blindboygrunt Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Seems Pete Seeger has took his banjo to a better place. I hope he gets that hammer when he arrives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Sad, but then not sad as he came so far. A couple of his songs among my favorites for sure. Remember playing a full-band version of Bells of Rhymney at a pretty big indoor aid-concert many years ago - what a kick that was. Turn, Pete, , , turn turn. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr faustus Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Very sad news - he was a wonderful musician, social activist and human being. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Sail away, Pete, sail away. And thanks. Here's what the papers had to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Sad, indeed. Though he certainly lived a long and productive life. I only met Pete once, when I covered the 50th anniversary Newport Folk Festival back in 2009. Pete was a charming and humble man. Here's a great photo my daughter shot from behind the stage: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Pete, you were and will stay one of the greatest ever. R.I.P., Pete. :( @ Jt: Thanks to your daughter for taking this great picture, and thank you for sharing it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 He's playing with the angels now, probably teaching them a thing or two! I still have his "How to play the 5 String Banjo" book, though my long neck banjo has been replaced by the standard neck. He was an ace on the 12 String. And his family was as talented. Peggy... Mike. As Pete was instrumental (sorry) in bringing millions closer to Folk Music, his brother Mike was a pioneer in bringing bluegrass back to our consciousness with the New Lost City Ramblers. The Seeger family was not just a part of the fabric or our musical lives in the last century - they were/are an American treasure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 The Pete Seeger banjo book made me think of comedian billy connolly . in the sixties he said he went to Glasgow tourist office and asked if they knew where he should go to learn the banjo. 'I may as well have said I'd like to take my willy out and stick it up my nose' He eventually found someone who taught . after a few lessons he discovered the guy was two pages ahead of him in the Pete Seeger how to play the banjo book , went and bought a copy , overtook him and in 3 weeks was teaching the class himself . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I also still have my How to Play the 5 Sting banjo book and LP as well as a couple of boxes full of Sing Out and Broadside magazines.. It is rare when somebody passes and you can say the world will never be the same. I knew him and Toshi a bit and loved them both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 ZW, you're lucky. I guess our generation is unique in our experiences with greats like him. I wish my mother hadn't thrown out all my 'Sing Out' periodicals. I guess there are sites on the internet now that folks have to print screen to get the same effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drathbun Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Pete was a gentle soul with the heart of a warrior when it came to doing the right thing. God bless him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry K Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I don't see it as sad. He lived to be 94, got to sing and play all the time, got blacklisted, had the last word.... what's not to celebrate? I have a copy of How to Play the 5 String Banjo around here somewhere that I bought and worked through in 69 (though I never could play Foggy Mountain Breakdown. That book was pretty good stuff). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieSchooner Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 R.I.P. Pete, and thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdd707 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 RIP and thanks .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 He lived a long and good life. He spoke his mind. He tried to help others. He was revered by many, many people. Not a bad legacy. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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