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OldRightHander
01-28-2014, 08:19 AM
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/01/28/folk-singer-activist-pete-seeger-dies-at-4/

redsmetz
01-28-2014, 08:23 AM
Here's the NY Times obit

http://nyti.ms/MohtA5

This one leaves me sad. What a tremendous human being and a great performer who just brought such a zest to his shows. I've been watching clips of him on Youtube. I just found him a compelling figure who brought a lot to this world.

marcshoe
01-28-2014, 03:57 PM
Man, he was one of those I thought might never die. We need him around.

Mutaman
01-28-2014, 04:13 PM
“I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political 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, especially under such compulsion as this.”

Give my regards to Woody, Pete.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADtAU43MM14

reds1869
01-28-2014, 04:27 PM
A great man who delivered his message with quiet strength and authenticity. He was one of my wife's biggest heroes.

OldRightHander
01-28-2014, 04:39 PM
“I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political 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, especially under such compulsion as this.”

If only more celebrities had this attitude.

Rojo
01-28-2014, 05:52 PM
If only more celebrities had this attitude.

Thankfully not many celebrities are hauled before Congress anymore.

Mutaman
01-28-2014, 06:34 PM
Thankfully not many celebrities are hauled before Congress anymore.

:beerme:

http://www.mediaite.com/online/heres-the-amazing-transcript-of-pete-seeger-pissing-off-the-house-un-american-activities-committee/

Roy Tucker
01-28-2014, 08:36 PM
A true American icon. His catalog is breathtaking and the artists he's worked with is a who's who of American music. They don't make guys like this very often. I'll miss him but his music lives on.

SunDeck
01-28-2014, 09:36 PM
I was wondering today whether there is anyone left who played with Woody Guthrie as a contemporary. Was Seeger the last?

vaticanplum
01-28-2014, 10:14 PM
I was wondering today whether there is anyone left who played with Woody Guthrie as a contemporary. Was Seeger the last?

Ramblin Jack Elliott?

OldRightHander
01-28-2014, 10:31 PM
Ramblin Jack Elliott?

He's still around, in his 80s now I think.

919191
01-29-2014, 07:49 AM
Ramblin Jack Elliott?

That's what I was thinking, but I think Guthrie was pretty sick when Elliott would have been the right age.

OldRightHander
01-29-2014, 10:18 AM
That's what I was thinking, but I think Guthrie was pretty sick when Elliott would have been the right age.

There are photos of Jack and Woody on his web site, along with some good audio clips of them together.

redsmetz
01-29-2014, 02:16 PM
Here's a piece a musician I got to know through his two sisters; a tribute he wrote to Pete Seeger and recounting the first time he performed with him. It's a nice piece.

http://www.joejencks.com/index.php?page=news&family=&category=&display=1471

marcshoe
01-29-2014, 09:10 PM
Ramblin Jack Elliott?

I had no idea he was still around.

marcshoe
01-29-2014, 09:11 PM
Here's a piece a musician I got to know through his two sisters; a tribute he wrote to Pete Seeger and recounting the first time he performed with him. It's a nice piece.

http://www.joejencks.com/index.php?page=news&family=&category=&display=1471

Bumping to next page.

919191
01-30-2014, 07:55 AM
There are photos of Jack and Woody on his web site, along with some good audio clips of them together.

I saw one of those on facebook last night.

redsmetz
01-30-2014, 04:01 PM
The Atlantic did a piece on a TV show Seeger did in the mid-60's called Rainbow Quest, which I'd never heard until I started looking at Youtube clips after his death. It's such a lowkey show, so different from the glitz and speed of today.

The last part of the article named what I was seeing when I watched some of the episodes:

The show may have been a fleeting and ambivalent experiment in Seeger's long life. But it represents the very best of both the man and the medium. Through his signature combination of charisma and humility, he managed to turn television into something collaborative. When Pete Seeger was in front of the camera, the "magic screen" became truly magical.

I really wondered what it would look like for someone to pull something like this off now. I guess it would be nearly impossible. None of it looks rehearsed, much seems to have been off the cuff. But it was fascinating for me, at least. In some ways it reminded me of some of the live TV that still took place even in the early 70's (for long-time Cincinnatians, I'm thinking of Bob Shreve's shows - obviously the tenor was different, but the visual quality was fairly similar).

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/01/-em-rainbow-quest-em-pete-seegers-strange-magical-1960s-tv-show/283406/