this song was actually taken from a old folk song called motherless child and Richie added freedom to the entire song. He had to improvise at woodstock.....becuase he ran out of songs. He was encored several times and the 3 coolest parts of the woodstock footage is when he comes out on stage already playing but no sound is picked up because the microphone is far away, when everyone stands and claps their hands to his freedom lyrics and when you see him leave, he has sweat pouring off his back and it shows the effort he put into his preformance. Havens plays so hard he breaks a string and has to restring and retune before he contiues, pretty amazing stuff. He also played strawberry fields forever by the beatles and another amazing song called handsome johnny. I suggest you check it out for he is an amazing artist and by the way i think he was the first to play at woodstock.
this song was actually taken from a old folk song called motherless child and Richie added freedom to the entire song. He had to improvise at woodstock.....becuase he ran out of songs. He was encored several times and the 3 coolest parts of the woodstock footage is when he comes out on stage already playing but no sound is picked up because the microphone is far away, when everyone stands and claps their hands to his freedom lyrics and when you see him leave, he has sweat pouring off his back and it shows the effort he put into his preformance. Havens plays so hard he breaks a string and has to restring and retune before he contiues, pretty amazing stuff. He also played strawberry fields forever by the beatles and another amazing song called handsome johnny. I suggest you check it out for he is an amazing artist and by the way i think he was the first to play at woodstock.