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Posted By: sixtieschick
11-Aug-05 - 02:37 PM
Thread Name: Books: What book are you reading right now
Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
"They Can't Hide Us Any More" by Richie Havens. A lovely autobiography with wonderful descriptions of starting out singing doo-wop in Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, singing in Greenwich Village in the sixties, opening the Woodstock festival, and other landmarks along his musical journey. Havens gives refreshingly equal appreciation to famous and lesser-known musicians and singer-songwriters. The man's passion and compassion for the human spirit shines through his observations, and he describes his own processes of writing songs, playing guitar and performing in detail.