Mimi Fariña

Being a fan of Joan Baez for so many years, somehow I never paid much attention to the career of her 2 sisters. Knew about Pauline and Mimi but never care to dig beyond what was said in Joan's autobiography or in casual newspapers/magazines articles of one sort or another. I even noticed the duets Joan & Mimi sang together in youtube, but was never overwhelmingly impressed.

Hmmmm! that was until I stumbled upon Douglas Cooke web site. There are fans, and there are super fans, and Douglas certainly belongs to the latter category. You must see his web site about Richard and Mimi Fariña for yourself:
http://www.richardandmimi.com/index.html

Although living in the shadow of her sister, Mimi is also very very talented. Apparently her guitar skills and musical sense is superior to Joan's. Her life story is also soooo sad. Married at 17, widowed at 21, "he was a hard act to follow" she said. I better shut up less I spoiled your reading.

Quite a few pieces about Richard & Mimi on youtube. Here's one of my favorite where they appear with Pete Seeger: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7m8MHpzZ_E&feature=related

and another one where they duet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFOWCH86u8M&NR=1

Can't help talking about people I admire (:-)

The picture on the left was lifted from Douglas Cooke's web site: Richard & Mimi sandwiching Joan.