Peter „Pete” Seeger () a fost un cântăreț de muzică folk și activist american.

A studiat o perioadă la Harvard, dar a renunțat pentru a călători. În anul 1940 a înființat trupa Almanac Singers, împreună cu Woody Guthrie.

În 1948, cu Lee Hays, Ronnie Gilbert și Fred Helleman a format The Weavers.

Discografie selectivă Data lansării Album Casa de discuri 1954 The Pete Seeger Sampler Folkways Records 1955 Bantu Choral Folk Songs Folkways Records 1955 Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Little Fishes & Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Bigger Fishes (pentru copii) Folkways Records 1956 Love Songs for Friends and Foes Folkways Records 1956 With Voices Together We Sing Folkways Records 1957 American Ballads Folkways Records 1958 Gazette, Vol. 1 Folkways Records 1959 American Play Parties Folkways Records 1960 Champlain Valley Songs Folkways Records 1960 At The Village Gate Folkways Records 1961 Story Songs Columbia Records 1962 12-String Guitar as Played by Lead Belly Folkways Records 1963 We Shall Overcome Columbia Records 1964 Broadsides – Songs and Ballads Folkways Records 1964 Songs of Struggle and Protest, 1930–50 Folkways Records 1966 God Bless The Grass Columbia Records 1966 Dangerous Songs!? Columbia Records 1967 Waist Deep In The Big Muddy And Other Love Songs Columbia Records 1968 Wimoweh and Other Songs of Freedom and Protest Folkways Records 1973 Rainbow Race Columbia Records 1974 Banks of Marble and Other Songs Folkways Records 1979 Circles & Seasons Warner Bros. Records 1980 God Bless the Grass Folkways Records 1989 Traditional Christmas Carols 1990 American Folk Songs for Children Smithsonian Folkways 1990 Folk Songs for Young People Smithsonian Folkways 1991 Abiyoyo and Other Story Songs for Children Smithsonian Folkways 1992 American Industrial Ballads (Reissue of 1956 album) Smithsonian Folkways 1993 Darling Corey/Goofing-Off Suite Smithsonian Folkways 1996 Pete Living Music Records 1998 Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Fishes (Little and Big) Smithsonian Folkways 1998 If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope and Struggle Smithsonian Folkways 1998 Headlines and Footnotes: A Collection of Topical Songs Smithsonian Folkways 2000 American Folk, Game and Activity Songs Smithsonian Folkways 2002 American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1 Smithsonian Folkways 2003 American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2 Smithsonian Folkways 2004 American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3 Smithsonian Folkways 2006 American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 4 Smithsonian Folkways 2007 American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 5 Smithsonian Folkways 2008 At 89 Appleseed Recordings2009 Pete Seeger at Bard College credited to "Ono Okoy and the Banshees", a student performance art group dedicated to "preserving the footsteps of Pete Seeger" by singing folk music and recording his footsteps. Appleseed Recordings 2009 American Favorite Ballads, The Complete Collection Vol. 1–5 Smithsonian Folkways 2010 Tomorrow's Children (Pete Seeger and the Rivertown Kids and Friends) Appleseed Recordings 2012 The Complete Bowdoin College Concert 1960 Smithsonian Folkways 2012 A More Perfect Union Appleseed Recordings 2012 Pete Remembers Woody Appleseed Recordings 2013 The Storm King – Stories, Narratives, Poems Hachette Original

Note

Bibliografie Dunaway, David K. How Can I Keep from Singing: The Ballad of Pete Seeger. [McGraw Hill (1981), DaCapo (1990)] Revised Edition. New York: Villard Trade Paperback, 2008 ISBN 0-07-018150-0, ISBN 0-07-018151-9, ISBN 0-306-80399-2, ISBN 0-345-50608-1. Audio Version Dunaway, David K. Pete Seeger: How Can I Keep From Singing. three one-hour radio documentaries, Public Radio International, 2008 Dunaway, David K. The Pete Seeger Discography. Scarecrow Press: Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2010. Forbes, Linda C. "Pete Seeger on Environmental Advocacy, Organizing, and Education in the Hudson River Valley: An Interview with the Folk Music Legend, Author and Storyteller, Political and Environmental Activist, and Grassroots Organizer." Organization & Environment, 17, No. 4, 2004: pp. 513–522. Gardner, Elysa. "Seeger: A 'Power' in music, politics." USA Today, 27 februarie 2008. p. 8D. Seeger, Pete. How to Play the Five-String Banjo, New York: People’s Songs, 1948. 3rd edition, New York: Music Sales Corporation, 1969. ISBN 0-8256-0024-3. Tick, Judith. Ruth Crawford Seeger: A Composer's Search for American Music. Oxford University Press, 1997. Wilkinson, Alec. "The Protest Singer: Pete Seeger and American folk music," The New Yorker, 17 aprilie 2006, pp. 44–53. Wilkinson, Alec. The Protest Singer: An Intimate Portrait of Pete Seeger. New York: Knopf, 2009.

Legături externe

Memory and Imagination: New Pathways, Library of Congress documentary "Legendary Folk Singer & Activist Pete Seeger Turns 90, Thousands Turn Out for All-Star Tribute Featuring Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Bernice Johnson Reagon and Dozens More" on Democracy Now!, May 2009 (video, audio, and print transcript)

[chriscomerradio.com/pete_seeger/pete_seeger12-31-1996.htm Pete Seeger Radio Interview 1996] In 1-hour Internet radio interview, Seeger discusses the music industry, the world in general, and more.

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