Goodnight Pete Seeger.

bobdcat · Jan 28, 2014

All the 1951 (the year I was born) Weavers tunes in one video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HCsW0xh1Mk

So long Pete
It's been good to know ya.

SouthernSounds · Jan 28, 2014

Sad, sad news...

R.I.P. Pete and Thanks for everything you gave to us.

All the best,
B.

ScottyGuildPlayer · Jan 28, 2014

Folk music will be the poorer for his passing,Pete Seeger will go down in the Annals,as one of the giants of early American protest/folk music,without him,there would be no Bob Dylan,or any of his contemporaries.

SFIV1967 · Jan 28, 2014

bobdcat said:
All the 1951 (the year I was born) Weavers tunes in one video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HCsW0xh1Mk
So long Pete
It's been good to know ya.

I love this! Thanks for posting!
Ralf

southernGuild · Jan 28, 2014

What a wonderful man, an exceptional human being and a musical and 'life' inspiration.
Thank you Pete..For all the good that you've done and shared.
Hammer on!

spiderman · Jan 28, 2014

In the '50s when I was a camper and later on the staff of a summer camp, Pete would pay an annual visit, putting on a concert and workshops for the staff. Between that and Weavers concerts I saw a fair amount of him back then. He certainly was a major influence in my burgeoning interest in folk. There was no one quite like him in his unswerving promotion of folk music and of young singers. He will be missed.

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GuildFS4612CE · Jan 28, 2014

ladytexan said:
RIP, Pete! You will be sorely missed. We love you! ::crying::

Toni, thanks for posting a version with the verse Pete added, years after he first wrote the song, at the end, because he wanted to add a bit more hope.

Lucky to have met him on a number of occasions...and had the chance to hold his 12 string.

Luckier still that he was about the only performer I ever met that not only welcomed you to start up your old portable cassette tape recorder...remember those?...but invited you to place it on the stage at the foot of his microphone stand so you wouldn't miss anything.

Peace :tranquillity:

killdeer43 · Jan 28, 2014

It goes without saying (but I'll say it anyway) that there will never be another like Pete Seeger.
I don't see anyone on the scene with anything that comes close to his qualities of generosity, kindness, caring, warmth, humor, etc., etc. His was/is a unique story for the ages.

I can track his inspiration throughout my musical career. One of the first struggling tunes on my first guitar 44 years ago was Where Have All the Flowers Gone? I've probably done it a half-dozen times today....and it's still early.

His get up and go has got up and went, :tranquillity:
Joe

Taylor Martin Guild · Jan 28, 2014

Pete's music was a major influence on me and I didn't even know it.
I grew up loving Folk Music with all the acoustic instruments and wonderful harmonies.
I sang a lot of Pete's songs in my youth without knowing who penned them.

I know that Pete and Woody were major influences on John Denver, who was my biggest influence, so it all comes around and The Circle Will Be Unbroken.
God Bless, Pete.

charliea · Jan 28, 2014

I'm sitting here playing "American Favorite Ballads" and wondering why I ever left that stuff. Plunk a few tunes, sing a few simple songs, don't worry too much about how you sound, just have fun.

killdeer43 · Jan 28, 2014

One of my favorite photos of Pete, in black and white.

Joe

PhilD · Jan 28, 2014

Pete Seeger was some trooper. He was a people's man. God blessed him as he wandered this earth. He had a long, well deserved life. RIP Pete. Thanks for the music. Thanks for your words.

fretless · Jan 28, 2014

"this machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender" R.I.P. Pete Seeger

fretless · Jan 28, 2014

that's a great one, Joe! thanks

Zelja · Jan 29, 2014

Not much more I can add to the reverent words of praise and warm thoughts that have already gone his way.

He was a towering figure of influence in his musical career & a huge proponent of positive change in general. He lived a great, rich, positive, inspiring life & has left his mark on the world and on so many people that took notice of him.

RIP Pete Seeger & kudos on being a wonderful musician and human being and on a life well lived.

dreadnut · Jan 29, 2014

In '76, at a Navy buddy's funeral/gravesite at Ft. Sam Houston, I led a small group on my guitar singing "Where Have All The Flowers Gone." That was an era gone by. Thanks, Pete, you were an American treasure.

5thumbs · Jan 29, 2014

Zelja said:
Not much more I can add to the reverent words of praise and warm thoughts that have already gone his way.

He was a towering figure of influence in his musical career & a huge proponent of positive change in general. He lived a great, rich, positive, inspiring life & has left his mark on the world and on so many people that took notice of him.

RIP Pete Seeger & kudos on being a wonderful musician and human being and on a life well lived.

That sums it all up quite well.

MLBob · Jan 29, 2014

Here's to Pete. Like Harry Chapin once wrote: "When you look in his eyes, you know there's somebody in there."

killdeer43 · Jan 29, 2014

MLBob said:

THAT is a super photo!! Wow!

Thanks,
Joe

jeffcoop · Jan 29, 2014

The first song I learned to play was Where Have All the Flowers Gone, at summer camp, long time ago. Thank you, Pete Seeger. What a remarkable life.

Goodnight Pete Seeger.

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