Patricia Delich's Collection of Richard and Mimi Fariña Memorabilia

I've been collecting Fariña memorabilia for awhile. I love their music. I've played dulcimer since I was a teenager in the 70s and Richard was my main influence. This page is a collection of some of my Fariña memorabilia.

Places

• The road where Richard died? I visited the area where Richard died.
• Where Richard and Mimi lived in Carmel Highlands. My husband and I visited Carmel and found the house where they lived.
  

Dulcimer

• In 2008, my husband and I visited Richard's dulcimer at the Smithsonian Museum and took many photos. Here is the Smithsonian's description of Richard's dulcimer and case. You can see photos of Richard's dulcimer on my Flickr site.
  
• Terry Hennessy was the luthier who made Richard's dulcimer (he passed in 2021). He lived in Kangaroo Valley in Australia. I am lucky to have a beautiful Hennessy dulcimer. This is what Terry told me about my dulcimer:

  "The timbers are: spruce top, Australian Red Cedar neck with a black ebony fingerboard and headstock inlaid with pearl shell. The back and sides are New Guinea Rosewood trimmed with the same imitation tortoiseshell that is used for spectacle frames. So you can sleep easy knowing that no tortoise or any other animal had to suffer, only that poor half blind man who was hoping to get new spectacles.

  It occurred to me that you might like to know, the last person to play your dulcimer was Peggy Seeger. She was down here on tour and asked me to bring a dulce for her to play. As a result of playing your Lyric (Terry corrected himself on another email; he meant Celtic, not Lyric) she ordered a new one for herself. I made her first one back in the 60's'."
  

• Terry also made Mimi a dulcimer for Bread & Roses' 25th anniversary. (Photo from Terry Hennessy.) In 2007, my husband and I restrung this dulcimer for Bread & Roses and gave it a spin. :-) Here are a few letters between Terry and Mimi.
  
  
• My husband and I created a feature-length documentary called Hearts of the Dulcimer about the dulcimer boom on the west coast (US). The DVD is no longer available.
  

Mimi's Memorial

• Mimi's memorial. In 2008, my husband and I hiked to Mimi's memorial on my birthday, which is 2 days before Mimi's.
  
• I attended Mimi's memorial celebration at Grace Cathedral in 2001.

Letters from Richard

• Here are some original copies of letters written by Richard Fariña.
  

Richard's Relatives

My husband and I had the pleasure of meeting Richard's relatives -- both Cuban and Irish. We met Omar Lugones, Richard's Cuban cousin, at a talk he gave called Remembering Richard Fariña. Hosted by Friends of the Carmel Valley Library, October 1, 2011. With Omar's permission, I have posted an audio file of his talk.

In 2014, we were asked to screen Hearts of the Dulcimer at a music festival in Scotland. We decided to go early and visit Ireland. During that trip to Ireland, we met three of Richard's Irish relatives: Owenie Crozier (Richard's uncle), and Jim and Joe Crozier (Richard's cousins).

We created five in-depth podcast episodes about Richard (Hearts of the Dulcimer Podcast)

Richard Fariña Tribute Part 1
Richard Fariña Tribute Part 2
Richard Fariña and the Cambridge Folk Music Scene PART 1: A Conversation with Rick Turner
Richard Fariña and the Cambridge Folk Music Scene PART 2: A Conversation with Ed Freeman
A Conversation with Judy Collins

The episode called New York, New York might also be of interest.

Other sites

• I posted a few links on this Wikipedia page about Richard [in the external links section].
  
• My husband and I visited Richard's grave site in Monterey, CA on our first date. :-) Here's a photo of Richard's grave marker with a dulcimer made by my husband Wayne (2016).

All photos on this site were taken by myself or my husband, with exceptions noted. Please ask for permission before using any materials on this site.