Listen - Mimi and Richard Farina perform Reno, Nevada
I picked this single up years ago at a crappy Sacramento shopping mall based used record store of no particular name. I probably got it for $.50 or less. From day one I have loved every aspect of it. The incessant reverb-free guitar work that sounds like a Telecaster (to me), Mimi's humming, the barrel house piano and Richard's nasally vocals. I've never heard anything else by this husband/wife duo that I have liked. But damn, I do like Reno, Nevada. I believe it was recorded in 1965 and was published by the folk dominant label, Vanguard.
Enjoy.
Hi Friend! Thanks for the add.
ReplyDeleteI'll put "on the flip side"
in my "beautiful places".
Hold on!
i've loved them for decades, but this photo is new to me, now my 'desktop'
ReplyDelete...the tragickest damn story you'll find, Richard's demise...
wmbr.org/blog/2011/06/12/mimi-and-richard-farina-live-on-wmbr-1965
http://www.richardandmimi.com/index.html
GE - thanks for hipping me to Richard's story. I was unaware of the details. They were all so young.
ReplyDeleteMimi to this day is the most beautiful person I've ever met. Her work with www.breadandroses.org epitomized what music is all about.
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