#1
Posted: 1/28/14 at 4:10am
Pete Seeger has passed away
#2
Posted: 1/28/14 at 8:16am
Rest in Peace, Pete.
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#3
Posted: 1/28/14 at 9:47am
Awwwww.
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#5
Posted: 1/28/14 at 10:49am
So sad. He was such an icon and leaves behind a legacy of both great, inspirational music and activism.
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#6
Posted: 1/28/14 at 7:17pm
I had the GREAT honor of meeting Pete Seeger after the concert held in Madison Square Garden to celebrate his 90th birthday. (90th birthday!)
Woody Guthrie's granddaughter, Anna, is a dear friend of mine, and she invited me to join her for what was one of the most amazing, moving, inspiring, uplifting, and life-affirming events I've ever attended.
Anna shared today that she had the chance to be with Pete, at his bedside, this weekend. He was such a hero, and now it's up to us to continue his legacy.
In the words of Woody Guthrie: "I'm gonna get through this world, the best I can. I'm gonna walk in the world, talk in this world, work in this world, clean up this world, and then I'm gonna leave this world behind." Pete did all these things, and more.
I also love what Nora Guthrie (Woody's daughter and Anna's mother) shared today. She wrote these words about her father, but shared them today in honor of Pete Seeger.
"I grew up at his feet, thinking how tall he was!
Now that I'm grown up I see he is even taller."
Woody Guthrie's granddaughter, Anna, is a dear friend of mine, and she invited me to join her for what was one of the most amazing, moving, inspiring, uplifting, and life-affirming events I've ever attended.
Anna shared today that she had the chance to be with Pete, at his bedside, this weekend. He was such a hero, and now it's up to us to continue his legacy.
In the words of Woody Guthrie: "I'm gonna get through this world, the best I can. I'm gonna walk in the world, talk in this world, work in this world, clean up this world, and then I'm gonna leave this world behind." Pete did all these things, and more.
I also love what Nora Guthrie (Woody's daughter and Anna's mother) shared today. She wrote these words about her father, but shared them today in honor of Pete Seeger.
"I grew up at his feet, thinking how tall he was!
Now that I'm grown up I see he is even taller."
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
Updated On: 1/28/14 at 07:17 PM
#7
Posted: 1/28/14 at 7:36pm
Ya gotta admire- never lost his faith in humanity's ability to improve.
#8
Posted: 1/28/14 at 7:53pm
As great of a loss as this is, you have to celebrate NINETY FOUR years. That's amazing.
#9
Posted: 1/28/14 at 8:01pm
It absolutely is.
A life to truly be admired and celebrated.
A life to truly be admired and celebrated.
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#10
Posted: 1/28/14 at 9:57pm
Into the 21st century remained one of the most important people to represent Upstate New York and the Hudson Valley.
RIP Mr. Seeger
RIP Mr. Seeger
#11
Posted: 1/28/14 at 10:39pm
So, this is just amazing. My sister sings a lot of folk music, and plays my father's banjo at music nights (yeah, I think there was shenanigans at the hospital, because I must have been switched at birth). We grew up listening to Pete Singer, and I can say that he is one of my family's heroes.
My sister wrote Pete Seeger in August last year with some condolences on the passing of his wife, and a thought about her 20 tips for folk singing sessions. Today, in the mail, she received a hand written note on the sides/margins of her letter, praising her suggestion, and urging her to turn it into a pamphlet. It was signed Pete Seeger with a little Banjo cartoon. He mentions his failing health, and was postmarked January 25th.
Amazing grace and graciousness from the man.
My sister wrote Pete Seeger in August last year with some condolences on the passing of his wife, and a thought about her 20 tips for folk singing sessions. Today, in the mail, she received a hand written note on the sides/margins of her letter, praising her suggestion, and urging her to turn it into a pamphlet. It was signed Pete Seeger with a little Banjo cartoon. He mentions his failing health, and was postmarked January 25th.
Amazing grace and graciousness from the man.
#12
Posted: 1/28/14 at 11:23pm
Wow.
What a treasure for her to have.
Amazing Grace.
What a treasure for her to have.
Amazing Grace.
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#13
Posted: 1/29/14 at 10:02am
Rest in peace, Mr. Seeger. You preserved and revived a nation's cultural voice, and somewhere someone is singing a song they learned because of you. Thank you.
#14
A great remembrance of Pete, specifically his love of making crowds sing-a-long in full-throated harmony like no one else.
Posted: 1/29/14 at 10:17am
A great remembrance of Pete, specifically his love of making crowds sing-a-long in full-throated harmony like no one else.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
#15
Posted: 1/29/14 at 10:22am
My dad was heavily ensconced in the "coffee shop" folk music scene (really the pre-Hippie, beatnik scene). He played banjo and guitar, and in the late '50s in NY, he jammed with Pete Seeger one evening. It went on for many hours. At the end of the night, Pete gave his archtop top guitar to my dad. Pete called it the "Toonerville Trolley," and my dad kept the nickname. He treasured this guitar and played it often. When I was a child, my dad used to sit in the hallway between my bedroom and my brother's room. He would sing folksongs to us, playing this guitar, until we fell asleep.
I have no idea where it ended up. When my parents divorced in the mid '80s, most everything was sold, so I assume it was as well. And my dad never played the guitar again.
Needless to say, I grew up listening to Pete's music (and Dylan's, Judy Collins, etc.). It was always in the house. I feel like a part of my childhood has passed away, but also a man who gave my dad a lifelong, magic memory and a treasured memento one evening.
I have no idea where it ended up. When my parents divorced in the mid '80s, most everything was sold, so I assume it was as well. And my dad never played the guitar again.
Needless to say, I grew up listening to Pete's music (and Dylan's, Judy Collins, etc.). It was always in the house. I feel like a part of my childhood has passed away, but also a man who gave my dad a lifelong, magic memory and a treasured memento one evening.
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