Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger, Songwriter and Champion of Folk Music, Dies at 94 By JON PARELESJAN. 28, 2014 ...Read More
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Well said all across the board, pn. I've been blessed to know several folks who lived through the cauldron that was the early/mid Twentieth Century. Some, like the recently passed Cliff Carpenter,...
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very interesting thread on an obviously very controversial figure...warmed to some of his politics when I was young and first in college,repudiated almost ALL his politics as I grew older,but still...
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pulp novelties wrote:Andrew Kidd wrote:pulp novelties wrote:I have yet to read anything the man did that justifies some of the scorn I've heard. If being a member of The Communist Party for a ten of...
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Stuart4th wrote:The idea that Seeger was a "lifelong STALINIST" (your all-caps, not mine) is pure claptrap. Geez, ever hear of Google? One example, quoting Seeger: ""I still call myself a communist,...
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Andrew Kidd wrote:pulp novelties wrote:Andrew Kidd wrote:pulp novelties wrote:I have yet to read anything the man did that justifies some of the scorn I've heard. If being a member of The Communist...
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Although this will probably be a waste of my time, I feel compelled to set the record straight. Andrew, you keep saying that Seeger was a Stalinist but I can find, well practically nothing, on record...
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Thanks Ghostwriter, that was a tremendously impressive and reasoned article. What you've said is more in line with the bios and interviews I've taken in since Seeger's death. I have no doubt that...
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Thank You, Ghost, for your calm, reasoned rhetoric.Arlo Guthrie:"( Pete's ) real gift was making us feel connected to everyone else around the world, and the best way to do that was to learn their...
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Thanks for sharing the Guthrie reminiscence; it’s a perfect example of Pete Seeger’s contributions. The notion that Seeger was only a thorn in the side of capitalist nations is simply unfounded....
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Ghost, Saturday - Thanks.I knew there was a reason why I liked the guy.
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Well, because he was brought up in the Shirley Temple obit, I thought I would peek in here. I didn't go in it when he died, becuase quite frankly I didn't care about Bob Seeger. It had nothing to do...
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Right here in Tarrytown-Sleepy Hollow they're in the process of building a bridge to the other side of the Hudson River -- a huge umpty-ump-billion-dollar deal that'll take years -- and some local...
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TomWeaver999 wrote:Right here in Tarrytown-Sleepy Hollow they're in the process of building a bridge to the other side of the Hudson River -- a huge umpty-ump-billion-dollar deal that'll take years --...
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will wrote:Well, because he was brought up in the Shirley Temple obit, I thought I would peek in here. I didn't go in it when he died, becuase quite frankly I didn't care about Bob Seeger. It had...
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TomWeaver999 wrote: Right here in Tarrytown-Sleepy Hollow they're in the process of building a bridge to the other side of the Hudson River -- a huge umpty-ump-billion-dollar deal that'll take years...
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Saturday8pm wrote:Good one, Kosmo!And ... is this really the Cosmos speaking? Thanks, Saturday8pm,No, just one of the Kosmos.
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This talk of bridges sparked a memory of a time when I had the privilege of interviewing Pete Seeger (this would be 1986) for a rock n’ roll newspaper I wrote for at the time. We were talking about...
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