The anti-war anthem follows the archetypal soldier marching through history's famous battles up through the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights protest marches in Birmingham. Havens urges listeners to take a stand before it's too late: “Tell me what it is we've got to do, wait for our fields to start glistening, Hey, wait for the bullets to start whistling Hey, here comes a hydrogen bomb and here comes a guided missile Here comes a hydrogen bomb, I can almost hear its whistle I can almost hear its whistle” Havens wrote this with Louis Gossett Jr., an actor who would go o… read more
The anti-war anthem follows the archetypal soldier marching through history's famous battles up through the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights pro… read more
The anti-war anthem follows the archetypal soldier marching through history's famous battles up through the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights protest marches in Birmingham. Havens ur… read more
Richard P. "Richie" Havens (born January 21, 1941; died April 22, 2013) was an American folk singer and guitarist. He is best remembered for his intense, rhythmic guitar style (often in open tunings), soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. Born in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, Havens moved to Greenwich Village in 1961 in time to get in on the folk boom then taking place. Havens had a distinctive style as a folksinger, appearing in such clubs as the Cafe Wha? His guitar set to an open tuning, he would … read more
Richard P. "Richie" Havens (born January 21, 1941; died April 22, 2013) was an American folk singer and guitarist. He is best remembered for his intense, rhythmic guitar style (of… read more
Richard P. "Richie" Havens (born January 21, 1941; died April 22, 2013) was an American folk singer and guitarist. He is best remembered for his intense, rhythmic guitar style (often in open tunings), soulful covers of pop an… read more