Reno, Nevada

After their marriage, Mimi and Richard Fariña began performing as a folk-rock duo that were much closer to the folk end of things than, say, the Byrds.  Their first album was Celebrations for a Grey Day (1965).  Their best known 

songs are “Pack up Your Sorrows”, “Reno, Nevada”, and “Birmingham Sunday”.  “Reno, Nevada” was one of the early songs performed by Fairport Convention (dating back to the time when Judy Dyble was the band’s lead singer).  As recorded by Joan Baez, “Birmingham Sunday” became the theme song for the Spike Lee documentary film 4 Little Girls (1997) about the infamous 1963 church bombing that killed four young children. 

(March 2015)