Pete Seeger died
Monday, at age 94. He was a humble man that moved
mountains..... wait, that is not totally correct, let me rephrase that: He was humble unpretentious who kept mountains from being moved for the
sake of industry.
He was, by trade a
banjo, player and folk singer. He was
part of THE WEAVERS folk song group. The Weavers sung about peace, brotherhood,
the downtrodden and other anti-elitist songs. After Pete went out on his own is about
when we went to hear him in concert.
We went to hear him at the
Unitarian Church in Decatur. I was
impressed with his simple way of singing in an enthused way.. At the Unitarian
Concert, we were in our seats early (of course) and I watched some grunts
arranging the piano in the best place.
One of the grunts it occurred to me was the star of the show, Pete
Seeger!
Pete was big follower
of Woody Guthrie and Guthrie's THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND was a song Seeger really but his heart
into.
I was impressed with him when I saw him help
move a huge piano. Over a several year
period I bought 4 or 5 of his LP albums.
The one that stands out is "LITTLE BOXES".
Not long after that
he that involved in cleaning up the Hudson River. He spent years and years with volunteers
picking up trash and figuring out ways to getting the river unpolluted. I hope New Yorkers appreciated this.
He had other causes
he worked hard for too, such as working for peoples voting rights.
I hope another Pete Seeger like person comes along, but I am afraid they threw away the
pattern.
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