Bethel, NY - The ashes of Richie Havens will be scattered across the site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival on the anniversary of the final day of the concert he opened with a nearly three-hour ...

FILE - In this July 26, 1994 file photo, Woodstock '69 veterans, from left, Melanie Safka, Judy Collins and Richie Havens get together at the Bendix Diner in New York. The trio introduced a ...

Almost 40 years since the festival of "Three Days of Peace & Music," legendary musician Richie Havens still speaks about his incredible experience at Woodstock like it happened yesterday. His ...

Richie Havens, the New York City folk singer thrust by circumstance onto center stage as the opening act of Woodstock, the legendary 1969 music festival, has died. He was 72. He died Monday of a heart ...

NEW YORK (AP) Richie Havens, who sang and strummed for a sea of people at Woodstock, has died of a heart attack Monday, his family said in a statement. He was 72. Havens, a folk singer and guitarist, ...

Veteran singer-songwriter Richie Havens, who was the first act on stage at the original Woodstock Music & Art Fair in 1969, will perform at noon on Aug. 14 at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts on ...

You may not think you know Richie Havens, but there’s a good chance you do. If you’ve watched the 1970 documentary that chronicled Woodstock, the world-famous New York festival and countercultural ...

Guitarist Richie Havens passed away April 22, 2013. (AP PHOTO) Guitarist Richie Havens has died at age 72, according to a press release sent out by the Live Loud booking agency Monday, April 22. The ...