NYC’s Seegerfest: Celebrating Pete Seeger and His Reprehensible Politics

pjmedia.com ^ | 7/21/2014 | Ron Radosh

[a fool in paradise]

He protested against the US going to war against Hitler.

Anti-”war” commies never change.

[Ben Ficklin]

You could frame it another way by saying back in those days folk, western, and bluegrass were acoustic. So the style the fans were listening to was acoustic and if you went to Newport you would hear folk, bluegrass, and country and it was acoustic. Doc Watson and Clarence white, two of the top bluegrass guitarists, did a set together at Newport '64

Dylan was big hit at Newport, except he went electric in 1965, and Pete Seeger was not happy with that. Not long after that, the Byrds started playing folk rock or folk music with electric instrument.

In 1965 Clarence White, the bluegrass acoustic guitarist, bought an electric and developed what would be called country rock that was picked up by Jackson Browne, Eagles, Rosanne Cash, and many others. White joined the second Byrds band in '68 until '72. Now, in modern times, that is mainstream country.

By the early 70s, because of advances in microphones, there was a resurgence of Bluegrass and many of the bluegrass boys were also playing jazz. With the new microphones they could play to larger crowds

And somewhere along the line, somebody coined the term "Roots Music", which is mainly acoustic

[Dr.Deth]

“This Land Is Mao Land”

[kearnyirish2]

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...

[driftless2]

From the literature I’ve read, the Byrds had the first folk rock hit when they did their version of Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man.” Supposedly when Dylan first heard the Byrd’s version of his song he went around a recording studio muttering “f.....g wild” over and over. Simon and Garfunkel’s “Sound of Silence” was first recorded with just an acoustic guitar. A recording engineer with Columbia added and electric background to the song, and it became S&Gs first hit. Then even the Beatle’s started coming out with folk-sounding melodies thanks to Dylan’s influence. Dylan is officially credited with having the first folk-rock album with his “Bringing It All Back Home.”