Pete Seeger
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[Edit]Perhaps no single person in the 20th century did more to preserve, broadcast, and redistribute folk music than Pete Seeger, whose passion for politics, the environment, and humanity earned him both ardent fans and vocal enemies ever since he first began performing in the late '30s. His battle against injustice led to his being blacklisted during the McCarthy era, celebrated during the turbulent '60s, and welcomed at union rallies throughout his life. His tireless efforts regarding global concerns such as environmentalism, population growth, and racial equality earned him the respect and friendship of such political heroes as Martin Luther King, Jr., Woody Guthrie, and Cesar Chavez, and the generations of children who first learned to sing and clap to Seeger's Folkways recordings must number in the millions. Rising above all of Seeger's political ideals and his passion for authentic folk music was his clear voice and chiming banjo, both of which sang out with a clarity that rang true.
Pete Seeger was born May 3, 1919, in Patterson, New York. The son of Charles and Constance Seeger, Pete grew up in a household filled with both music (his mother was a violinist and teacher, his father was a musicologist and conductor, both of whom had served on the faculty at Juilliard) and political activism (his father worked as a teacher at the University of California at Berkeley, where his pacifism earned him so many enemies that he resigned in the fall of 1918). The youthful Pete initially rebelled against his parents' passion for music, but upon hearing a five-string banjo for the first time at the Folk Song and Dance Festival in Asheville, North Carolina, his dream of becoming a painter was pushed aside. He studied sociology at Harvard University beginning in 1936, but left just before his final exams two years later, choosing instead to roam the American South making field recordings with music scholar Alan Lomax. These experiences were the foundation of Seeger's repertoire of work songs, lullabies, folk songs, and ballads that he would revisit throughout his musical career.
Seeger was drafted into the Army in 1942, spending much of his time performing to troops in the South Pacific, and in 1943 he got married to Toshi Ohta (who remained his wife for more than 50 years, until her passing in 2013). After his discharge he continued his travels throughout the U.S., but as a performer instead of a scholar, performing wherever people were gathered, from taverns to churches. On March 3, 1940, he met Woody Guthrie at a migrant worker benefit concert, and soon after the two helped form the Almanac Singers, a loosely organized musical collective that included Lee Hays, Millard Lampell, Sis Cunningham, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Lead Belly, Josh White, Burl Ives, and Richard Dyer-Bennett at different times. The Almanac Singers' career was brief (lasting just over a year), but their pacifist attitudes and their ability to draw large crowds brought them under the scrutiny of the political powers of the time. Upon the dissolution of the Almanacs, Seeger and Hays formed the Weavers with Ronnie Gilbert and Fred Hellerman, finding universal success with their bright renditions of folk songs and spirituals like "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine," "Wimoweh," "Goodnight Irene," and "On Top of Old Smoky." Unfortunately, Seeger and Hays' leftist leanings had long been under the scrutiny of the FBI, and ironically, their straightforward and innocuous performances were drawing disdain from the die-hard leftist press. In 1955 Seeger was brought before the House Un-American Activities Committee and his testimony resulted in his being blacklisted for seven years (and not officially cleared on charges of contempt until 1962).
Seeger left the Weavers in 1958 for a solo career just as the seeds of the music they planted were beginning to take root on college campuses and in coffeehouses across the U.S. He spent much of the '60s in the South, marching in civil rights protests and arranging an old spiritual into what he named "We Shall Overcome," which has become the anthem of the pursuit for equality worldwide. In 1962, he put the words to a portion of the book of Ecclesiastes to music, capturing the feel of the changing climate of the youth movement in his song "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)." In addition to the countless social rallies he organized and participated in at this time, Seeger also had a hand in many of the Newport Folk Festivals in the early and mid-'60s. His adherence to the sanctity of folk music came to a boiling point with the advent of folk-rock, and this was visibly demonstrated when he tried to pull the plug on Bob Dylan's very electrified set with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band in 1965. In 1967, his objection to the Vietnam War was made evident during an appearance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour when he attacked Lyndon Johnson's war policies during his performance of the song "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy."
Seeger focused his attention on environmental issues in the 1970s and '80s, notably with the launch of the sloop Clearwater (a floating classroom, laboratory, stage, and speaker's forum) onto the Hudson River in 1969. He also remained active on the festival circuit, appearing at outdoor folk concerts and organizing rallies for any number of causes, from labor unions to anti-pollution legislation. The '90s saw Seeger on-stage receiving awards as often as performing music; with honors including receiving the nation's highest artistic honors at the Kennedy Center, gaining entry into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and earning the Harvard Arts Medal (despite the fact that he opted not to graduate from the university). He also won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album of 1996, and in 1999 he traveled to Cuba to accept the Felix Varela Medal (Cuba's highest honor) for "his humanistic and artistic work in defense of the environment and against racism." In 2008, Seeger released At 89, a collection of newly recorded classics and newly written material. Released on September 30, it won the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album.
