Tears are coming down my cheeks, but I still have a smile on my face. I miss them all, for all the reasons. I was a Junior in High School when this music made it's appearance. Saw Mimi and Dick at White Plains County Center, NY. Judy Collins was on the same bill. Pete is responsible for the Clearwater and cleaning up the Hudson River. He lived on a hill in Beacon, NY and could see the Hudson from his home. Wonderful people all. Peace and Love
I used to go to the Clearwater festival and saw Pete there many times. I saw him play at a charity concert at the Dominican Sisters right before he died. Pete was a national treasure.
I was so fortunate to meet both Mimi and Richard when they came over to Cynthia Williams home right after their (1965) concert at Big Sur. Richard was kind enough to let me hold and play his dulcimer, but it was Mimi who held everyone's attention. She was just lovely, positively glowing. It was clear how happy and in love she was. To my young self she seemed like an angel. And those around her basked in her glow. That is how I'll always remember that remarkable young woman. I talked with Pete years later at Clearwater about her, and that is how he said he remembered her as well. Rest In Peace Mimi, R.I.P. Richard and R.I.P. Pete. We wish you all could have stayed with us longer.
Thank you so much for sharing your remembrance of one of the great couples of our time. Richard’s talent is obvious but Mimi’s is more subtle but just as important. Their attraction to each other is evident in their performances. Mimi’s guitar accompaniment speaks for itself and the smiles say so much about their love for each othe😮r. Mimi would carry on a few solo albums and one with Tom Jan’s titled “Take Heart” that is definitely worth a listen. She also was a big part of the Bread and Roses Festival before her unfortunate passing.
I've been listening to their Reflections in a crystal wind album non stop since I found a second hand copy about six months ago. I just love it. Now I'm totally fascinated by both Richard and Mimi. The songs are fabulous and if you love early psych and the bit where folk ,rock and a new awareness meet,you will probably love these guys as much as I do. Love how he dedicated Bold Marauder to the memory of Ronald Reagan.
Richard Farina was one of the most charismatic, talented, and cool guys who ever lived. Richard had his friend Thomas Pynchon as the best man at his wedding, plus Pynchon dedicated "Gravity's Rainbow" to Richard.
Farina was a fascinating figure and extremely talented, a great musician and author who wrote one of the greatest novels of all time before he passed too young. its so cute seeing him and Mimi together, and Pete’s interactions with them is the cherry on top. RIP to the lot of them
I have not found any video recordings of Richard and Mimi Farina other than Rainbow Quest here so a rare treat here. Bold Marauder is triple strength complex and still timeless like today and even Phil Ochesque ijn content. I treasured Mimi Farina's performances down through the years and the rare time when sister Joan Baez performed with her.
@pentangle4444 Please see the very recent doc about Baez, initially a theatrical release. There are interesting parts about Richard Farina in the highly praised film. The word “noise” appears in the title.
Sadly, Richard Fariña would pass away in that horrific motorcycle accident near his home in Carmel later this year. Folk music, and the literary world lost a true giant. One could only imagine what he would have accomplished. I myself can't even imagine what he would have become had he not died in that accident. You're talking about an entire lifetime of lost innovation that could have come only from him.
11:19 Celebration for a Grey Day 18:31 Pack Up Your Sorrows 24:00 Bold Marauder 29:44 All Mixed Up 34:33 The House Un-American Blues Activity Dream 42:51 NY State Song 45:24 Joy ‘Round My Brain 49:46 Love Oh Love 51:45 Outro (Had I A Golden Thread)
You have accomplished a rare feat in having secured these photos of Mimi and Richard Farina not published anywhere I am aware of. Richard’s death was without doubt the most tragic loss to be experienced during the mid-1960s. To add to the poignancy, irony, and utter awfulness, he was killed on the very day of the that his novel was released. To conjure what he and Mimi would have created since that epoch is unimaginable. Richard attended Cornell and befriended the elusive Thomas Pynchon-Mimi was Joan Baez’s sister and a ballet dancer. Along with Dylan, Farina was the most talented songwriter and novelist, and poet et al. His dulcimer was one of only three made of that type. His dulcimer was donated to the Smithsonian following Mimi’s death in 1998. I confess that I have never quite gotten over the mourning of his violent death in April of 1966. Perhaps his greatest song is ‘Reflections in a Crystal Wind”. And there were others including “Another Country, and so many more.
