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Richie Havens' finest recording, Mixed Bag captures the essence of his music and presents it in an attractive package that has held up well. A close listen to lyrics like "I Can't Make It Anymore" and "Morning, Morning" reveals sadness and loneliness, yet the music is so appealingly positive that a listener actually comes away feeling uplifted. In fact, on most of the songs on this album, it's the sound of Havens' distinctive voice coupled with his unusual open-E guitar tuning, rather than the specific lyrical content of the songs, that pulls the listener in. The six-and-a-half minute "Follow" is structured like a Dylan composition in the "Hard Rain" mode, with its memorable verse-ending refrain, "Don't mind me 'cause I ain't nothin' but a dream." Both "Sandy" and "San Francisco Bay Blues" have a jazzy feel, while the aforementioned "I Can't Make It Anymore" would not have been out of place in a movie soundtrack or pop radio playlist of the time. "Handsome Johnny," one of Havens' best known songs as a result of the Woodstock film, is a classic anti-war ballad, stoked by the singer's unmistakable thumb-chorded guitar strumming. Mixed Bag winds up with a soulful cover of Dylan's "Just Like a Woman" and an electric piano-propelled take on the Lennon-McCartney classic, "Eleanor Rigby."
© Jim Newsom /TiVo
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Paul Harris, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Harvey Brooks, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Richie Havens, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Court, Producer - Paul Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - BILLY EDD WHEELER, ComposerLyricist - Bill LaVorgna, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Howard Collins, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Price, Tabla, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gordon Lightfoot, ComposerLyricist - Richie Havens, MainArtist - John Court, Producer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richie Havens, MainArtist - John Court, Producer - Kupferberg, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richie Havens, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - John Court, Producer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Harris, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Harvey Brooks, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Richie Havens, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Court, Producer - Paul Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill LaVorgna, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Howard Collins, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Price, Tabla, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Merrick, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richie Havens, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - John Court, Producer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richie Havens, MainArtist - John Court, Producer - J. Pierre Cousineau, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richie Havens, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - John Court, Producer - Lou Gossett, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JESSE FULLER, ComposerLyricist - Richie Havens, MainArtist - John Court, Producer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Dylan, ComposerLyricist - Richie Havens, MainArtist - John Court, Producer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Harris, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Harvey Brooks, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Richie Havens, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Court, Producer - Paul Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill LaVorgna, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Howard Collins, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Price, Tabla, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Richie Havens' finest recording, Mixed Bag captures the essence of his music and presents it in an attractive package that has held up well. A close listen to lyrics like "I Can't Make It Anymore" and "Morning, Morning" reveals sadness and loneliness, yet the music is so appealingly positive that a listener actually comes away feeling uplifted. In fact, on most of the songs on this album, it's the sound of Havens' distinctive voice coupled with his unusual open-E guitar tuning, rather than the specific lyrical content of the songs, that pulls the listener in. The six-and-a-half minute "Follow" is structured like a Dylan composition in the "Hard Rain" mode, with its memorable verse-ending refrain, "Don't mind me 'cause I ain't nothin' but a dream." Both "Sandy" and "San Francisco Bay Blues" have a jazzy feel, while the aforementioned "I Can't Make It Anymore" would not have been out of place in a movie soundtrack or pop radio playlist of the time. "Handsome Johnny," one of Havens' best known songs as a result of the Woodstock film, is a classic anti-war ballad, stoked by the singer's unmistakable thumb-chorded guitar strumming. Mixed Bag winds up with a soulful cover of Dylan's "Just Like a Woman" and an electric piano-propelled take on the Lennon-McCartney classic, "Eleanor Rigby."
© Jim Newsom /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:37:45
- Main artists: Richie Havens
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Folk/Americana
© 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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