Seeger's 90th birthday on May 3, 2009 was celebrated with an all-star concert at Madison Square Garden, where he performed with many of the artists he had influenced over the years. Seeger stayed active even in his ninth decade, both as a political, social, and environmental activist and as a musician, appearing at marches, rallies, and benefits much as he'd always done, and in the recording studio, signing to Appleseed Records and releasing Tomorrow's Children, an interactive collaboration with fourth graders at the Forrestal School in Beacon, New York, in 2010; A More Perfect Union (a project with longtime friend and collaborator Lorre Wyatt) in 2012; and the documentary-styled Pete Remembers Woody, which was full of fascinating stories about Seeger and Guthrie, also in 2012. Seeger remained a comfortable and riveting performer on-stage no matter his age, appearing at Farm Aid in September of 2013, where he performed "This Land Is Your Land" with Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, and Dave Matthews.
Pete Seeger died at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan on January 27, 2014 at the age of 94. His passion for reaching the hearts and minds of those who would listen was summed up by the inscription on his banjo, "This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender." Seeger's music didn't force hate to surrender with muscle or intimidation, but with his simple honesty and pure-hearted clarity, which truly changed the course of history during the many years he performed.
Title: East Virginia Blues / Foggy Mountain Top (All Tracks Remastered)
Artist: Pete Seeger
Genre: Pop
Title: If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope and Struggle
Artist: Pete Seeger
Genre: World Music, Contemporary Folk, Folk
Title: Wimoweh and Other Songs of Freedom and Protest
Artist: Pete Seeger
Title: Washboard Country Band Dance Music
Artist: Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Pete Seeger
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: How to Play the 5-String Banjo
Artist: Pete Seeger
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Kids, Contemporary Folk
Title: Roll On Columbia (Remastered) [(Live at University of Chicago, 1957)] - Single
Artist: Pete Seeger
Genre: Pop
Title: With Voices Together We Sing (Live)
Artist: Pete Seeger
Title: PETE SEEGER The Songs That Inspired A Dream
Artist: Pete Seeger
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk
Title: The Complete Bowdoin College Concert 1960
Artist: Pete Seeger
Genre: World Music, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: Broadsides - Songs and Ballads
Artist: Pete Seeger
Title: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (CD5)
Artist: Pete Seeger
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk
Title: Pete Seeger Now (Live)
Artist: Pete Seeger, Bernice Reagon, The Reverend Fred Kirkpatrick
Genre: World Music, Country, Folk
Title: Headlines and Footnotes: A Collection of Topical Songs
Artist: Pete Seeger
Genre: World Music, Contemporary Folk, Folk
Title: Intro (Remastered) [(Live at Northwestern University, 1956)] - Single
Artist: Pete Seeger
Genre: Pop
Title: North Western University Evanston, IL (CD2)
Artist: Big Bill Broonzy, Pete Seeger
Genre: Blues, World Music
Title: Pete Remembers Woody
Artist: Pete Seeger
Genre: Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Kids, Contemporary Folk
Title: American Favorite Ballads, Vols. 1-5
Artist: Pete Seeger
Genre: World Music, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist, Kids, Contemporary Folk
Title: The Rainbow Quest
Artist: Pete Seeger
Title: Together in Concert (remastered 1999)
Artist: Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger
Genre: Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk, Folk
Title: Interview #2 (Remastered) [Live WFMT Studios Chicago, 1955] - Single
Artist: Pete Seeger, Studs Terkel
Genre: Pop
Title: 'Fore Day Coffee (Remastered) [Live WFMT Studios Chicago, 1955] - Single
Artist: Pete Seeger, Studs Terkel
Genre: Pop
Title: Interview #1 (Remastered) [Live WFMT Studios Chicago, 1955] - Single
Artist: Pete Seeger, Studs Terkel
Genre: Pop
Title: For Kids and Just Plain Folks
Artist: Pete Seeger
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Kids, Contemporary Folk
Title: Intro (Remastered) [Live WFMT Studios Chicago, 1955] - Single
Artist: Pete Seeger, Studs Terkel
Genre: Pop
Title: Interview #4 (Remastered) [Live WFMT Studios Chicago, 1955] - Single
Artist: Pete Seeger, Studs Terkel
Genre: Pop
Title: The Ladies Auxiliary (Remastered) [(Live at University of Chicago, 1957)] - Single
Artist: Pete Seeger
Genre: Pop
Title: The Best of Pete Seeger
Artist: Pete Seeger
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Kids, Contemporary Folk
Title: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (CD4)
Artist: Pete Seeger
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk
Title: Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes (Little & Big)
Artist: Pete Seeger
Genre: World Music, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist, Kids, Contemporary Folk
Title: Carry It On
Artist: Pete Seeger, Si Kahn
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Kids, Contemporary Folk
Title: Sing Out With Pete!