This is great, wish there was a higher quality of this. Those thingsis why I love the internet and RUclips, feels like your in the studio with them, in 1966 with only a small audience. I love the mood of the show with the host joining in the jam. We need more of this, made in 2023 with new folk artists. This is just awesome, thanks for the upload !
Beautiful country, though. I wonder how many of you viewing have even seen pictures of the coast around Carmel, California. It's only in the last few years they had roads there. Because the mountains tumble down into the sea and pine trees cling to the rocks. And the Pacific Ocean sometimes is full of fog that rolls up and then it gets up to the top of the hill and all of a sudden the fog evaporates, as soon as it gets to the top of the hill. And when it does clear off, you get the most magnificent views you can imagine.It's one of the most lovely parts of America and I think one of the most lovely parts of the whole world, too. You're lucky people to live there. - Pete Seeger
The person operating that motorcyle 60 miles over the speed limit while passing through a curve killed richard, not the roads. Who was that guy that drove the motorcycle? Can’t find his name anywhere.
Mr. J. Balls. The person who was present at the release party for Richard’s novel, Been Down So Long…, which took place at a Carmel bookshop had asked Mr. Farina if he would like to go for a spin on his motorcycle was named William Hinds. What especially bothers me to no end is that Hinds actually noted that the reason for the crash was due to Richard’s inexperience in sharing the motorcycle (as a passenger) by not appropriately shifting his weight as the cycle sped along the curvy road yet, as you noted, Hinds was purportedly speeding. When the driver lost control of the cycle due to these variables which made it impossible to keep the vehicle on the road, it hit a fence that may have beheaded the passenger, when it would have been desirable to have Hinds lose his life instead.
@@robertshapiro3733 thank you so much for that comment. i have been wondering forever about the identity of that person. any word regarding what ever happened to Hinds, and are you saying that you heard Richard was beheaded by the accident? what a horrible way to die for such a gentle and unselfish person. I could not believe the high quality of Richard's music. how could it be that I have never heard of him before? Richard and Mimi were the best duo I ever heard of. after Richard's passing Mimi never produced any music of the same high quality. almost as if something inside her died when Richard passed. Richard's story is so sad and heartbreaking. Thank you once again for the reply to my comment. it is very much appreciated.
@@johnballs4107 You are so naturally kind. Your sentiments are deeply appreciated. I will list a Bibliography soon. I had never heard of Richard Farina until reading his obituary in Time magazine in early June of 1966 when I was 15 years old. I became curious of the death notice and immediately purchased two the albums made with Mimi: Celebration for a Grey Day and Reflections in a Crystal Wind-magical titles for Vanguard Records. Richard also appeared on one volume of The Singer-Songwriter Project upon which he sang that heartbreaking song, Birmingham Sunday and Bold Marauders. His articles appeared in Mademoiselle, Playboy, and other magazines. Aside from Been Down a posthumous book appeared later published by Random House. Joan write an essay about him in her first memoir. She wrote the song Sir Galahad for him. Look for an amazing spoken doc about him on RUclips that must be more than 3 hours in length-and contains some wonderful stories. July Collins included an essay about him in her thick songbook. Also, you must read David Haidju’s book, Positively 4th. Street et al. I’ll continue when I awake on Wednesday, John. I wanted to mention that his loss was the most significant relative to the death of any other folk/artist between the 1950s and the 1960s and later.
@johnballs4107. I have never determined what Mr. Hinds legal fate was following the accident. Nor have I exactly determined what Mr. Farina’s injuries exactly were therefore my allusion to what I wrote has been mentioned here and there although I have never been able to determine exactly what he suffered. I found Dylan’s comment about the duo’s music in Chronicles Vol. I to be wholly unnecessary but his negative assessment of the duo’s music could very well be based upon the altercation that occurred between Mimi and Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival and that single song that I think Richard wrote about Dylan that appeared on the album of unfinished material called ‘Memories’ I think in which Mimi sings that song featuring Grady Martin’s guitar work that begins with the line “Well bye bye Bobby…”.
