Monday, October 26, 2020

Ain't No Time


 











You may know this lovely ditty by way of the Fairports, but here's the original, courtesy of beatnik folkies Richard & Mimi Fariña. Richard died at only 29 in a motorcycle accident, two days after his fine novel Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me was published. And for the trivia lovers among you: Mimi was the younger sister of Joan Baez.

Richard & Mimi Fariña - Reno Nevada

2 comments:

FurryBootsCityBoy said...

Iain Matthews (of Matthews Southern Comfort fame) covered the song on one of his early solo albums.

Charity Chic said...

You can see the family resemblance