Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: NormanD Date: 24 Jul 06 - 11:57 AM That's some photo. I can imagine cartoonist Gary Larson seeing this as a vision of hell. You go through this room to......... ......the accordion players. |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: BanjoRay Date: 24 Jul 06 - 09:04 AM Here's a picture of Pete being a very naughty boy with Bela Fleck only 14 years ago, on both ends of a panoramic picture. He was obviously still capable of a good sprint. Tennessee Banjo Institute panorama 1992 Cheers Ray |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: kendall Date: 24 Jul 06 - 06:52 AM On the back of Utah Phillip's brochure there is a saying: "No matter how New Age you get, old age gonna kick your ass". I got a card from Pete (I save all his cards) and it was apparent that his memory was slipping, but I still hold dear that evening in Gordon Bok's living room back in 1969,when Pete gave me my first banjo lesson. That memory will never fade. I did have the honor of seeing him in concert. In no time at all he took a loud crowd and had them eating out of his hand. He is an entertainer more than a performer. |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Richard Brandenburg Date: 24 Jul 06 - 03:18 AM How do we regard the fade of the body in this life is what I wonder about. Pete will be Pete until his breath fails and then until his friends and those of us who remember him are gone, and then it's in history's hands. Those near him see him diminished perhaps but still the same, and he is no doubt the same, to those of his friends who can perceive him. Remembering songs is no longer his task here; and our task may be to remember his singing and let him go in the manner in which he wishes and is able to leave us. It all ends in forgetting, whatever we wish. Pete's done more than most to ensure and justify remembrance, and to his credit, seemed never to care about any of that. Pete seemed to me to be all about the present moment. I recall him emblazoned in his archetype, singing, "The time is now quite early morning". But we all know better, despite our love. I once shook his hand. |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Lady Hillary Date: 23 Jul 06 - 10:31 PM He performed at the recently past Clearwater Revival, both in his own set and in various others' including with Tao and the Mammals. Long may he wave! |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Anglo Date: 23 Jul 06 - 08:22 PM I see Brian Hoskin's question went unanswered. The new edition of Pete's book, like the previous one, is being published by Sing Out Publications. |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: folkwaller Date: 23 Jul 06 - 02:55 PM The angel of music is with you Pete she will help you decide. The concerts in the 60's in London are with me forever. I'm with Seamus on this one. Whisper a song to me Pete and I will listen forever. |
Subject: RE: Jerry Atinsky["Seeger's swan song?"] From: GUEST,Nancy D. Date: 23 Jul 06 - 01:38 PM For Jerry: Saying "Hello," again -- after these many years. If you want to write, I can be reached at Greenwich_e@yahoo.com . That's the only way I can be reached these days. Nancy D. |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: GUEST Date: 01 May 05 - 03:05 PM "He's got a birthday coming up. May 3, 1919." Actually, I think his birthday *coming up* is May 3, 2005. May 3, 1919 was his date of birth. Not quite the same thing. |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Frankham Date: 01 May 05 - 02:59 PM He's got a birthday coming up. May 3, 1919. Frank |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: GUEST,Tannywheeler Date: 30 Apr 05 - 05:54 PM I don't know what he thinks he's lost, but it's not his wisdom, warmth, kindness. For those who've never met him, I assure you those parts of his personality are very real and present. As long as he stays among us he can choose whatever conditions he feels necessary and we'll be lucky to have him. Tw p.s.Compuwhizzes, how can I get my cookie back? Help? |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Roger the Skiffler Date: 30 Apr 05 - 07:06 AM The Peggy Seeger 70th Birthday "returning home" Concert with Mike & Pete guesting is Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre Sunday 29th May 2005. Waterson/Carthy are also schecduled to appear. RtS |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Brian Hoskin Date: 29 Apr 05 - 08:23 AM Does anyone know who is publishing the new edition of his autobiography Where Have all the Flowers Gone?? |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Roger the Skiffler Date: 29 Apr 05 - 03:41 AM According to an advert I noticed in UK press Peggy Seeger is performing a "farewell to UK" concert with Pete and Mike Seeger listed as guests. I didn't note the date but it was in London (possibly Purcell Rooms this summer). RtS |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Stephen L. Rich Date: 29 Apr 05 - 12:21 AM We all love Pete Seeger and forgive him almost any sin, especially one as seemingly harmless as occasional memory loss. But, as a performer I can see this from his perspective as well. Blowing the words to a song one has been doing all of one's life is, at the very