Thanks so much for posting these great video treasures. I was huge fan of Mimi and Richard in the 60s. There was something very special about their chemistry. Richards untimely death was very hard news back then. Also, Richard's novel: Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me, was quite good.
I'm living in singapore now. This music is from my home and so far away across the ocean, I am reminded of my father and his old songs that were handed down to me.
Oh! Life comes back to me. My favorite Record along with Simon and Garfunkel. If you. Can find the z record Reflections in a Crystal Wind you will find more, different, but similar songs. Pete was a gift to the American People. Richard was fabulous and taken far too soon.MIMI NEEDED HIM
I was also surprised to hear the "Farinya" pronunciation. It turns out that his father was Spanish. We're all used to the Italian pronunciation with no wiggly tilde, but the Spanish version of the name turns out to have "ñ": Fariña. Wikipedia carefully uses that Spanish version in the Richard Fariña entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Fariña . So, Pete's pronunciation is the correct one, even though I've never heard it that way.
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Tears are coming down my cheeks, but I still have a smile on my face. I miss them all, for all the reasons. I was a Junior in High School when this music made it's appearance. Saw Mimi and Dick at White Plains County Center, NY. Judy Collins was on the same bill.
Pete is responsible for the Clearwater and cleaning up the Hudson River. He lived on a hill in Beacon, NY and could see the Hudson from his home.
Wonderful people all.
Peace and Love
I was at that White Plains concert as well. Such a memorable performance!
I used to go to the Clearwater festival and saw Pete there many times. I saw him play at a charity concert at the Dominican Sisters right before he died. Pete was a national treasure.
I was so fortunate to meet both Mimi and Richard when they came over to Cynthia Williams home right after their (1965) concert at Big Sur. Richard was kind enough to let me hold and play his dulcimer, but it was Mimi who held everyone's attention. She was just lovely, positively glowing. It was clear how happy and in love she was. To my young self she seemed like an angel. And those around her basked in her glow. That is how I'll always remember that remarkable young woman. I talked with Pete years later at Clearwater about her, and that is how he said he remembered her as well. Rest In Peace Mimi, R.I.P. Richard and R.I.P. Pete. We wish you all could have stayed with us longer.
Thank you so much for sharing your remembrance of one of the great couples of our time. Richard’s talent is obvious but Mimi’s is more subtle but just as important. Their attraction to each other is evident in their performances. Mimi’s guitar accompaniment speaks for itself and the smiles say so much about their love for each othe😮r. Mimi would carry on a few solo albums and one with Tom Jan’s titled “Take Heart” that is definitely worth a listen. She also was a big part of the Bread and Roses Festival before her unfortunate passing.
I cannot believe the horrible way in which both, Richard and Mimi, died. Both also died very young.
I've been listening to their Reflections in a crystal wind album non stop since I found a second hand copy about six months ago. I just love it. Now I'm totally fascinated by both Richard and Mimi. The songs are fabulous and if you love early psych and the bit where folk ,rock and a new awareness meet,you will probably love these guys as much as I do. Love how he dedicated Bold Marauder to the memory of Ronald Reagan.
I bought mine new in 1966. I bought it because I loved that title. Then I fell in love with the songs. So different from one another!
Richard Farina was one of the most charismatic, talented, and cool guys who ever lived. Richard had his friend Thomas Pynchon as the best man at his wedding, plus Pynchon dedicated "Gravity's Rainbow" to Richard.
Farina was a fascinating figure and extremely talented, a great musician and author who wrote one of the greatest novels of all time before he passed too young. its so cute seeing him and Mimi together, and Pete’s interactions with them is the cherry on top. RIP to the lot of them
I have not found any video recordings of Richard and Mimi Farina other than Rainbow Quest here so a rare treat here. Bold Marauder is triple strength complex and still timeless like today and even Phil Ochesque ijn content. I treasured Mimi Farina's performances down through the years and the rare time when sister Joan Baez performed with her.
