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1974 Interview with Mimi From the Atlanta, GA, underground newspaper Great Speckled Bird, Sept. 2, 1974. www.richardandmimi.com/mimi-interview-gsb1974.pdf Three Boston Globe Articles Added "Mimi Farina Smiles Again" (April 23 1980) "A Rose Blooms Concert Pays Tribute to Charity's Ailing Founder" (March 24, 2000) "Positively Club 47" (May 3, 2001) These first two are on the Articles on Mimi page; the third is on Reviews of Positively 4th Street. Liberating Richard In honor of the 44th anniversary of Richard's death, Neal Hellman has written some parting thoughts on his Richard Fariņa Dulcimer Book. liberatingrichard.html (April 2010) Screen Grabs of Mimi In honor of Mimi's birthday, we present some images captured from the Joan Baez documentary, How Sweet the Sound. howsweet.html (April 2010) Memories of the Troudadour days: Professor Jonathan Shear, an old friend of Richard, has shared some of his memories. They are added to the caption for the third photo down on this page: richardandmimi.com/troubadour.html (Jan. 2010) Farina reference on Family Guy: Added to the "Allusions" page: richardandmimi.com/allusions.html (Jan. 2010)

Banana records Mimi song Mimi's old performing partner Banana has recorded a new version of her song "Old Woman" on his new CD, Just Trying To Break Even. You can order it from www.grandpabanana.com New Bruce Langhorne CD Tambourine Man is now on sale at Bruce's website: www.brucelanghorne.com/ Remembering Richard Fariņa Richard's cousin, Omar Lugones, reminisces about hearing stories about Richard from his family while growing up. Recorded at Carmel Valley Branch Library, October 1, 2011. Many thanks to Patrica Delich for recording this event. http://elearningnetworks.com/farinas/omar.html 1965 Interview Re-released! Richard & Mimi on Boston radio station WTBS in 1965, between their Newport show and their second album. Many thanks to Peter Mork for unearthing this priceless recording! wmbr.org/blog/2011/06/12/mimi-and-richard-farina-live-on-wmbr-1965 "The Falcon" recorded by Stevie Coyle A great version of "The Falcon" is available on his website: steviecoyle.downloadsnow.net

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