least, very embarassing. I'd rather see him retire than subject himself to what, for him, would be regular humiliation. Let the man go with his dignity intact. Stephen Lee |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: GUEST,Guest - Michael Harrison of Texas Date: 28 Apr 05 - 11:59 PM Many good and heart-felt feelings generated here, and my two-cents says - Pete, as long as you want to sing, I will listen. Thanks for the music, the songs and the inspiration. Down the road,......... |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Frankham Date: 28 Apr 05 - 09:27 PM Pete is still an inspiration. When you inspire, you want to carry on your message through others. He wants us to write songs that say something positive about the human condition and sometimes controversial. He wants all of us to be his legacy. He is still as sharp as a tack. He is up on what's going on in the world. The important thing is to paraphrase him, we used to think that the world would change by sweeping movements and expansive ideas. Now the time has come for small groups to organize and not be co-opted by big movements that are too general. Maybe just planting a tree or a growing garden to feed a hungry family. Maybe just getting a group together to talk to your congressman about bringing our troops home. Small groups of commited people can do amazing things. When Pete first started, the folk music movement was small. When I grew up in Los Angeles, I had to search for a teacher to show me anything on the five-string banjo. Pete provided his book. It sold a few copies. I was thrilled to get it. There was a small group of us included were Derroll Adams, Dave Zeitlin, Sid Berland, Ry Cooder,Guy Carawan, Bess and Butch Hawes, Ed Michel, Ed Pearl, Odetta, Jimmy Gavin, Will Geer, Vern Partlow, Sam Hinton , Bill Olliver, Bart Van der Schilling, Jerry Atinsky, Dave Arkin and his talented son Alan, Cisco and Woody. The Folk Scare hadn't kicked in yet. Nobody in the general public cared about folk music in those days. But there was this small group of people and they kept on meeting together. When the Weavers were blacklisted, a small group of supporters carried them through into college concerts. Then that magic one at Carnegie Hall. The point is, we are all Pete's children. We are his legacy. He lives on through all of us. Frank Hamilton |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: open mike Date: 27 Apr 05 - 09:04 PM earlier this link had an extra comma added.. http://www.peoplesmusic.org/ try this... |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Suffet Date: 27 Apr 05 - 08:18 PM For the Love of Pete! An evening to celebrate the music of Pete Seeger and the release of the updated edition of his autobiography, Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Saturday • May 21, 2005 • 8 PM Community Church of New York 40 East 35th Street Midtown Manhattan, New York City Featuring... Pete Seeger Work o' the Weavers Jim Scott and the Community Church Choir with the Rev. Hope Johnson Stan Strickland Geoff Kaufman Presented by the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. Cosponsored ny the New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club (Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.). Tickets: $25 in advance. For more information: http://www.uusc.org/ Or call 1-800-388-3920 extension 230 to reserve. Be there! --- Steve |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: open mike Date: 05 Oct 04 - 08:34 PM ha! one recent issue of home power magazine features pete seeger and the cover shows him on the roof with solar panels! http://www.homepower.com/ seems pretty lively to me!!Pete Seeger solar article in Homepower magazine |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Suffet Date: 05 Oct 04 - 07:55 PM PEOPLE'S MUSIC NETWORK for Songs of Freedom and Freedom presents... THE MANY VOICES CONCERT Friday • January 28, 2005 • 7:30 to 10:30 PM Brooklyn High School for the Arts 345 Dean Street, between 3rd and 4th Avenues Brooklyn, New York Featuring... Pete Seeger Brooklyn Women's Chorus Disabled In Action Singers Lafayette Inspirational Ensemble Harmonic Insurgence Brooklyn High School for the Arts Chorus PMN Chorus Cosponsored by... Brooklyn High School for the Arts Renaissance Charter School Brooklyn Women's Chorus Peoples' Voice Cafe New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club Tickets... $15 for members of PMN or cosponsors if purchased in advance. All others, and at the door, $20. For ticket information and sales, please contact... Bev Grant. Phone: 718-230-4999 E-mail: bevgrant1@aol.com Directions: • B65 bus to 4th Avenue stops in front of the school eastbound or one block north of the school westbound. • Subway to the Atlantic Avenue - Pacific Street station. Walk south along 4th Avenue to Dean Street. That will be anywhere from half a block to two blocks depending on what station exit you use. Turn right. School will be on your right. • Long Island Rail Road to Flatbush Avenue terminal in Brooklyn. Cross Atlantic Avenue, then walk south along 4th Avenue two blocks to Dean Street. Turn right. School will be on your right. • Driving: I-278 (BQE) to Atlantic Avenue exit. Go east (away from waterfront) along Atlantic Avenue to 3rd