@pentangle4444 Please see the very recent doc about Baez, initially a theatrical release. There are interesting parts about Richard Farina in the highly praised film. The word “noise” appears in the title.
Sadly, Richard Fariña would pass away in that horrific motorcycle accident near his home in Carmel later this year. Folk music, and the literary world lost a true giant. One could only imagine what he would have accomplished. I myself can't even imagine what he would have become had he not died in that accident. You're talking about an entire lifetime of lost innovation that could have come only from him.
11:19 Celebration for a Grey Day
18:31 Pack Up Your Sorrows
24:00 Bold Marauder
29:44 All Mixed Up
34:33 The House Un-American Blues Activity Dream
42:51 NY State Song
45:24 Joy ‘Round My Brain
49:46 Love Oh Love
51:45 Outro (Had I A Golden Thread)
You have accomplished a rare feat in having secured these photos of Mimi and Richard Farina not published anywhere I am aware of. Richard’s death was without doubt the most tragic loss to be experienced during the mid-1960s. To add to the poignancy, irony, and utter awfulness, he was killed on the very day of the that his novel was released. To conjure what he and Mimi would have created since that epoch is unimaginable. Richard attended Cornell and befriended the elusive Thomas Pynchon-Mimi was Joan Baez’s sister and a ballet dancer. Along with Dylan, Farina was the most talented songwriter and novelist, and poet et al. His dulcimer was one of only three made of that type. His dulcimer was donated to the Smithsonian following
Mimi’s death in 1998. I confess that I have never quite gotten over the mourning of his violent death in April of 1966. Perhaps his greatest song is ‘Reflections in a Crystal Wind”. And there were others including “Another Country, and so many more.
Found this after watching "I am a noise" .. joy, pain, beauty.
Mini was so beautiful…. And Richard had a fantastic voice. What they could have been had he lived….
RIP Pete, Richard, and Mimi.
Great stuff...Pete was having fun jamming
They still are with Woody,Pete's friend
Amen! They were Treasures. Bob
This is great, wish there was a higher quality of this. Those thingsis why I love the internet and RUclips, feels like your in the studio with them, in 1966 with only a small audience. I love the mood of the show with the host joining in the jam. We need more of this, made in 2023 with new folk artists. This is just awesome, thanks for the upload !
Beautiful country, though. I wonder how many of you viewing have even seen pictures of the coast around Carmel, California. It's only in the last few years they had roads there. Because the mountains tumble down into the sea and pine trees cling to the rocks. And the Pacific Ocean sometimes is full of fog that rolls up and then it gets up to the top of the hill and all of a sudden the fog evaporates, as soon as it gets to the top of the hill. And when it does clear off, you get the most magnificent views you can imagine.It's one of the most lovely parts of America and I think one of the most lovely parts of the whole world, too. You're lucky people to live there. - Pete Seeger
tremendous performance by mimi & richard !
Pete was a gift.
So were Richard and Mimi.
pete was a pud
Thank you for re-uploading this gem. The only full video of this episode was deleted months ago, and this one is much better quality.
No problem! I uploaded a lot of other very interesting episodes, which have been very information and great to watch!
God, Mimi and Richard were great musicians. Wow! 60 years later and it still holds up.
Weird to hear Pete talk about the roads of Carmel, CA that later killed Richard Farina on Mimi's 21st birthday!
The person operating that motorcyle 60 miles over the speed limit while passing through a curve killed richard, not the roads. Who was that guy that drove the motorcycle? Can’t find his name anywhere.
Mr. J. Balls. The person who was present at the release party for Richard’s novel, Been Down So Long…, which took place at a Carmel bookshop had asked Mr. Farina if he would like to go for a spin on his motorcycle was named William Hinds. What especially bothers me to no end is that Hinds actually noted that the reason for the crash was due to Richard’s inexperience in sharing the motorcycle (as a passenger) by not appropriately shifting his weight as the cycle sped along the curvy road yet, as you noted, Hinds was purportedly speeding. When the driver lost control of the cycle due to these variables which made it impossible to keep the vehicle on the road, it hit a fence that may have beheaded the passenger, when it would have been desirable to have Hinds lose his life instead.
