I was at that White Plains concert as well. Such a memorable performance!

Thank you so much for sharing your remembrance of one of the great couples of our time. Richard’s talent is obvious but Mimi’s is more subtle but just as important. Their attraction to each other is evident in their performances. Mimi’s guitar accompaniment speaks for itself and the smiles say so much about their love for each othe😮r. Mimi would carry on a few solo albums and one with Tom Jan’s titled “Take Heart” that is definitely worth a listen. She also was a big part of the Bread and Roses Festival before her unfortunate passing.

I cannot believe the horrible way in which both, Richard and Mimi, died. Both also died very young.

Great stuff...Pete was having fun jamming

They still are with Woody,Pete's friend

Amen! They were Treasures. Bob

I bought mine new in 1966. I bought it because I loved that title. Then I fell in love with the songs. So different from one another!

Found this after watching "I am a noise" .. joy, pain, beauty.

@pentangle4444 Please see the very recent doc about Baez, initially a theatrical release. There are interesting parts about Richard Farina in the highly praised film. The word “noise” appears in the title.

So were Richard and Mimi.

pete was a pud

No problem! I uploaded a lot of other very interesting episodes, which have been very information and great to watch!

The person operating that motorcyle 60 miles over the speed limit while passing through a curve killed richard, not the roads. Who was that guy that drove the motorcycle? Can’t find his name anywhere.

Mr. J. Balls. The person who was present at the release party for Richard’s novel, Been Down So Long…, which took place at a Carmel bookshop had asked Mr. Farina if he would like to go for a spin on his motorcycle was named William Hinds. What especially bothers me to no end is that Hinds actually noted that the reason for the crash was due to Richard’s inexperience in sharing the motorcycle (as a passenger) by not appropriately shifting his weight as the cycle sped along the curvy road yet, as you noted, Hinds was purportedly speeding. When the driver lost control of the cycle due to these variables which made it impossible to keep the vehicle on the road, it hit a fence that may have beheaded the passenger, when it would have been desirable to have Hinds lose his life instead.

@@robertshapiro3733 thank you so much for that comment. i have been wondering forever about the identity of that person. any word regarding what ever happened to Hinds, and are you saying that you heard Richard was beheaded by the accident? what a horrible way to die for such a gentle and unselfish person. I could not believe the high quality of Richard's music. how could it be that I have never heard of him before? Richard and Mimi were the best duo I ever heard of. after Richard's passing Mimi never produced any music of the same high quality. almost as if something inside her died when Richard passed. Richard's story is so sad and heartbreaking. Thank you once again for the reply to my comment. it is very much appreciated.

@@johnballs4107 You are so naturally kind. Your sentiments are deeply appreciated. I will list a Bibliography soon. I had never heard of Richard Farina until reading his obituary in Time magazine in early June of 1966 when I was 15 years old. I became curious of the death notice and immediately purchased two the albums made with Mimi: Celebration for a Grey Day and Reflections in a Crystal Wind-magical titles for Vanguard Records. Richard also appeared on one volume of The Singer-Songwriter Project upon which he sang that heartbreaking song, Birmingham Sunday and Bold Marauders. His articles appeared in Mademoiselle, Playboy, and other magazines. Aside from Been Down a posthumous book appeared later published by Random House. Joan write an essay about him in her first memoir. She wrote the song Sir Galahad for him. Look for an amazing spoken doc about him on KZfaq that must be more than 3 hours in length-and contains some wonderful stories. July Collins included an essay about him in her thick songbook. Also, you must read David Haidju’s book, Positively 4th. Street et al. I’ll continue when I awake on Wednesday, John. I wanted to mention that his loss was the most significant relative to the death of any other folk/artist between the 1950s and the 1960s and later.

@johnballs4107. I have never determined what Mr. Hinds legal fate was following the accident. Nor have I exactly determined what Mr. Farina’s injuries exactly were therefore my allusion to what I wrote has been mentioned here and there although I have never been able to determine exactly what he suffered. I found Dylan’s comment about the duo’s music in Chronicles Vol. I to be wholly unnecessary but his negative assessment of the duo’s music could very well be based upon the altercation that occurred between Mimi and Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival and that single song that I think Richard wrote about Dylan that appeared on the album of unfinished material called ‘Memories’ I think in which Mimi sings that song featuring Grady Martin’s guitar work that begins with the line “Well bye bye Bobby…”.

It’s easy to understand given all of the tragedies that have befallen our often favorite public artists.