And his guitar book and record did the trick as well. Only instruction that ever made any sense to me.

Years later I picked up a copy of Jer6y Silverman's revision and expansion of it "The Folksingers Guitar Guide - lots of good extra stuff in it, but Pete's origonal book and record were enough. Just enough to get you started, and encouraged, and motivated to go off and learn by yourself and from the other people you came across on the way.

"All Pete Seeger does is sit on his couch, in his home with a video camera, playing exactly what he wrote in his book" - sounds exactly how it ought to be.