Avenue. Turn right. Go two short blocks to Dean Street. Turn left and look for parking. School will be on your left. PMN website: http://www,peoplesmusic.org/ Be there! --- Steve |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Suffet Date: 09 Jun 04 - 07:57 AM I should add that when I spoke with Pete Seeger this past Sunday (6/6/04) he renewd two commitments he made to the People's Music Network Winter Gathering in New York City next year. Friday night, January 28, 2005, Pete will appear in a concert open to the general public at the Brooklyn High School for the Arts, along with the Brooklyn Women's Chorus and several other performers. Saturday morning, January 29, 2005, Pete will appear in a children's concert at the Renaissance Charter School in Jackson Heights, Queens, along with Takako Nagumo and members of MacDougal Street Rent Party. The concert will only be for children who go to that school, children of people attending the PMN Winter Gathering, and their respective families. --- Steve |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: cobber Date: 08 Jun 04 - 09:38 PM I'm only half Pete's age and I've been forgetting the words to songs most of my career. It doesn't mean the performance is no good, just proves you're human. May he sing as long as he wants to and want to as long as he sings. |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Folkiedave Date: 08 Jun 04 - 02:45 PM I too was lucky enough to see Pete at the Free Trade Hall all those year ago. Brilliant night. Still in my memory. Dave www.collectorsfolk.co.uk |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Big Al Whittle Date: 08 Jun 04 - 11:28 AM forgetting acquaintances names - thats not memory loss - just prioritising. I used to a gig with a guy who forgot the same lines in the same verse nearly every night for a year - in the end the suspense of waiting for him to forget ...it got to me and I had to quit the band |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: GUEST,Stephen Date: 07 Jun 04 - 02:11 PM I had the immense pleasure of interviewing Pete last summer - he's a great guy, and he spoke about his memory loss then... things like having to ask guys he's known ten, twenty years to remind him of their surnames. Not good. He played some fine songs too - all of us journalist types just sitting out on the grass and listening. |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Barbara Date: 07 Jun 04 - 01:48 PM Lots of my older singer friends are returning to lead sheets, teleprompters, personal assistants, and audience participation to make it through the songs they used to be able to sing from memory. Merritt did it for the last three years of his life -- first sheepishly, and then later on with aplomb. Faith Petric has used paper off and on since she had a stroke and sometimes she just points and asks someone else to sing the next one. Dick Holdstock whips out the reading glasses, or borrows a pair from his wife, and proceeds with the song, there's a lot of ways of making it though, and those of us boomers in our fifties are counting on you olders to model for us "not giving up when the going gets rough". I'd say, if you can still sing from your heart, you don't have to still know it by heart. My life flows on in endless song Above earth's lamentation; And still I hear the far off song That hails the new creation. Through sight may blur and memory fail Inside me music's ringing -- When it resounds throughout my soul, How can I keep from singing? Blessings, Barbara |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Suffet Date: 07 Jun 04 - 12:15 PM Greetings: I saw, spoke with, and heard Pete Seeger yesterday (June 6, 2004) at Camp Redwood in Walden, New York. His voice is weak, but still right on pitch, and he is more than a bit forgetful, but he is alert, insightful, and a wonderful conversationalist. Pete spent a lot of time speaking with young people -- teens and twenty-somethings -- but he also found time to lead well over a hundred people in singing a slow ("long meter") version of Amazing Grace, and showing folks how to find the harmonies. Maybe it's just wishful thinking, but I really do believe his "swan song" is still a while off. --- Steve |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: EBarnacle Date: 28 May 04 - 12:05 PM The May 27, 8:41 AM post is yours truly. My cookie went astray. As long as others are talking about his voice, I have to comment that Pete is responsible for teaching me to use my voice and strengthening my Baritone. He did most of this teaching while we were on stage during Sloop Singer sets. Several years ago, we were called from one set directly to another at the Hudson River Revival. One of the featured Sunday afternoon acts had failed to show, so Pete volunteered us [the Sloop Singers who were still there] to fill in. This was in the period when his voice was becoming less reliable. When his song came up, he asked me to accompany him to the mike. After he began Old Man River, his voice gave out and he signalled me to take over. Afterward, I got compliments and a comment from Pete that he had intended to do a slightly different version that time around. Still one of my happy thoughts. |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Suffet Date: 