Rick, you failed to mention that Charles Seeger was the father of Pete, John, Peggy, Mike, et al. He also transcribed many of the songs in the Archive of Folk Culture (as it is now known) at the Library of Congress. Ruth Crawford Seeger, his second wife, published some excellent books of folksongs for children. To top it all off, he employed Libba Cotten as a housekeeper, later learning that she played a pretty mean guitar (upside down and backwards). Now, there's a man who made a major contribution to American folk music, one way or another!

Sandy