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7 unusual facts about Mimi Fariña


Bread and Roses

Oppenheim's poem was set to music in 1974 by Mimi Fariña and has been recorded by various artists, including Judy Collins, Ani DiFranco, Utah Phillips, John Denver, and Josh Lucker.

Come from the Shadows

In addition to her own compositions "Prison Trilogy", "Myths", and "Love Song to a Stranger", Baez included John Lennon's "Imagine", Anna Marly's "Song of the Partisan", and Mimi Fariña's "In the Quiet Morning (for Janis Joplin)".

Mimi Fariña

Fariña used her connections with the folksinging community to elicit help in her focus with Bread and Roses, including Pete Seeger, Paul Winter, Odetta, Judy Collins, Taj Mahal, Lily Tomlin, Carlos Santana, and Bonnie Raitt, amongst others.

The life of Mimi Fariña is partially chronicled in David Hajdu's book, Positively 4th Street.

Mimi Baez Fariña (born Margarita Mimi Baez, April 30, 1945 – July 18, 2001) was a singer-songwriter and activist, the youngest of three daughters to a Scottish mother and a Mexican-American physicist, Albert Baez.

The Swallow Song

It was recorded on Richard & Mimi Fariña's second LP, 1965’s Reflections in a Crystal Wind.

Zero She Flies

#"Lyke-Wake Dirge" (Traditional) – 4:22 vocals by Mimi Fariña



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