28 May 04 - 11:08 AM Let me tell a very recent Pete Seeger story. This happened this past January 25 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, at the annual Winter Gathering of the People's Music Network. It was Sunday morning, just after breakfast, and several dozen participants were sitting in a big circle waiting to begin what PMN calls Songs of the Spirit. It is a loosely structured, leaderless, session in which people sing Gospel songs, Freedom songs, or whatever else "the Spirit" moves them to sing. It is also a strictly a cappella session. By tradition no one plays an instrument, not even a drum, a rattle, or a tambourine. The session was just beginning when Pete walked in with his banjo slung over his shoulder. As he took a seat in the circle he explained, "I can't sing anymore. My banjo is my voice." For a few seconds people looked at one another somwhat uncomfortably. Then a woman named Jill Friedman spoke up and asked, "Would anyone like to tell Pete it's against the rules? No one had the chutzpah to do so. So Pete stood up, and to the accompaniment of his banjo, he started to sing softly, If you miss me at the back of the bus... That was enough. Everyone joined in, and after just the first verse Pete put the banjo down. The rest of the session was a cappella as usual. --- Steve |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Deckman Date: 27 May 04 - 11:20 PM "DonD" Thank you for sharing that quite wonderful story. We are all blessed by his continuing presence and teaching. Bob |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: DonD Date: 27 May 04 - 10:57 PM Have I told this Pete story before? It bears repeating: Back in 1946 or 1947, Pete was already a celebrity to the growing folk audience, and something of a hero to us kids at Harvard, because he had dropped to follow his dream, did something worthwhile like learning at the feet of the old traditional singers in Appalachia, and achieved fame. He came back to Cambridge to give a concert/lecture in Sever Hall. a lecture space that was primarily used by the Philosophy Dept., and the hundreds of seats were packed. The rafters rang until the custodian insisted it was time to close the building. Pete announced that he wasn't finished singing that evening, and was adjourning the meeting to a school where they didn't have closing hours, the Sam Adams School in downtown Boston, known as a fairly radical establishment, and anyone who wanted to come along was welcome to join him as long as our voices held out. With a group of other students, I hopped on the MTA and found the loft building where Pete was set up in a relatively small room, which was even more packed. I found a seat on a windowsill in the back of the room, and was swept up in the fervor of the moment, singing my heart out on every chorus. When Pete gets a group singing together, it becomes an emotional experience, at least for me; that's togetherness. I can't remember the song -- it was one I didn't know -- but I was belting out the chorus so enthusiastically that I caught his attention, and he called out, "Take the next verse, back there on the windowsill." I didn't know the next verse, or any verse, but that didn't daunt me in the heat of the occasion, and I extemporised something that seemed to go down OK. The adrenalin rush kept me going it felt like hours, and we were there until Pete's voice actually did give out. Almost all of us have sung with Pete, either in person or along with one of his recordings -- when he says; "Sing!" you sing -- but I'm proud to be able to say that I sang a solo to his picking. It's been all downhill from there! I saw him last a couple of years ago at the Clearwter Festival on Father's Day, and he was as unassuming and personable as ever. I was surprised to see how he had changed from those earlier days, unlike me. I wonder if he looked at me through ever youthful eyes, and thought the same thing. And now (in the words of the old joke) he has lots of time to consider the hereafter -- as in "What the next line that comes here after the last one I can remember?" |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Suffet Date: 27 May 04 - 10:46 PM Greetings: Some of you might know that I am one of Pete's friends -- take a look at that Appleseeds column and you can see that he starts off by quoting me -- and yes, I have seen Pete slow down quite a bit of late. I was there at the Andover concert this past January when he forgot a verse to a song, but the remarkable thing is that he got up on stage in front of several hundred people and did four songs, more than he has done in concert recently. When you ask Pete how he's doing, he will nearly always answer, "Still here!" So in spite of his very real memory lapses -- remember how he left his banjo by the side of the road once? -- and his retirement from Sing Out, it looks like we'll still have Pete around for a little while longer. He's supposed to be at the People's Music Summer Gathering in Walden, NY, from June 4 to 6, and then at the PMN Winter Gathering in New York City next January 28 to 30. I suspect he'll have a song or two ready to share with one and all at each. --- Steve |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 27 May 04 - 10:40 PM Yes, back