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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPete Seeger Centennial Birthday Celebrations May 3
Pete Seeger's birthday: May 3, 1919Events:
https://www.riseupandsing.org/seeger/100th/events
Pacifica Radio's WBAI is hosting an all-day celebration of Pete Seeger from 9am - 12 midnight EDT:
https://www.wbai.org/upcomingprogram.php?upcomingid=5688
https://www.wbai.org/playernew.html
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)Lindsay
(3,276 posts)to us all.
What an extraordinary man he was.
ornotna
(10,798 posts)Was lucky to see him twice in the early mid seventies when he was sailing the Hudson River in his boat Clearwater. They would come to high schools and give a free show and presentation on river cleanup.
Such a nice man. Still miss him.
Bradshaw3
(7,505 posts)Danascot
(4,690 posts)This is a must listen for all Pete Seeger fans. It's full of fascinating anecdotes about music, history and politics. Highly recommended. What a beautiful man he was!
https://www.wamc.org/post/wamcs-alan-chartock-conversation-folk-music-icon-pete-seeger
BKDem
(1,733 posts)Here's Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen at Obama's inauguration in 2009, singing This Land is Your Land. Pete restored Woody Guthrie's lyrics that were dropped in the 1950s.
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)This album was my first exposure to his music back in the 1960s. Amazing music and sound quality with the remastered versions on both LP and CD.