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08 Mar 14 - 03:56 PM (#3608313) Subject: Bassists w/ Pete Seeger and/or Weavers From: GUEST,Bill Amatneek I'm having trouble finding the names of string bassists who played behind Pete Seeger and/or The Weavers over the years. Does anyone have information about this? Best regards to all, Bill Amatneek |
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08 Mar 14 - 04:27 PM (#3608317) Subject: RE: Bassists w/ Pete Seeger and/or Weavers From: Uncle_DaveO Did they use a bassist? |
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08 Mar 14 - 04:34 PM (#3608318) Subject: RE: Bassists w/ Pete Seeger and/or Weavers From: Uncle_DaveO Yes, of course they did. Shame on me! Mark Murphy. Dave Oesterreich |
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08 Mar 14 - 05:33 PM (#3608325) Subject: RE: Bassists w/ Pete Seeger and/or Weavers From: BrooklynJay I remember that Bernie Krause played bass (among other instruments) on the Weavers 1963 Carnegie Hall reunion albums. However, other than backing up Pete Seeger on Guantanamera, he seemed to have no other audible presence on the albums. Strange, because from what I've read, the concert was supposed to "introduce" Mr. Krause as the newest member of the group, replacing Frank Hamilton (our own Stringsinger). Jay |
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08 Mar 14 - 08:36 PM (#3608362) Subject: RE: Bassists w/ Pete Seeger and/or Weavers From: GUEST This was a question on Mudcat about a month back. It was answered by me but I forget what the answer was. Ask Stringsiner. He'd know. (My failing memory thinks the last name was lee.) |
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08 Mar 14 - 08:46 PM (#3608365) Subject: RE: Bassists w/ Pete Seeger and/or Weavers From: Elmore Saw The Weavers several times with Erik Darling, once or twice with Stringsinger, but don't recall them working live with a bass player. Apparently Bernie Krause played the role of Pete Seeger for part of 1964. |
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09 Mar 14 - 01:43 AM (#3608392) Subject: RE: Bassists w/ Pete Seeger and/or Weavers From: BrooklynJay GUEST - might you be thinking of Bill Lee (filmmaker Spike Lee's father)? I believe he played with some folk groups (usually uncredited) many years ago (The Limeliters come to mind), but I honestly have no knowledge if he ever worked with The Weavers. Can anyone supply any additional info? Jay |
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09 Mar 14 - 02:54 PM (#3608522) Subject: RE: Bassists w/ Pete Seeger and/or Weavers From: Mrrzy Bruce Langhorn? |
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09 Mar 14 - 04:04 PM (#3608532) Subject: RE: Bassists w/ Pete Seeger and/or Weavers From: Bettynh Willie Dixon recorded several sets with Pete and Memphis Slim for Folkways Records. |
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09 Mar 14 - 07:26 PM (#3608575) Subject: RE: Bassists w/ Pete Seeger and/or Weavers From: Elmore Mrzzy: I thought Bruce Langhorne was (and still is?) a guitar player, not a bass player. |
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09 Mar 14 - 09:18 PM (#3608610) Subject: RE: Bassists w/ Pete Seeger and/or Weavers From: GUEST,Tinker from Chicago Jay: the Limeliters didn't use a back-up man on bass because there was always a bass player IN the Limeliters. For most of their years it was Lou Gottlieb. But there's a Wikipedia page about bassist Bill Lee that says he backed up Cat Stevens, Harry Belafonte, the Chad Mitchell Trio, Gordon Lightfoot, Odetta, Simon & Garfunkel, Ian & Sylvia, Tom Rush, Peter, Paul and Mary, Arlo Guthrie, Tom Paxton, Carolyn Hester, John Lee Hooker, Josh White, Malvina Reynolds, Eric Bibb, The Clancy Brothers and Bob Dylan, among others. |
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10 Mar 14 - 12:13 AM (#3608631) Subject: RE: Bassists w/ Pete Seeger and/or Weavers From: BrooklynJay Aaargh! You are, of course, correct. Chalk that one up to brain freeze. Jay |
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10 Mar 14 - 03:10 AM (#3608641) Subject: RE: Bassists w/ Pete Seeger and/or Weavers From: Rasta used to know a guy who taught me guitar before jfk 63 by a few months who claimed he played with Pete ,his name was Bill smith his wife was a ballet dancer ,don't think hes around anymore |
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10 Mar 14 - 10:43 AM (#3608716) Subject: RE: Bassists w/ Pete Seeger and/or Weavers From: pdq "Mrzzy: I thought Bruce Langhorne was (and still is?) a guitar player, not a bass player." There are few known string instruments the Bruce Langehorne cannot play. Yes, he plays bass, but that does not mean he played with Pete Seeger or the Weavers. Bill Lee, Russ Savakus, Felix Pappalardi and others were on a short list of bass players Vanguard producers would call when they needed one. Bill Lee was evidently reliable which is why he got the call so many times. |
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10 Mar 14 - 11:08 PM (#3608839) Subject: RE: Bassists w/ Pete Seeger and/or Weavers From: Elmore BL used to play a large Turkish frame drum as well. |
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10 Mar 14 - 11:12 PM (#3608841) Subject: RE: Bassists w/ Pete Seeger and/or Weavers From: Elmore Not BL the junkie. The other BL. |