Richard and Mimi Fariña Tribute

Sadly, I never got to hear Richard at all live, or he and Mimi together...But, I do have a cd of their two Vanguard albums that Mimi graciously autographed for me May 19, 1990, when she was attending a folklore conference on the IU campus in Bloomington...dedicated to the fifties/sixties "Folk revival" movement, which foster many singer songwriters - some of whom became megastars, like Bob Dylan, and some who died in the prime of their life, like Richard Fariña, who married Mimi Baez, Joan's younger sister.

I'm providing some links to other tribute, bio, and music pages:

Richard Farina. "In a dim way, I had been aware of
Richard Fariña before I actually met him." Thomas Pynchon recollection. (For Pynchon fans, here's a few more links.)

My Back Pages: Richard Fariña - Been down so long, it looks like up to me. Political activism
earned folk music artist/beat novelist Richard Fariñ subpoena to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (long since dis-continued)

Richard and Mimi Fariña Website Lyrics and tabulations for Farina's songs as recorded by Joan Baez; Peter, Paul & Mary; and Mimi and Richard. Go right to a page on Bruce Langhorne, who played guitar for Dylan on Bringing It All Back HOME.

Pack Up Your Sorrows: Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard, 1999) Lyrics and Chords for Pack up Your Sorrows

Birmingham Sunday (Richard Fariña - 1964) Tune: "I Loved a Lass" and "The False Bride" (trad.).

An Appreciation of Pack Up Your Sorrows, written by Richard Farina and Pauline Marden

Fariña's Music For Dulcimer. Still in Print!

The Hillock and the Holly, a meditation on Richard Farina

More Pynchon links:

San Narciso College Thomas Pynchon Home Page ... unofficial but widely collaborative Web page devoted to the work of Thomas Pynchon.

Thomas R. Pynchon: Spermatikos Logos

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