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Hace 2 días · Pete's uncle, Alan Seeger, a noted American war poet ("I Have a Rendezvous with Death"), had been one of the first American soldiers to be killed in World War I. All four of Pete's half-siblings from his father's second marriage—Margaret (Peggy), Mike, Barbara, and Penelope (Penny)—became folk singers.
Hace 23 horas · “When I Was Most Beautiful” incorporates lyrics from a poem Pete Seeger found while on tour in Japan in 1967 and got permission to record in the 60s for Columbia Records. Seeger accompanies Sonya on guitar for this version. The two performed this anti-war tune together at the Library of Congress in 2007.
Hace 1 día · For International Workers’ Day in 2020, artist-activist LaToya Ruby Frazier compiled a playlist of 65 musical recordings from the 20th and 21st centuries—anthems of the enduring labor movement and working-class empowerment, from Pete Seeger and Woodie Guthrie to Green Day and Dolly Parton.
Hace 1 día · Lomax brings the song to Pete Seeger’s attention, who transcribes it by ear and releases it with his Weavers as “Wimoweh” – and scores a big hit with it. The English lyrics then are written in 1961 by lyricist George David Weiss, The Tokens record their version with these English lyrics, becoming the world hit we all know and love.
Hace 1 día · Everyone else had time to tour behind the scenes of the vast and magnificent Wang Theater, its architecture inspired by the Paris Opera, and to see the wide-ranging collection of artefacts assembled by McCloud: Lead Belly’s huge 12-string, Pete Seeger’s banjo, Jean Ritchie’s dulcimer; Howard Fast’s account of Peekskill USA, signed by both the author and Robeson; Leonard Bernstein’s ...
Hace 1 día · By Mark Ellen. ( Classic Rock ) published 9 May 2024. David Gilmour on Rattle That Lock, Endless River, and 50 years of Pink Floyd. (Image credit: Kevin Westenberg) Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour is back with a new solo album and six-night residency at London's Royal Albert Hall, and it's probably fair to say that we've been here before.
Hace 1 día · “I never failed to be amazed at the combination in one person of great strength, great tenderness and great intellectuality,” the communist folk singer Pete Seeger wrote of Robeson. He exhibited the great strength of a professional football player, the tenderness of a stage actor, and the intellectuality of a lawyer who, despite racial prejudice, had finished at the top of his class.