to the thread. But thanks, Bob. Joy and pleasure in music--that's part of what this thread is about. Maggie (SRS) |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Deckman Date: 27 May 04 - 10:38 PM Hi Maggie, You bet that your Dad was there, along with the rest of the diehard Seattle contingant. And, what's more, we all payed $50 for our tickets! That gave us permission to attend a semi-private gathering/reception at the annacortes Yacht Club. He was quite a yachter, by the way. I still well remember the graciousness that Burl extended to me as I came through the receiving line. I was the last person, on purpose. We and some delightful conversation, in spite of his wife/nurse/nanny. This was the first time we'd actually met, though we'd exchanged several letters over the years. You bet your Dad was there, and I well remember his delight. Love to you, Bob Sorry for the thread creep ... back to the subject ... please. |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 27 May 04 - 09:43 PM Bob, Did my Dad go to that concert with you? I remember his talking about a Burl Ives concert in Anacortes. Burl Ives was the earliest of the folksingers that he started listening to intently when he was learning songs. Ives recordings are as visceral for me as oatmeal in the morning and hot bread and soup on cold winter evenings. I am reading through these posts and seeing a tug between personal longings for a hero to keep going, and for him to do what works for him without worrying about the public. So many heartfelt expressions of appreciation. And I ask myself--what would Pete say if he read this thread? He no doubt has friends who drop in at Mudcat, if he doesn't himself. I hope the speculation (where it occurs) comes through as heartfelt concern, and that even with this shift in his activities there is still room for some of the participation that we all hope for. I like the idea of a prompter offstage--and it isn't an odd idea at all. When Dad was learning his songs, both music and words, sometimes the music took precedence. We knew from the hesitation that he was thinking about it and volunteered the words--he didn't often have to ask "What's the line here?" The four of us had learned all the words because we were sung to at bedtime every night. I can imagine a lot of kids listened to Pete's music at bedtime. He could probably start just about any song and have the entire audience sing it back to him, as was suggested above. SRS |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Susan A-R Date: 27 May 04 - 08:11 PM I imagine Pete won't disappear, he'll just pick and choose, and we'll love him where ever he goes, and whet ever he sings or forgets, 'cause he's Pete and he's given us sixty odd years of great music, humor and thought. |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Deckman Date: 27 May 04 - 07:48 PM "Wee little drummer" just made a comment that reminded me of something I saw happen at what was apparently Burl Ive's last public concert. I was very pleased to be in the audience. Burl had been at death's door, and this was a fund raising and "thank you" concert for the local hospital, in Annacourtis, Washington. He felt that this very small hospital had saved his life and he wanted to do something for them. He was still quite weak. When the curtain opened, he was already on stage and seated, ready to go. He gave a strong, hour long concert, his voice was strong and he was a delight to behold and hear. As he tired, he did start to forget some words (I started forgetting words when I was 13) but he had planned for that. He had a close friend sitting in the front row who acted as a "prompter." The first time it happened, we all were a little startled, but we quickly realized what was happenning and we were all quite pleased. And, it was obvious that Burl was also pleased that he could get through his concert this way. Does this apply to Pete? Who knows. Only Pete can make that decision. CHEERS, Bob(deckman)Nelson |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: catspaw49 Date: 27 May 04 - 06:48 PM Sometimes it's hard to know what to say. Reading the many other posts I am convinced of the the one thing that does matter above all else..........The love Pete Seeger brought to us goes back to him from all who heard him and saw him in any context. Everyone on this thread expresses a love for the man that very few public figures can enjoy across the board from one and all. Art, old friend, for me you said it best and from a perspective that is uniquely yours. Thanks for saying it and thanks too for making us all feel pretty good about another old folkie....you! Spaw |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Big Al Whittle Date: 27 May 04 - 06:25 PM perhaps he could get a prompter - either a human one or a sort of karaoke machine - tele prompter - lets face it everybody still wants to hear him, and I bet he still wants to gig - show me a musician that doesn't! there are lots of things that old people can do nowadays with the help of aids - folksinging is probably another, just needs someone to sort it out for him - an expert in that sort of thing..... In a few years time old peoples homes will be like Spinners concerts |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: