Richard Farina

As a musician, Richard Farina will always be primarily known for the recordings he did in the mid-'60s as half of Richard & Mimi Farina. He did, however, make a few very obscure solo recordings in the mid-'60s, as well as doing an earlier duo album with fellow folksinger Eric Von Schmidt. For that reason he merits an entry of his own, although readers seeking information about his musical and personal partnership with Mimi Farina should also look under Richard & Mimi Farina. Farina, in fact, is much more well known now as a novelist and poet than he is as a musician. Born i...