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Pete Seeger (Peter Seeger; May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk musician and songwriter. He was a longtime friend of Woody Guthrie , and founder of The Almanac Singers and The Weavers, [1] two famous folk bands.
– Pete Seeger For nearly 70 years as a performer, Pete Seeger has embodied the ideals of folk music – communication, entertainment, social comment, historical continuity, inclusiveness. The songs he has written, and those he has discovered and shared, have helped preserve our cultural heritage, imprinting adults and children with the sounds, traditions and values of our global past and present.
– Pete Seeger For nearly 70 years as a performer, Pete Seeger has embodied the ideals of folk music – communication, entertainment, social comment, historical continuity, inclusiveness. The songs he has written, and those he has discovered and shared, have helped preserve our cultural heritage, imprinting adults and children with the sounds, traditions and values of our global past and present.
Jan 28, 2014 · Pete Seeger (1919-2014) was the dean of 20th century folk singers. For over sixty years, up until his passing in January of 2014, he performed powerful songs and lent his energies to causes he believed in. On the hundredth anniversary of his birth, Seeger’s influence and legacy has only grown as the issues he sang about, from labor struggles ...
Jul 4, 2015 · Pete Seeger performs "We Shall Overcome", Berlin, DDR, 1967(Version #02)Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made f...
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22. december 2015 Den afdøde folkekunstner Pete Seeger var et musikalsk og politisk ikon, der var med til at skabe den moderne amerikanske folkemusikbevægelse. Nu er der nogle nye sider at tilføje til hans sangbog - regeringen har udgivet næsten 1.800 sider, der afslører, at FBI spionerede på ham i næsten 30 år.
Pete Seeger (1919-2014) was the dean of 20th century folk singers. For over sixty years up until his passing in January of 2014, he had been performing and lending his energies to causes he believed in. Born to a musical family, Pete grew up surrounded by music. His father was the eminent musicologist, Charles Seeger and his mother Constance, a ...
