70s decade

Following a visit to the Newport folk festival at the start of the 1970s, however, she was inspired to sing and write once more, teaming up with another young singer songwriter, Tom Jans. They made one album together Take Heart (1971), which failed to excite, but included perhaps her best-known song, In The Quiet Morning, a tribute to Janis Joplin, which was later recorded by Joan Baez, among others.

1970

In 1970, she wrote and recorded a song for the film Fools, but this was to be her only soundtrack work, and her last solo recording for almost 15 years.

1971

In 1971, she recorded a well-received album with singer/songwriter Tom Jans for A&M Records, self-penning four and co-writing three songs; the duo toured but plans for a second album never materialized.

Nov 24, 1971 - Cat Stevens / Tom Jans / Mimi Farina - Berkeley Community Theatre - Berkeley, California, United States

1972

On Thanksgiving of 1972 Mimi had joined Joan and B.B.King in a concert at Sing Sing Prison in New York. It was a scary undertaking and yet she marveled at the humanizing effect that the music had on the inmates. A while later Mimi performed a free concert at a hospital where her cousin, Skipper Henderson, worked. Once again, she was struck by the effect that the music produced in an inmate environment, in contrast to the sometimes unappreciative responses of the boisterous, drunken audiences she encountered in some of the nightclubs she had played in. 

1974

"One time Mimi told me about why she quit touring. She said she'd gone somewhere, Montana, perhaps, and somebody in a beat up VW camper picked her up at the airport.
She went to the venue and there was nothing there for her. No food, nothing. She did her show, and when it was time to leave, there was no provision made for where she should stay. So she slept in the airport. There was apparently nothing to eat or drink except vending machine food.
That, as they say, was that. She came home, did a ponder, and founded Bread & Roses." - Mrs. Grace Harwood

Her recording career was put on hold in 1974 when she founded and became executive director of Bread and Roses, a nonprofit, charitable organization dedicated to bringing live music, according to one of their fund-raising albums, " to people in limited environments ... Hospitals, mental health facilities, convalescent homes for the aged, and prisons all house people who desperately need the joy, diversion, and positive human contact that live entertainment can provide." 

Mimi and her sister Joan occasionally performed for Bread and Roses as the Kitchen Sisters, performing in cheesey blond wigs.

1975

March 23, 1975 - KEZAR STADIUM - first "Blues For Allah" - first "Stronger Than Dirt" - with Merl Saunders and Ned Lagin - without Donna - FM broadcast KIOI-San Francisco - Students Need Athletics Culture & Kicks (SNACK) benefit - also: Doobie Brothers; Graham Central Station; Mimi Farina; Jefferson Starship; Joan Baez; Santana; Tower Of Power; Bob Dylan with Neil Young

June 21, 1975 - SEATTLE OPERA HOUSE - Seattle, Washington - Mimi Fariña opened for Gordon Lightfoot - Front Row Theater - Highland Heights, Ohio, United States He played two shows in one day. One was given in the early part of the day and again later in the evening. Mimi Farina opened for him both times.

Poster for Mimi Fariña concert held at Condon School in Oregon in June 1975.

1976

1977

Feb. 27, 1977 - Gordon Lightfoot / Mimi Fariña - Front Row Theater - Highland Heights, Ohio, United States

Apr 09, 1977 - Country Joe & The Fish / Jackson Browne / David Lindley / Richie Havens / Warren Zevon / Danny O'Keefe / Mimi Farina / Odetta / Fred Neil - Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

1978

1979