associate with Richie Havens. Richie played a lot of his more recent music and only a few of the old favorites including only a partial version of Freedom. When he tried to respond to a request from the audience he could only get through the first two lines as he couldn't remember all the lyrics. Still, was wonderful watching a legend.

How could anyone top seeing RIchie Havens at the site of the original Woodstock Music and Art Festival...40 years later! I saw him then, and to see him again was amazing. He is such a gentle soul, and his guitar playing and singing haven't lost a thing in 40 years. Not only did he perform for 90 minutes, he spent another two hours signing CDs, hats, tees, tix, whatever...and talking, hugging, hand-shaking with everyone who attended the concert at Bethel Woods. AMAZING!!

Beautiful man. Great show. He sang and played wonderfully.