Lush

 

Dick and Mimi fly from San Francisco to New York City, and take up east coast

residency for the next six weeks, living in Cambridge and subletting from Tom Rush on Putnam Ave. 15 February 1966 | Unknown Photographer

 Richard, Mimi, and Lush at Central Park.

Photo by Kenneth van Sickle. From the LP, Best of Mimi & Richard Fariña.

Lush with Mimi and Judy Collins, 1965 | Photo by Suzanne Szasr,
from the The Judy Collins Songbook

In the studio with Richard, Mimi, Judy, Hal Leventhal and Mark Abramson.

Photo by Suzanne Szasz

Photo by Richie Frizzell, from Baby, Let Me Follow You Down.

"Behind every great folk rock duo, there is a great dog. Or cat. Or something. In the case of Richard and Mimi Fariña, it was a german shepherd named Lush.
Richard and Mimi adopted Lush from an animal shelter sometime in early 1964. He was a constant companion from then on, attending concerts, road trips, parties, and recording sessions. Lush was somewhat notorious in folk circles for his profligate drinking habits. Jac Holzman, in his memoir Follow the Music, remembers Lush as "ferociously large but mild-mannered due to his vegetarian diet, a true Sixties counter-culture canine." Judy Collins discusses Lush's devotion to Richard in The Judy Collins Songbook, and she also tells that Lush attended his funeral. After that, Lush stayed with Richard's friend Alfredo Dopico in Alaska."

From Richard and Mimi's webpage by Douglas Cooke