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Jerry Merrick was an American folk singer-songwriter. His songs have been recorded by Richie Havens, B.J. Thomas, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Susan Tedeschi.. Merrick is best known for writing "Follow," which appeared on the 1967 Richie Havens LP Mixed Bag (MCA Verve/Folkways), which Rolling Stone called a "Sixties folk epic."
Richard Pierce Havens (January 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. [1] His music encompassed elements of folk, soul (both of which he frequently covered), and rhythm and blues.
Covers of the song include versions by Judy Collins on Who Knows Where The Time Goes (1967), Joan Baez on Any Day Now (1968), and Richie Havens on Richard P. Havens, 1983 (1969). [44] Marion Williams released the song on a single in 1969. [44] Sidney Nelson of Nottingham Evening Post praised Collins's' version, describing it as better than ...
Others to record versions of the song include Don Rich, Steve Young, John Denver, the Allman Brothers Band, Derek Warfield. the Charlie Daniels Band, Big Country, the Dave Brockie Experience, Vikki Carr, Richie Havens, the Black Crowes, Solomon Burke, Earl Thomas Conley, the Jerry Garcia Band, Sophie B. Hawkins, Legion of Mary, and the Zac ...
Richie Havens performed a historical rendition of the song – retitled Freedom (Motherless Child) – on August 15, 1969 at the opening of the Woodstock festival. Elvis Presley used the first verse of the song to open the gospel sequence in his Comeback Special in 1968, sung by Darlene Love.
Something Else Again is the second studio album by American folk singer and guitarist Richie Havens, released in January 1968. [3] The track "Run, Shaker Life" was based on a Shaker dance song by elder Issachar Bates [4] and reworked from Havens' old band, The Last Men, who reunited for this recording. [5] "
Follow may refer to: Follow, the third album by Pakho Chau; Follow (dancer), one member of a partner dance "Follow", a song by Jerry Merrick, popularized by Richie Havens on his 1966 album Mixed Bag "Follow", a song by Drowning Pool from their 2001 album Sinner
Alarm Clock is an album by the folk rock musician Richie Havens. [5] It was released in 1971 by Stormy Forest. [6] It is his highest charting album, reaching number 29 on the Billboard Top 200 in the United States.