Pete Seeger: fans from Michael Moore to Tom Morello react to singer's death at age of 94

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RIP Pete Seeger. Absolutely the best that humans can aspire to be. A courageous, kind, fearless soul. At his 90th: http://t.co/Gqh5fsfOrm”
— Tom Morello (@tmorello) January 28, 2014

Seeger's uncompromising badass testimony before The House Un-American Activities Committee: http://t.co/tfgUuPdVeX
— Tom Morello (@tmorello) January 28, 2014

Pete Seeger. What can I say. He said it and sang it and lived it all. Our paths crossed many times, and I am the better for it. RIP
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) January 28, 2014

It's Oct 2011, I'm on a NYC street, I look up & here comes Pete Seeger leading an impromptu Occupy march down B'way! pic.twitter.com/T2OCdio55b
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) January 28, 2014

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/28/pete-seeger-fans-from-michael-moore-to-tom-morello-react-to-singers-death-at-age-of-94

Musicians Mourn Seeger on Twitter

These musicians include KD Lang, Bruce Springsteen, Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello, Public Enemy's Chuck D, Billy Bragg, Rosanne Cash, Ted Leo, Jake Bugg and many more, as well as others who were touched by Seeger such as Barack Obama, Michael Moore, Jesse Jackson, Bob Rae and Elizabeth May.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/01/28/pete-seeger-dead-musicians-mourn-twitter_n_4681036.html?utm_hp_ref=canada-music

Bruce Springsteen "Remembering Seeger"

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MORE pictures:
http://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2014/jan/28/pete-seeger-life-in-pictures#/?picture=428222933&index=0

The poet Carl Sandburg once paid tribute to Pete Seeger by describing him as “America’s tuning fork”.

From Arlo Guthrie's Facebook page:

Pete Seeger:

I usually do a little meditation and prayer every night before I go to sleep - Just part of the routine. Last night, I decided to go visit Pete Seeger for a while, just to spend a little time together, it was around 9 PM. So I was sitting in my home in Florida, having a lovely chat with Pete, who was in a hospital in New York City. That's the great thing about thoughts and prayers- You can go or be anywhere.

I simply wanted him to know that I loved him dearly, like a father in some ways, a mentor in others and just as a dear friend a lot of the time. I'd grown up that way - loving the Seegers - Pete & Toshi and all their family.

I let him know I was having trouble writing his obituary (as I'd been asked) but it seemed just so silly and I couldn't think of anything that didn't sound trite or plain stupid. "They'll say something appropriate in the news," we agreed. We laughed, we talked, and I took my leave about 9:30 last night.

"Arlo" he said, sounding just like the man I've known all of my life, "I guess I'll see ya later." I've always loved the rising and falling inflections in his voice. "Pete," I said. "I guess we will."

I turned off the light and closed my eyes and fell asleep until very early this morning, about 3 AM when the texts and phone calls started coming in from friends telling me Pete had passed away.

"Well, of course he passed away!" I'm telling everyone this morning. "But that doesn't mean he's gone."

From Davids Rovics' blog "Songwriter's Nptebook" :

I realized then that I wanted to be like that, and that the way to get there was to immerse myself in the musical traditions from which all these people came. I also realized that there is something profoundly humbling about this very concept – the realization that you're nothing unless you're standing on the shoulders of those who came before you, consciously. You're not original – you're just playing the same chord progressions that were invented in Africa centuries ago. And you have very little right taking credit for a song you wrote that uses one of those chord progressions, either, so just get over the whole concept of originality, I learned through the examples of these people, especially Pete.

And in case that point wasn't made entirely clear in words and workshops, at the end of my first PMN gathering, after most of the attendees had left, there was Pete, sweeping the floor. Embarrassed not to be doing something useful, I picked up a broom and joined him in that endeavor.

http://songwritersnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/an-iconoclastic-icon.html

[senseandsensibility]

1. Thanks for all the great links.

RIP, Pete.

[Martin Eden]

2. Thank you so much for that HUAC transcript!

And for the entire post

[Hoyt]

3. Love Arlo Guthrie's tribute.