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I found this man and he show me how to use music as tool to fight with! He help us to go on with our fight for Justice and Freedom here Nova Scotia fight. We will keep making the songs for Justice! The fight goes on!
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Pete Seegers contribution to folk music, both in terms of its revival and survival, cannot be overstated. With the possible exception of Woody Guthrie, Seeger is the greatest influence on folk music of the last century. Born in New York City, he was the son of musicologist Charles Seeger. He took up the banjo in his teens and in 1938, at the age of 19, assisted noted folk archivist and field recorder Alan Lomax on his song-collecting trips through the American South. He soon began performing on banjo, guitar and vocals. In 1940, he formed a highly politicized folk trio, the Almanac Singers, which recorded union songs and antiwar anthems. They toured the country, performing at union halls for gas money, and recorded three albums. Woody Guthrie joined in 1941.
The Almanac Singers broke up with the advent of World War II. After a short stint in the army, Seeger formed the Weavers in 1948. They were a popular concert attraction who were at one point Americas favorite singing group. Their best-known numbers include such singalongs as The Roving Kind, On Top of Old Smoky, Kisses Sweeter than Wine, Goodnight Irene and Wimoweh (a.k.a. The Lion Sleeps Tonight). Their popularity cut across all boundaries. As American poet Carl Sandberg attested, The Weavers are out of the grassroots of America. When I hear America singing, the Weavers are there.
During the communist witch-hunts of the early Fifties, however, the Weavers were blacklisted, resulting in canceled concert dates and the loss of their recording contract with Decca Records. Under congressional subpoena to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee, Seeger asserted his First Amendment rights, scolding the committee, I am not going to answer any questions as to my associations, my philosophical or my religious beliefs, or how I voted in any election or any of these private affairs. I think these are very improper questions for any American to be asked. Unlike many entertainers and writers who careers were ruined in the McCarthy era, Seeger stood his ground and persevered even though he was sent to jail, albeit briefly, for defending his beliefs.
After leaving the Weavers in 1959, Seeger was signed to Columbia Records. He recorded prolifically for the label. His popularity hit a new peak with We Shall Overcome, a live album recorded at Carnegie Hall that is estimated to have sold half a million copies. Seeger is responsible for such folk standards as If I Had a Hammer (originally written by Seeger and Lee Hays of the Weavers as The Hammer Song) and Where Have All the Flowers Gone. Seegers one dalliance with the pop charts came in 1964, when his version of folksinger Malvina Reynolds exercise in suburban mockery, Little Boxes, reached #70. Seegers songs were also popularized by others, principally Peter, Paul and Mary (If I Had a Hammer, Where Have All the Flowers Gone) and the Byrds (Turn! Turn! Turn!, The Bells of Rhymney).
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Pete Seeger & The Weavers - Wimowehby FLORENCOM21,847 views
@SurprizedDaily Its seeger not seeker he didnt like it when dylan went electric at newport when he had donavan on his tv show donavan said he mastered the sitar in 3 months when ravi shankar heard that he said ive been playing sitar for 30 years and i didnt master it yet johnny cash went against the vietnam war after he had pete seeger on his show cash said this on the mike douglas show
spacepatrolman 5 months ago
Pete is & was a true Patriot! That's exactly what this World needs right now. Many, many more Pete Seegers to get out here & use the power of music to change the World!
SurprizedDaily 6 months ago
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floydyopz 1 year ago
Fellow traveling closet Communist, supporting the most repressive and murderous regieme in the 20th century. Dear, dear, liktle Adolf was a close number tow, but there's not much to choose between the two.
sukneh 2 years ago
An American Hero...a true, unbending...uncompromising HERO. I love you pete...you too Toshi!
russellcusick 2 years ago