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Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer-songwriter, musician and social activist. He was a fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, and had a string of hit records in the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, notably their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene," which topped the charts for 14 weeks in 1950.
Though A Complete Unknown is about Bob Dylan, the film also dives deep into the life of Pete Seeger.. The folk singer was instrumental in discovering and mentoring Dylan, and the film follows how ...
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song is a documentary film about the life and music of the folk singer Pete Seeger. [1] The film, which won an Emmy Award, was executive produced by Seeger's wife, filmmaker Toshi Seeger, when she was 85 years old. [2] [3] The documentary was directed by Jim Brown, who also directed The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time! (1982).
Toshi Seeger (born Toshi Aline Ohta; July 1, 1922 – July 9, 2013) was an American filmmaker, producer and environmental activist.A filmmaker who specialized in the subject of folk music, Toshi's credits include the 1966 film Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison and the Emmy Award-winning documentary Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, released through PBS in 2007. [1]
This year's festival celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of the late Pete Seeger. The festival was canceled in 2016, signaling a period of financial challenges. The festival returned in ...
The other founding Almanac members Pete Seeger and Lee Hays became President and Executive Secretary, respectively, of People's Songs, an organization with the goal of providing protest music to union activists, repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act, and electing Henry A. Wallace on the third, Progressive Party, ticket. People's Songs disbanded in ...
His biography, Lonesome Traveler by Doris Willens, was published in 1988. [19] Erik Darling died August 3, 2008, aged 74, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, from lymphoma. [20] After a long career in music and activism, Pete Seeger died at the age of 94 on January 27, 2014, in New York City. Ronnie Gilbert died at the age of 88 on June 6, 2015. [21]
This led Pete Seeger to create his song "My Name Is Lisa Kalvelage", presenting her statements and what she had endured since her days in Nuremberg. [3] [5] From 1967 to 1972, she coordinated the San Jose Peace Center. She remained active as a pacifist into her eighties, criticizing the Iraq War since it started in 2003. [3]