Richie at Hugh's

Last night I heard a living legend Richie Havens at Hugh's Room.  For years now Richie has been on my list of favourite voices.  I'm not sure when I first heard him sing but ever since then his soulful and rich voice has resonated with me.  What a thrill it was to hear him in person and like James Taylor he sounds exactly the same as his recordings from the 60s.  I can only hope my voice maintains itself that way as the years go by. 
I'd also like to emulate Richie's ability to mix personalized interpretations of famous songs with original compositions.  (This week at my Rex gig I debuted two compositions along with a couple of new arrangements - Lily Allen's Smile and Buddy Holly's Well...All Right.  Felt good to get my new material out in to the world!)  Richie's discography is extensive having recorded for Verve since the height of Greenwich Village folk scene so he didn't have time to perform all of his greatest hits but he did sing Here Comes the Sun and Motherless Child which was featured in Woodstock and brought him international fame.  I was truly moved by the lyric to a tune I didn't recognize midway through his set. I can't remember it word for word but it had a line that went something like "I can't believe the world has to choose again who is foe and who is friend"  My heart just ached with the truth of that statement and the fact that it was coming from a man who spent his youth protesting his country's involvement in the Vietnam War and now forty years later he's seeing them in a highly controversial war again.  All those dreams of peace that the flower generation sang about...will they ever come true?  If anyone reading this is familiar with Richie Haven's songbook and can tell me the title of that song, I'd be so grateful.
A big thank you to Richard, the owner of Hugh's Room, for continuing to bring amazing artists to Toronto!