Artist: Pete Seeger
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Kids, Contemporary Folk
Title: Pete Seeger Sings and Answers Questions
Artist: Pete Seeger
Title: Pete Seeger: The Complete Bowdoin College Concert, 1960
Artist: Pete Seeger
Genre: World Music, Contemporary Folk, Folk
Collections
Title: Many Hands - Family Music for Haiti
Genre: Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Kids
Title: Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: God Bless America
Genre: Pop
Title: Vanguard 50
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The 50 Best Protest Songs Ever
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Country Christmas Greats
Genre: Country, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Songs of the Spanish Civil War, Volumes 1 & 2
Genre: World Music, Latin, Folk
Title: Big Rock Candy Mountain
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: The Almanac Singers Original Folk Vol. 1
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Call of Duty - Songs of Civil & World Wars
Genre: Jazz
Title: Journeysongs Third Edition: Volume 27
Genre: Gospel
Title: Classic Country for the Family
Genre: Country
Title: Songs of Freedom - This Land Is Your Land
Genre:
Title: Timeless Roots
Genre:
Title: Coffee House Classics
Genre:
Title: Chill Out Singer Songwriter
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie
Genre: Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: In Their Own Words, Vol 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Give Us Your Poor
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Voice & Vision
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Folk Music Masters
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Folk Sing Along Songs
Genre: Folk
Title: Folk Got Soul
Genre: Folk
Title: Live from the Old Town School, Vol. 1
Genre: Kids
Title: The Mega Irish Collection Vol. 1
Genre: World Music
Title: Power To The People - Protest Songs
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: What Now People? Vol. 2
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: What Now People? Vol. 3
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Folk, Gospel & Blues: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Genre: Blues
Title: South African Freedom Songs
Genre: World Music
Title: Hootenanny At Carnegie Hall
Genre: Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Songs to Grow On, Vol. 2: School Days
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist, Kids
Title: Broadside Ballads, Volume One
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Old Shoes and Leggins
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Rainbow Sign
Genre: Kids
Title: If You Ain't Got the Do-Re-Mi
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Hootenanny Tonight!
Genre: Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Smash Xmas Hits Vol 4
Genre:
Title: Vanguard Newport Folk Festival Sampler
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: American Roots
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: Thank God for Classic Country
Genre: Country
Title: The American Dream: Yes We Can
Genre: Pop
Title: Folk Hits
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Classic Banjo from Smithsonian Folkways
Genre: World Music, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: A Fish That's a Song
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Folk Side of Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: The Unfortunate Rake
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: What Now People? Vol. 1
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Bluegrass & More, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Old Time Banjo - Vintage String Sound
Genre: Pop
Title: A Tribute to Lead Belly
Featuring albums
Title: Three Score and Ten
Artist: Peggy Seeger
Genre: Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: Treasures from the Folk Den
Artist: Roger McGuinn
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic, Contemporary Folk
Title: A Time to Sing! - Historical 1984 Live Recording (feat. Jeff Langley)
Artist: Harp
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: 3rd Annual Farewell Reunion
Artist: Mike Seeger
Genre: Folk Rock, World Music, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Original Talking Union and Other Union Songs
Artist: The Almanac Singers
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Let My People Go! - A Jewish & African American Celebration of Freedom
Artist: Kim
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Classic Folk Music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Contemporary Folk, Folk
Title: Classic Protest Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Country, Alternative Country
Title: Don't Mourn-Organize!: Songs of Labor Songwriter Joe Hill
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: If I Had A Song: The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, New Wave, Post Punk, World Music, Country, Progressive Country , Kids, Indie, Folk
Title: Give Us Your Poor
Artist: Various
Genre: Rock, World Music, Pop, Pop Rock, Contemporary Folk, Folk
Title: Live at Caffe Lena: Music from America's Legendary Coffeehouse, 1967-2013
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Ribbon of Highway
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Country, Alternative Country, Folk
Title: Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
Artist: Dear Jean: Artist Celebrate Jean Ritchie Various
Genre:
Title: Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti
Artist: Woody Guthrie
Genre: World Music, Contemporary Folk, Folk
Title: Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War
Artist: Songs Of The Spanish Civil War
Genre:
Title: Songs of the Spanish Civil War, Volumes 1 & 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: Broadside Ballads, Vol. 1
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Contemporary Folk, Folk
Title: Feeding The Flame: Songs By Men To End Aids
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Contemporary Folk, Vocal & Symphonic, Folk
Title: The Bottom Line Archive Series: In Their Own Words, Vol. 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Freedom: A History of Us (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Themes From the British Academy Television Awards 2015 Nominees
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Epic Americana: Pre-War Blues, Country & Folk
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist