It's Black music month!
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Mixed Bag, Richie Havens, 1966, :38
The debut album of one of America's greatest singers and interpreters, the man who would (if there were any justice) represent the 1960s and '70s in the popular zeitgeist as much as Bob Dylan does. Richie Havens is a god damn gold mine, largely undiscovered, and that's a damn shame. There seems to be some dispute as to the date of release of this album: Spotify says 1967, Wikipedia says late 1966. Anyhoo, this is a wonderful record, and while many say this is Havens' best work, I say pish! He would go on to do even greater things. Favorite tracks: "I Can't Make It Anymore," "High-Flying Bird," the ever so Dylanesque "Follow," the fine cover of "Eleanor Rigby."
