“[The song, “Freedom”] doesn’t belong to me anyway… It belongs to everything that made it come out.” -Richie Havens on his song, “Freedom” At 5:07 pm on the evening of 8/15/1969, Richie Havens opened Woodstock. With many other musicians in the lineup stuck in traffic, Havens sat playing song after song until he finally ran out of material. Havens had to improvise and composed “Freedom” on the spot. | Woodstock
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