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.
Indeed.