What a great voice!
For hog calling.
In 1948, Seeger was an active backer of Henry A Wallace’s Progressive Party bid for President.
A large contingent of Wallace’s supporters/volunteers were, in fact, active members of the American Communist Party or were fellow travellers.
He was the father of the folk revival, the man who almost singlehandedly brought the 5-string banjo to popularity, and who furthered the careers of many people, including a young Bob Dylan. “
Have to disagree with all of this.. Earl Scruggs made the banjo popular again. Seeger just profited by selling his crappy banjo instruction book, which for a time was the ONLY resource out there.
As for helping Bob Dylan, a little research into Johnny Cash’s efforts to get Dylan into the Columbia fold might clear things up there.
Seeger was an opportunist and a thief of the intellectual property of others and became quite the wealthy capitalist while spouting the communist hatred for capitalism.
Check out Mark Steyn’s old Song of the Week article on The Lion Sleeps Tonight to get some insight into the blood sucking tick that Seeger was.
The man was a Communist.
He was always quite open and honest about that.
In retrospect quite refreshing compared to all of those politicians who try and hide behind some form of window dressing.
Subjecting me to his politics at age six by repeatedly putting him on Sesame Street...now THAT was reprehensible.
Pete Seeger didn’t write “Turn, Turn, Turn.” King Solomon did.
I think Ungar is the guy who wrote "Ashokan Farewell" (the signature theme of Ken Burns' Civil War miniseries).
Commies Come Out to Sing
All those hippies gathered together in one place??
Where’s Al Qaeda when you need ‘em?
Thought this was about Pete Seeger
Son, correct?
To quote Cracker....
What the world needs now, is another folk singer
Like I need a hole in my head.
He protested against the US going to war against Hitler.
Anti-”war” commies never change.
Do NYC hippies know how many jobs the environmentalist movement has cost the state of NY?
They didn’t end up with a clean, undeveloped Hudson Valley as they envisioned; they ended up with rustbelt cities filled with unassimilated minorities instead. The stomping grounds Mike Tyson and Tawana Brawley...