Posted 2014-01-28 9:30 AM (#481639 - in reply to #481626) Subject: Re: RIP -- Pete Seeger at 94
Joined: July 2003 Posts: 3111
Location: Nashville TN.
OMA.... that where I first heard Pete Seeger. I talked to a guy organizes upstate New York folk fest a few a weeks ago. He was going to play there. RIP Pete.
Posted 2014-01-30 8:30 AM (#481736 - in reply to #481626) Subject: Re: RIP -- Pete Seeger at 94
Joined: October 2012 Posts: 41
Location: Vancouver, WA
I grew up right across the Hudson River from where he had a number of his music festivals and got to see him in Charleston, SC a few years ago. "Hero" might be a strong word to use, but he certainly set an example for me about caring for others. Also, Harry Chapin considered him one of his heroes, and that said a lot to me as well.
Posted 2014-01-30 12:52 PM (#481743 - in reply to #481626) Subject: Re: RIP -- Pete Seeger at 94
Joined: April 2003 Posts: 608
Location: Caribou, ME
The closest I ever got to meeting Pete Seeger was a few years ago when I built a long scale banjo fashioned loosely after one of his. I emailed his repairman and he passed the email and photos on to Pete (Pete didn't do email). He said it was a "mighty fine looking banjo" and made a couple suggestions on how to improve it, which I did. I followed up later and got this email reply:
Congratulations on your perseverance! It's the most important thing for any human being to have. If your ever in Beacon, NY, come on the first Friday of the month....there's a potluck supper at 6:30PM, a short meeting at 7:30PM......which is kind of a contest between people who want a shorter meeting and people who want to say something......but around 8:30, usually, and we'll have liker 40 people or more taking turns leading songs and accompanying other people.
R.J. helps out, I help out, and if you were there, we'd get a chance to talk for a minute.
The building is called the Sloop Club,...after the Sloop Clearwater. It's about 100 ft. due West of the Beacon R.R. station on the edge of the Hudson. It's the only building on the waterfront. There's a farmers' market there every Sunday from 10:00 to 4:00, I could probably meet you then, but I'm not there unless I make an Appt., but I'm always there sat the Sloop Club!
As Woody would say,
Take it easy, but take it.
--Pete Seeger"
Posted 2014-01-31 12:50 PM (#481773 - in reply to #481743) Subject: Re: RIP -- Pete Seeger at 94
Joined: January 2009 Posts: 1249
Location: Texas
Todays kids have no idea how important Pete was to that era of music and folk music in general, not to mention his dedication to social change. Regardless of his politics, he truly believed
Posted 2014-02-02 3:39 PM (#481811 - in reply to #481626) Subject: RE: RIP -- Pete Seeger at 94
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 425
Location: SE Michigan
I am going to miss old Pete. I caught the trailing edge of the folk movement back in the 1960's, I was just a kid but I well remember the songs. I spent this morning reading up on Pete Seeger's exploits on Wiki, he was quite the guy. One thing seems clear to me, he was a very intelligent and capable man who chose to focus his efforts on the good of others over his own advancement. Pete was absolutely not a sell-out, he walked the talk.
RIP -- Pete Seeger at 94