@@robertshapiro3733 thank you so much for that comment. i have been wondering forever about the identity of that person. any word regarding what ever happened to Hinds, and are you saying that you heard Richard was beheaded by the accident? what a horrible way to die for such a gentle and unselfish person. I could not believe the high quality of Richard's music. how could it be that I have never heard of him before? Richard and Mimi were the best duo I ever heard of. after Richard's passing Mimi never produced any music of the same high quality. almost as if something inside her died when Richard passed. Richard's story is so sad and heartbreaking. Thank you once again for the reply to my comment. it is very much appreciated.
@@johnballs4107 You are so naturally kind. Your sentiments are deeply appreciated. I will list a Bibliography soon. I had never heard of Richard Farina until reading his obituary in Time magazine in early June of 1966 when I was 15 years old. I became curious of the death notice and immediately purchased two the albums made with
Mimi: Celebration for a Grey Day and Reflections in a Crystal Wind-magical titles for Vanguard Records. Richard also appeared on one volume of The Singer-Songwriter Project upon which he sang that heartbreaking song, Birmingham Sunday and Bold Marauders. His articles appeared in Mademoiselle, Playboy, and other magazines. Aside from Been Down a posthumous book appeared later published by Random House. Joan write an essay about him in her first memoir. She wrote the song Sir Galahad for him. Look for an amazing spoken doc about him on RUclips that must be more than 3 hours in length-and contains some wonderful stories. July Collins included an essay about him in her thick songbook. Also, you must read David Haidju’s book, Positively 4th. Street et al. I’ll continue when I awake on Wednesday, John. I wanted to mention that his loss was the most significant relative to the death of any other folk/artist between the 1950s and the 1960s and later.
@johnballs4107. I have never determined what Mr. Hinds legal fate was following the accident. Nor have I exactly determined what Mr. Farina’s injuries exactly were therefore my allusion to what I wrote has been mentioned here and there although I have never been able to determine exactly what he suffered. I found Dylan’s comment about the duo’s music in Chronicles Vol. I to be wholly unnecessary but his negative assessment of the duo’s music could very well be based upon the altercation that occurred between Mimi and Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival and that single song that I think Richard wrote about Dylan that appeared on the album of unfinished material called ‘Memories’ I think in which Mimi sings that song featuring Grady Martin’s guitar work that begins with the line “Well bye bye Bobby…”.
Thanks so much for posting these great video treasures. I was huge fan of Mimi and Richard in the 60s. There was something very special about their chemistry. Richards untimely death was very hard news back then. Also, Richard's novel: Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me, was quite good.
I'm living in singapore now. This music is from my home and so far away across the ocean, I am reminded of my father and his old songs that were handed down to me.
So glad to have discovered this! I love Pete Seeger and this session with the Fariñas is just fantastic!
So long ago...
Thanks for this,it's really great, really glad I stumbled upon this. Magical.👍☯️☮️
Beautiful
This is wonderful, thank you so much for uploading it for us.
Oh! Life comes back to me. My favorite Record along with Simon and Garfunkel. If you. Can find the z record Reflections in a Crystal Wind you will find more, different, but similar songs. Pete was a gift to the American People. Richard was fabulous and taken far too soon.MIMI NEEDED HIM
Thank you for uploading this. Love them, and I don’t many other people in my circle that even know who they are.
This is pure gold!!
This is priceless
I came here for Pack Up Your Sorrows
Hint: 18:30-21:45
Guitar stands hadn't been invented back then haha
I have been under the impression that they met their untimely death in a plane crash.
It’s easy to understand given all of the tragedies that have befallen our often favorite public artists.
I think Pete missed pronounced Richard's and Mimi's last name, oh well its close enough.
I was also surprised to hear the "Farinya" pronunciation. It turns out that his father was Spanish. We're all used to the Italian pronunciation with no wiggly tilde, but the Spanish version of the name turns out to have "ñ": Fariña. Wikipedia carefully uses that Spanish version in the Richard Fariña entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Fariña . So, Pete's pronunciation is the correct one, even though I've never heard it that way.
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