Ending our April tribute to one of our Musical Inspirations Richie Havens. The Artistry of Richie's Music will always be an inspiration. This is the end our month long homage to one of my favorite musicians I wanted to share this video which highlights a number of his television appearances between 1969 and 1971, Richie Havens: The Lost Broadcasts film. #MondayMusic #MickSchaferBand #OregonMusicScene #PDXMusic #RichieHavens AT Clyde's Prime Rib watching Deborah Patton perform

A Mick Schafer Band cover of Benji Howard's tune Many Rivers is another example of Richie Havens influence. #MondayMusic #MickSchaferBand #OregonMusicScene #PDXMusic Chad Rupp's 1/4/5 jam has it going on here at the Lair right now. #MyTownTuesday #MickSchaferBand#PortlandMusicScene #MusicianLife #PDXMusic#BluesJam #ChadRupp #TheLair Below: At the beautifully renovated Ponderosa Lounge with Josh from Redwood Son hosting. #PDXMusic #MickSchaferBand Below: Albert Nicholas in PD

Song (Treetop) written by Tom Esch and arranged by Mick Schafer as influenced by Richie Havens rhythmic acoustic guitar. #MondayMusic #MickSchaferBand #OregonMusicScene What used to be the renowned Kung Fu Bakery recording studio is now @Synapse, the repair shop that fixed my Boss tuner last week. Thank you Tim Hofstetler.'#MyTownTuesday #MickSchaferBand #PortlandMusicScene "Music is the major form of communication. It's the commonest vibration, the people's news broadcast,

#ThrowbackThursday Back in the Europe days I was in Avignon, France long enough to take in a movie. The movie was Woodstock. The performance that went the deepest was Richie Havens’ Freedom. Warner Brothers. License: All Rights Reserved Years later I was in Oakland hanging out with Fizale and his folks when two events converged.First was an invitation from Fizales’ Mom to watch “10 Years a Slave.” The second was a jam over at Fizale’s friends house. The song Burnt Angel start