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Richard George Fariña (Spanish IPA: /ˈfariɲa/; March 8, 1937 – April 30, 1966) [1] was an American folksinger, songwriter, poet and novelist. [2] Early years and education. Fariña was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States, [3] the son of an Irish mother, Theresa Crozier, and a Cuban father of Galician origin, also named Richard Fariña. [4] .
Oct 1, 2023 · RICHARD FARIÑA REMEMBERED (2023): The man who wouldn't be king | Elsewhere by Graham Reid. Graham Reid | Oct 1, 2023 | 12 min read. Michael, Andrew and James. See him there in that photo from the early Sixties, the young singer standing alongside the beautiful Baez sisters Joan and Mimi.
Apr 30, 2021 · Remembering Richard Fariña, counterculture author who wrote the cult classic of the 1960s, ‘Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me’.
Apr 28, 2016 · Also arrested was Sale’s one-time roommate: a wild-haired, strikingly charismatic, half-Cuban, half-Irish beatnik named Richard Fariña, who seems to have approached the protests with...
Richard Fariña (born April 30, 1937?, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died April 30, 1966, Carmel, Calif.) was an American folk singer and novelist who, with his wife, Mimi Fariña, played a significant role in the folk music revival of the 1960s.
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Jul 10, 2023 · The Greatest Psychedelic Novel You’ve Never Heard Of. Counterculture rebel Richard Fariña died on the cusp of fame. His only novel remains essential reading for literary psychonauts with a penchant for the absurd. Article by Mariella Rudi Published on July 10, 2023. Table of Contents.
Sep 1, 2015 · Reinventing Richard: The Songs of Richard Fariña is a new album from Plainsong as a tribute to, and celebration of, Richard’s music, fifty years after his tragic and untimely death.