emjay Date: 27 May 04 - 06:06 PM I see different ages given for Pete Seeger in a couple of posts. According to How Can I Keep From Singing by David Dunaway, Pete was born on May 3, 1919. Few people have accomplished any where near as much as he has and is still doing. His music has made so many look differently at the world around us. It has probably even inspired many to become activists in various environmental and human rights causes. He probably has a lot more he wants to accomplish, and is taking some well deserved time to do those things that he has pushed aside for many years. |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: GUEST,Larry K Date: 27 May 04 - 01:56 PM About 25 years ago, they started a new festival in New Jersey called the Raritan River Festival in New Brunswick. Pete Seeger came and played at the first two years of this festival. During the festival, I was at one of the workshops as it was starting to begin. Pete came walking by and several people asked him if he would play a few songs. The workshop leader wasn't pleased, but really had no choice and Pete did a few songs to get the workshop started. To cheer the workshop leader up, I mentioned that he would be able to tell people that Pete Seeger was his opening act. About a year ago he appeared in Detroit to accept an award and do a few songs. Unfortunatley, it was the same night that Arlo Gutherie was appearing with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Strange coincidence that they would be appearing in the same city on the same night in different venues. We already had tickets to Arlo. People who saw Pete were very dissapointed. I would hate to have peoples only experience Pete in concert today and not when he was in his prime. Kind of like watching Willie Mays in his last days with the Mets. |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Seamus Kennedy Date: 27 May 04 - 01:22 PM I made my post out of pure selfishness. I was only thinking of me. I don't like to think of the folk scene without him or any of the greats - Tommy Makem, Liam Clancy, Martin Carthy, et al. But their day will come too. Of course whatever Pete decides is best, is what will be. I wish him a long, happy and productive retirement, and hope for a few musical highlights from him now and again. Seamus |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: kendall Date: 27 May 04 - 11:13 AM This is so sad, but, I understand his point of view. Hell, I forget lyrics all the time and it is a pain in the ass. No matter what he does or doesn't do, he is still Pete Seeger, and in my opinon he is an angel on earth. No finer human ever lived. |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 27 May 04 - 10:55 AM Nice little story, guest! Wonderful musical convergence. |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: GUEST Date: 27 May 04 - 08:41 AM We sang together a couple of weeks ago, when Clearwater was named to the National Register of Historic Places. He is not as young as he once was but he is always youthful. One of my favorite lyrics of his: How do I know my youth is all spent? My get up and go has got up and went. In spite of it all, I'm able to grin When I think of the places my get up has been. When I commented on the similarity between this lyric and "Officer Krupke" from "West Side Story," Pete's response was that he and Lenny were at Harvard around the same time and that both songs were probably descended from "Fair Harvard." |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Joe_F Date: 26 May 04 - 06:56 PM IMO, he is entitled to eat a good breakfast & go back to bed. We all have the songs, including that one. |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Mudlark Date: 26 May 04 - 04:12 PM Pete Seeger is above all an intelligent, thoughtful, generous man with a wonderful sense of humor, who has given so much to not just the field of folk music, but the community of man. If he is ready to retire, for whatever reason, I'm sure he will not look on it as death, a rediculous notion. But it will give him time to concentrate on the things that now most matter to him and he feels most capable doing. He has the love and respect of millions, in any case. |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: Once Famous Date: 26 May 04 - 03:52 PM semi-submersible, I remember Hank Snow toward the end and it was very sad. True, there was some of that old spirit left in his voice, but he kept dropping his guitar pick and would forget many words. I know that I felt very sad seeing him this way. Other opry stars have been trotted out or hobbled out sometimes I think more in pity than anything else. The Willis brothers come to mind. |
Subject: RE: Seeger's swan song? From: semi-submersible Date: 26 May 04 - 03:00 PM The only time I heard Hank Snow in person, his memory was far gone, but his singing voice was still the high point of the Grand Ole Opry for me. Sing, and we'll be glad of a chance to listen. Mr. Seeger, you must know how vast a legacy you have created. Sharing, and open community, questioning, and responsibility, are embedded in your work. They will be there, fresh upon discovery, for generations yet unborn. Maureen in Canada |
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