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| Ritchie Havens |
Richie Havens' ashes will be scattered at the site of Woodstock , the iconic
festival he opened in 1969. The folk singer died in April at age 72 from a
heart attack.
According to Rolling Stone, the ceremony will take place on
August 18th on the former location of Max Yasgur's upstate New
York farm, which hosted the historic festival and its 400,000
participants; it is now home to the Bethel
Woods Center
According to Havens' official website, the "day of song
and remembrance" will require a free ticket for admission. More details
will be released soon.
Havens wasn't supposed to be the first act to perform at Woodstock , but with other
artists stuck far away in traffic and the concert already running three hours
behind schedule, organizer Michael Lang urged the folk singer to take the
stage.
"I thought, 'Jeez, they're gonna throw beer cans at me
because the concert's late,'" Havens wrote in Rolling Stone on the 20th
anniversary of Woodstock .
"So I did a little fast talking, a little rap, and then I did a nearly
three-hour set, until some of the others finally showed up."
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