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03 May 06 - 07:37 AM (#1732761) Subject: Happy birthday, Pete Seeger From: EBarnacle The title says it all. Long may he wave. |
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03 May 06 - 08:14 AM (#1732788) Subject: RE: Happy birthday, Pete Seeger From: Ernest I second that. |
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03 May 06 - 08:19 AM (#1732792) Subject: RE: Happy birthday, Pete Seeger From: Barbara Shaw He was born in 1919 according to the Merlefest program, where he took part in the "Ribbon of Highway Endless Skyway" tribute to Woody Guthrie. And he still inspires. |
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03 May 06 - 08:22 AM (#1732795) Subject: RE: Happy birthday, Pete Seeger From: Scooby Doo Happy Birthday Pete. Scooby |
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03 May 06 - 08:35 AM (#1732800) Subject: RE: Happy birthday, Pete Seeger From: Folkiedave Saw hims twice in the Sixties - Manchester and Liverpool (Spinners Birthday Concert - 10th I think it was - around 1963/4). Brilliant. Happy Birthday. |
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03 May 06 - 09:17 AM (#1732826) Subject: RE: Happy birthday, Pete Seeger From: kendall Did you see the article about him in the New Yorker? What a guy! |
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03 May 06 - 09:21 AM (#1732829) Subject: RE: Happy birthday, Pete Seeger From: Fidjit 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 sit here and grin And think of the places my get up has been. Pete wrote this when he was 39. Thought he was getting old! Nice one Pete. Chas |
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03 May 06 - 10:30 AM (#1732863) Subject: RE: Happy birthday, Pete Seeger From: Flash Company Folkiedave... you and I must have been in the same audience at Manchester Free Trade Hall when Pete brought a log on stage and showered the first six rows of the audience with wood chips demostrating how a work song would have been used. That was the night that I realised I could sing, in spite of all my family said. I'ts nice that some of the great ones are still with us! Many more Happy Birthdays, Pete. FC |
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03 May 06 - 10:53 AM (#1732874) Subject: RE: Happy birthday, Pete Seeger From: Folkiedave Indeed we were!! I also used to go to Harry Boardman´s club when Tommy Gilfellon and Terry Whelan were residents. |
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03 May 06 - 11:32 AM (#1732897) Subject: RE: Happy birthday, Pete Seeger From: Rapparee Hey! Keep on keepin' on! |
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03 May 06 - 11:52 AM (#1732911) Subject: RE: Happy birthday, Pete Seeger From: WFDU - Ron Olesko There is nothing that anyone can say that would not be a cliche as well as being an understatement. Personally, he has been an inspiration and a teacher. In an age where role models (outside of family of course) are becoming fewer and fewer, Pete has always been there. I think the true measure of any individual is to look back at what they have given us and left for others. While not one to rest on his laurels, Pete should take pride in all the work that he has done and for giving us the tools to carry on. Happy birthday Pete! |
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03 May 06 - 01:10 PM (#1732961) Subject: RE: Happy birthday, Pete Seeger From: Elmer Fudd A large, generous life well lived. Among many other things, the the song, "We Shall Overcome" found its way to the Civil Rights Movement through Seeger: On Labor Day weekend of 1957, the Reverends Martin Luther King, Jr., and Ralph David Abernathy heard Pete Seeger sing a song they had never heard before. After a visit of barely three hours, the two ministers had to leave for an engagement. During the drive, Dr. King kept humming the tune and recalled its name, "We Shall Overcome." "There's something about that song that haunts you," he told his companions. Happy birthday, Pete. Elmer |
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03 May 06 - 01:46 PM (#1732996) Subject: RE: Happy birthday, Pete Seeger From: open mike i see there was an article in the New Yorker in april 2006 called THE PROTEST SINGER Pete Seeger and American Folk Music by Alec Wilkinson but i look in http://www.newyorker.com/ and can not find it. Can you? |
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03 May 06 - 01:54 PM (#1733002) Subject: RE: Happy birthday, Pete Seeger From: GUEST,Sh Happy Birthday. I wish there were more folk like him ! |
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03 May 06 - 02:12 PM (#1733018) Subject: RE: Happy birthday, Pete Seeger From: Big Tim Dylan called him the Saint. Even as a non religious person, I know what he meant. As Dylan also said (of Woody Guthrie), "he taught you how to live", very true of Pete. Glad he's still with us and hope he remains with us for many years yet. |