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30 Aug 00 - 09:46 AM (#287786) Subject: Quintessential Pete Seeger Recordings? From: GUEST,Animaterra at work The thread on Pete Seeger's lost-and-found banjo got me thinking. The person who found and returned the banjo had never heard of Pete Seeger! As a music teacher, I got to thinking- have I spend enough time naming the living legends of our time? I'm planning to introduce the kids (ages 5-11) to Pete's music but only have a few very old vinyl lps with songs mostly geared to kids. They are great, but there's much more to Pete. What would you recommend to a school with a limited budget if you could only buy one or two of Pete's recordings? |
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30 Aug 00 - 09:50 AM (#287787) Subject: RE: Quintessential Pete Seeger Recordings? From: Groucho Marxist (inactive) I'd suggest either of two double concert albums: "We Shall Overcome: The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert 1963" or "Singalong, Sanders Theater, 1980." Groucho |
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30 Aug 00 - 09:53 AM (#287792) Subject: RE: Quintessential Pete Seeger Recordings? From: bflat I would suggest the two CD set of his live Carnegie Hall performance. Forty songs with sing-alongs,stories etc. "We Shall Overcome" is the title. bflat |
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30 Aug 00 - 09:55 AM (#287794) Subject: RE: Quintessential Pete Seeger Recordings? From: bflat Two in agreement. Sounds like a winner. |
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30 Aug 00 - 10:22 AM (#287801) Subject: RE: Quintessential Pete Seeger Recordings? From: catspaw49 Make it three. Spaw |
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30 Aug 00 - 10:25 AM (#287802) Subject: RE: Quintessential Pete Seeger Recordings? From: Anglo I've had the We Shall Overcome LP since 1964, when he did a similar concert in Manchester. One of the few I've kept that long. I should probably upgrade to the double CD though. Count one more vote. |
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30 Aug 00 - 10:41 AM (#287809) Subject: RE: Quintessential Pete Seeger Recordings? From: Wesley S By the way the paper this morning reported that Pete has treatable Lyme disease. Here's hoping that returned banjo can surround Lyme disease and force IT to surrender. |
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30 Aug 00 - 10:45 AM (#287810) Subject: RE: Quintessential Pete Seeger Recordings? From: Rick Fielding Great thread A A W. I'd strongly suggest to anyone who's not aware just how skilled a banjoist Pete is to get "Goofing Off Suite". Listen to his picking on "Blue Skies", and try to remember that he did this in the very early fifties. Some picker! Rick |
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30 Aug 00 - 10:49 AM (#287812) Subject: RE: Quintessential Pete Seeger Recordings? From: Sean Belt I'd agree that "We Shall Overcome: The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert 1963" is the one to use to introduce your students to Pete. It also presents a great springboard for discussion of the historical context of the Equal Rights Movement and the events of the times that made it necessary. It's great to know that there are teachers out there who recognize the value of this music. (Or any music for that matter!) Bread & roses, - Sean |
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30 Aug 00 - 12:34 PM (#287920) Subject: RE: Quintessential Pete Seeger Recordings? From: Charlie2 I don't know. I'd have to suggest that best place to start with Mr. Seeger is with the Weavers. I still think that he was best as a team player. The weavers live at Carnegie Hall has such a potent sense of humor that I think he lost a bit in his solo efforts. Not that I don't like him solo of course. |
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30 Aug 00 - 12:41 PM (#287926) Subject: RE: Quintessential Pete Seeger Recordings? From: GUEST "We Shall Overcome" is quite political. The "Singalong-Sanders concert" is less so. For the age group I would also suggest "Family concert" and "Birds, Beasts Bugs and fishes" The latter is two old LPs combined on one CD |
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30 Aug 00 - 05:58 PM (#288159) Subject: RE: Quintessential Pete Seeger Recordings? From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Thanks- these all sound great! I'm going to look for "We Shall Overcome" and if I can't find it locally, I'll check in at Amazon and support the Mudcat all at the same time! |
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31 Aug 00 - 12:49 AM (#288332) Subject: RE: Quintessential Pete Seeger Recordings? From: Art Thieme There's no better way to teach history than with the songs and ballads of a given era. They are documents handed down in the words of the people who were there at the time. They are at least as accurate as history books. Pete did some wonderful ones. Art Thieme --------------------------------------------------- American Industrial Ballads (Folkways/Smithsonian) Songs Of The Adirondaks (Folkways/Smithsonian) Songs Of The Spanish Civil War--Lincoln Brigades(Folkways/Smithsonian)Pete and the Almanac Singers In Concert (Stinson) Tlkin' Union (Folkways/Smithsonian)Pete with the Almanac Singers Gazette (Folkways/Smithsonian) Americas Favorite Ballads (several volumes on Folkways/Smithsonian) |