Richie Havens: Stonehenge (Stormy Forest)
Ben Edmonds, Fusion, 20 March 1970
THE SUBJECT OF Richie Havens is always sure to provoke an argument. Those who tend to dislike him do so with a great deal of fervor, but his disciples (who are great in number) hold their ground with equal intensity.
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